Modern Era

Question 1

What years were the modern era?

Answer 1

1910-1930

Question 2

What major events were happening during the modern era

Answer 2

World War I, many people died, roaring 20s, woman’s right movement, the great migration, the Great Depression

Question 3

What was the way writing during the modern era

Answer 3

Stream of consciousness

Question 4

Who is William James and what did he believe in

Answer 4

That everyone has a stream of consciousness going through their mind

Question 5

What is the stream of consciousness

Answer 5

First person point of view, lack of conventional sentence structure or grammar, free association that flows through a characters mind and link distinctly separate events, interior monologue

Question 6

What is the lost generation

Answer 6

Writers that left the United States for Europe, international perspective versus regionalism, themes of change, indecision and broken attachments dominate modern fiction

Question 7

Irony

Answer 7

Contrast between appearance and reality, feature of modern short story

Question 8

Understatement

Answer 8

D emphasizes important topics, feature of a modern story

Question 9

Antihero

Answer 9

Conflict characters in golfed by indecision

Question 10

What are themes in the modern era

Answer 10

Instability and loss

Question 11

What was wrong with plot in the modern era

Answer 11

They didn’t have a clear climax or resolution

Question 12

What is the lost generation

Answer 12

Refers to generation that came to adulthood during World War I

Question 13

Who came up with the lost generation title

Answer 13

Gertrude steir

Question 14

War equals

Answer 14

Lack of purpose, led to restlessness, generational conflict, cynicism, Alienation, lack of patriotism

Question 15

What are the themes of the lost generation

Answer 15

Decadence, Rich and gaudy , gender roles, idealized past

Question 16

When did the Harlem Renaissance take place

Answer 16

1920 to 1940

Question 17

What happened during the Harlem Renaissance

Answer 17

A flowering of African-American culture and intellectual life center in the Harlem neighborhood of NYC

Question 18

What are the themes from the Harlem Renaissance

Answer 18

Racial pride, the influence of slavery, modern life as an African-American, the struggle for equality, diversity of expression

Question 19

What were the African-Americans asking

Answer 19

Who are we? Who am I? Where have we been? Where are we going? How do we express ourselves?

Question 20

Why did the wife die of shock in the story of an hour

Answer 20

Her husband came back from the war when she thought he was dead meaning she cannot live her life without him instead she is dead

Question 21

Why can’t the main character in a soldiers hime love anyone?

Answer 21

He is scared from the war

Question 22

Why is the title soldiers home ironic

Answer 22

Because he doesn’t feel at home

Question 23

Why is Emily’s house from a rose for Emily smelly

Answer 23

He dead husband is in there

Question 24

What time period is a rose for Emily from?

Answer 24

Modern era

Question 25

What is the mending wall saying

Answer 25

That even though you don’t want to do something you might have to to keep good relations

Question 26

In nothing stays gold what is it saying

Answer 26

That even though it may seem as if things stay the same they will always change

Question 27

In America what are the authors feelings

Answer 27

They like America but it can be hard at times

Question 28

In if we must die what is the theme and what is it about

Answer 28

Struggle for equality, fighting back-being mistreated

Question 29

Connotation

Answer 29

Feelings with a word

Question 30

Denotation

Answer 30

Dictionary definition

Question 31

In the incident why is the title so intriguing

Answer 31

It showing something happened that will stick with them, and to grab out attention

Question 32

In tableau what metaphor is used to describe the boys

Answer 32

The white is the golden splendor and the black is the sable pride