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Survey of American Literature II JEOPARDY Mid-Term Review Router Bridge Texts Modes WAN The WAN Router Router Short Identify Poetry Jargon “isms” Fiction Encapsulation Services BasicsMe Commands ►►► Final Jeopardy ◄◄◄ 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Bridge Texts 100 This author was a master of selfpromotion. Question A: Who is Walt Whitman? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Bridge Texts 200 She kept the Sabbath “staying at home…” Question A: Who is the narrator of “Some keep the Sabbath going to church? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Bridge Texts 300 “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” is addressed to this diverse group. Question A: What is generations to come? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Bridge Texts 400 Frederick Douglass’s famous speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” is an example of this earlier literary form. Question A: What is the Jeremiad. 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Bridge Texts 500 As a group, the “bridge” authors span this significant historical era. Question A: What is the middle of the 19th century? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Poetry 100 This poet is sometimes known as “The Belle of Amherst.” Question A: Who is Emily Dickinson? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Poetry 200 This poet famously said, “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader…” Question A: Who is Robert Frost? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Poetry 300 This poem by William Carlos Williams is noted for its simple complexity (or is that complex simplicity?). Question A: What is The Red Wheelbarrow ? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Poetry 400 Author of the telling line “Saxifrage is my flower that splits the rocks.” Question A: Who is William Carlos Williams? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Poetry 500 Provide an image from Billy Collins’s “Introduction to Poetry” that describes your current approach to reading poetry. Question A: Answers will vary. Instructor discretion. 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 The "isms" 100 Chronologically, this “ism” comes first (among those we’ve covered this term). Question A: What is a romanticism (or realism)? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 The "isms" 200 Name one writer whose work is sometimes classified as “naturalist.” Question A: Answers will vary. Instructor discretion. 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 The "isms" 300 Name a story we read that fits neatly into just one “ism” category Question A: What is none of them? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 The "isms" 400 This “realist” author was sometimes accused of creating a “tempest in a teacup.” Question A: Who is William Dean Howells? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 The "isms" 500 This “ism” follows “naturalism” in the general chronology of American Lit (though we haven’t discussed it much as yet). Question A: What is modernism? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Jargon 100 This shapely idea gives form to the plot points of many of the short stories we’ve read. Question A: What is Freytag’s Pyramid? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Jargon 200 These two “tropes” are the most commonly known of the four major tropes. Question A: What are metaphor and simile? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Jargon 300 This term means, among other things, the body of rules, standards, or principles accepted as axiomatic or binding Question A: What is the canon? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Jargon 400 Rather than a stuck-up person, this term refers to the governing idea or trope in a work of literature. Question A: What is a conceit? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Jargon 500 By giving the oiler a name, Stephen Crane is employing this literary device. Question A: What is foreshadowing? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Identify Me 100 “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall…” Question A: What is “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Identify Me 200 “The Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with secondsight…” Question A: What is “The Souls of Black Folk” by WEB Dubois? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Identify Me 300 “If I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come this far…?” Question A: What is “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Identify Me 400 “…let me make it plain: I find this frenzy insufficient reason For conversation when we meet again” Question A: What is “[I, being born a woman]” by Edna St. Vincent Millay? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Identify Me 500 “Death is a dignitary who, when he comes announced, is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him.” Question A: What is “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Short Fiction 100 This story is set in Idaho. Question A: What is “On a Side Track” by Mary Hallock Foote? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Short Fiction 200 This eponymous character rises out of the vulgar “to live again in the ideal.” Question A: What is “Editha” by William Dean Howells? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Short Fiction 300 The rest cure not being very effective, the main character in this story goes around (and around) the bend. Question A: What is “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gillman? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Short Fiction 400 The zinger in this story is a revelation about paternity. Question A: What is “Roman Fever” by Edit Wharton? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Short Fiction 500 Though not precisely “short fiction” this text has many hallmarks of fiction, including strong characters and a nicely knotted plot line. Question A: What is “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy According to this knowledge-making worldview, texts are the products of readers and writers collaborating in the moments of production and Question consumption. A: What is epistemology? 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500
