Spring Exam Flashcards
Hyperbole
Phrase of exaggeration
Caesura
Break in a line of poetry
Assonance
Repetition of a vowel sound: vowel rhyming
Apostrophe
Author referring or talking to something dead or not there
Symbol
Something representing something else or an idea
Personification
Giving an object human traits
Enjambed lines
Lines that run onto the next one in order to complete their meaning
Onomatopoeia
Written sound effects
Alliteration
Repetition of a sound: rhyming
Simile
Comparing two things using like or as
Tone
The way the author purposely says something
DOS societal factors
- 1949 NYC
- Cold War
- fear of commies
- boost in manufacturing = boost in NY economy
- still lots of poverty
- women sent back home after working during depression
- suburban conformity
Fences societal factors
- Pittsburgh
- Beginning of the civil rights movement, still segregated
- Executive order 8802: allowing blacks to have government jobs
Nickel boys societal factors
- middle of the civil rights movement in Florida
- things slowly starting to improve but still very segregated and still heavy racism especially in Deep South like Florida
DOS characters
Willy (Dad)
Biff (failed football player, always goes out but can never find success)
Happy (stable job, but not stable life, sleeps around can’t find a wife)
Linda (Wife - wants to believe that everything is fine)
