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1
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what city did the Harlem Renaissance take place?

A

Manhattan

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2
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Before WW1 what was America’s attitude

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Optimistic

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3
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Why was America very optimistic before WW1

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The industrial Revolution was going good

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4
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Who was a prolific writer during the Harlem Renaissance?

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Langston Hughes

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5
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What is blank verse

A

when it doesn’t rhyme

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6
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Robert Frost wrote in what type of poetry

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blank verse

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7
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Which literary style uses straight forward language

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imagism

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8
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What is the genre of this is just to say

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poem

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9
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How did the red wheel barrow demand attention?

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It was glazed and was next to white chickens

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What can we infer about the poem, a negro speaks of rivers?

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He’s from Africa

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11
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Which writer wrote an essay about poetry

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Ezra Pound

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12
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Who wrote the red wheel barrow

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William Williams

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13
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Which writer has an ancestry from Africa

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Langston Hughes

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14
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Which writer wrote about dreams

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Langston Hughes

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15
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Which poet wrote in iambic pentameter

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Frost

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16
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Who wrote poetry in as few words as possible

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William Williams

17
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Describe the literary style of Robert Frost

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He portrayed the American lifestyle and landscape

18
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What President asked Robert Frost to speak

A

JFK

19
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The Negro speaks of rivers portrays the African American

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Ancestry and culture

20
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What is an object of an imagist poem

A

baseball

21
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The poem out out portrays what

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The harsh Realities of American life and how it must go on.

22
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Who wrote in conditional forms with conventional language

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Robert Frost

23
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What types of writers concentrated on direct presentation of imagist

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Imagist

24
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What is the literary significance of a few don’ts by an Imagist

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it is the philosophy of imagism and it establishes the essential that less is more

25
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During the period 1914 through 1956 what was a major event?

A

WW1

26
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The direct presentation of imagist is also known as what?

A

word pictures

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