Archer English 11 Contemporary Literature – Flashcards
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According to the introduction, the chief drawback of the spread of technology is....
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the dehumanization of the individual
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U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War...
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sharply divided the American public
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In general, postmodern literature...
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comments on itself and is open to multiple interpretations
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One of the characteristics of postmodern fiction is the use of...
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nontraditional forms blurring the boundaries fiction and nonfiction
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New journalists such as Truman Capote and Joan Didion attracted attention by..
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including the writer's presence and opinion in non-fiction writing
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Postmodern poetry can be described as
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rebellion against impersonal poetry that emphasizes intellectual analysis
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In "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," from which point of view is the poem told?
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First Person
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In "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," when the speaker says, that he was "loosed from its dream of life," he means that he...
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realized he was about to die
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In "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," the first three words of the last line...
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confirm a chilling sense of doom
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The tone of this poem can be describe as...
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mournful
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An implied metaphor is a(n)...
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suggested comparison between two unlike things
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In "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," the implied comparison of the ball turret gunner is to...
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an unborn child
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In "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," when the dead man (Esteban) first washes up on shore, the children react by...
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burying it and digging it up again.
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In the beginning of "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," the village is best described as
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small, poor, and plain
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In "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," when the men come back, the women are happy because...
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no neighboring village has claimed the body
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In "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," the reader can infer that the villagers bury Esteban at sea rather than in the village because...
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burial at sea is their normal custom
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Ironically, the most vibrant character in the story is the--
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dead man
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"The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" is an example of magic realism because it includes:
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1. realism 2. myth 3. imagination
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In "Rules of the Game" the Jong family gets a chess set...
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at a church Christmas party
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In "Rules of the Game" Waverly becomes such a good chess player because...
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she is curious and intelligent
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In "Rules of the Game" Mrs. Jong attributes Waverly's success at chess to luck because Mrs. Jong...
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does not want to seem overly proud of her daughter.
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In "Rules of the Game" Mrs. Jong is best characterized as possessing the following qualities:
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1. caring 2. ambitious 3. proud
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In "Rules of the Game" Waverly runs away from her mother because...
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she resents having to share her victory with her mother
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In "Rules of the Game" Waverly's relationship to her mother is like a chess game because both...
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require strategy and cunning
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In "Rules of the Game" what does Mrs. Jong mean when she says, "Is shame you fall down nobody push you"?
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Waverly should not quit before she has even tried.
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In "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens", Alice Walker's mother...
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is an artist in the garden
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In "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens"You can infer from Walker's comment that her mother labored "beside--not behind-- (her) father in the fields" that...
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her parents treated each other as equals
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In "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens" Walker's description of her mother's daily routine reveals that her mother...
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had a difficult life
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In "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens" Walker agrees with Virginia Woolf's thesis that--
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many working-class women were creative geniuses but remained anonymous/unknown
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In "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens" Walker believes that from her mother and previous generations of African American women she inherited...
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respect for strength and love of beauty
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The main idea of Walker's essay can be best described as...
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all women owe thanks to their creative female relatives and friends
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A personal essay is also called a(n)
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informal essay
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This portion of "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens" is considered a personal essay because...
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it is a short work of nonfiction with personal details
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At the beginning of "Straw into Gold" Cisneros recalls...
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being invited to dinner while living in France
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In "Straw into Gold" Cisneros compares the challenge of making tortillas to
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writing a critical essay for her exam
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In "Straw into Gold" Cisneros is like her mother in that they both...
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share the same intelligence and artistic talent
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In "Straw into Gold", when the family moved into a permanent house in Chicago, Cisneros...
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met people who would become characters in her writing
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In "Straw into Gold" Cisneros's attitude toward her parents' efforts to raise her and her brothers can best be described as...
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admiring
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What is the main idea of "Straw into Gold"?
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The author's experiences shaped her personality and her writing.
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In "Straw into Gold" what does the gold represent?
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The good literature Cisneros produced/wrote
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What does the straw in "Straw into Gold" symbolize?
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The raw materials of Cisnero's life
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"The Bells" setting is in the...
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past, in the speaker's memory
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In "The Bells" the speaker describes--
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feeling protected by a parent
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In "The Bells" the speaker mentions all of the following events:
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1. hearing the lions roar 2. seeing the trapeze artist 3. being in a crowd
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You can infer that the speaker of "The Bells"
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loved being with her father
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The tone of "The Bells" is best described as...
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sweet and loving
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The images in "The Bells" that connect father to child include all of the following:
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1. the rings 2. the bells 3. holding hands
