Literature and Writing Flashcards
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The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was primarily significant for which cultural development?
Answer: A flourishing of African American art, literature, and music centered in New York City
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, literature, art, and scholarship in the 1920s–30s.
In MLA citation format, which element appears first in a works cited entry for a book?
Answer: Author's last name, followed by first name
MLA format begins a works cited entry with the author's last name followed by a comma and then the first name.
Which term describes the central problem or struggle that drives a narrative forward?
Answer: Conflict
Conflict is the central struggle—person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. society, or person vs. self—that propels the plot.
Which rhetorical appeal, identified by Aristotle, relies on the credibility and authority of the speaker?
Answer: Ethos
Ethos is the rhetorical appeal based on the character, trustworthiness, and authority of the speaker or writer.
What distinguishes a primary source from a secondary source in academic research?
Answer: A primary source is an original, firsthand account while a secondary source analyzes or interprets primary sources
Primary sources are original materials created at the time of study (diaries, speeches, original research), while secondary sources analyze or interpret those materials.
In poetry, a 'volta' refers to which structural element?
Answer: A turning point or shift in thought or argument within the poem
The volta is a rhetorical shift or turn in argument, tone, or subject matter, most commonly associated with the sonnet form.