Introduction to Literature week 6

• Introduction to Literature
• HBO

In "The Landlady", Billy can be described as

1. knowledgeable about the world
2. naive

What stands out about the language used in "The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping"

1. It uses dialect
2. It is very negative
3. It celebrates diversity

What is iambic pentameter?

1. Eight syllables, each pair stressed-unstressed
2. Ten syllables, each pair stressed-unstressed
3. Ten syllabus, each pair unstressed-stressed

What is not an example of foreshadowing?

1. The children collecting rocks in "The Lottery"
2. The sniper eating a sandwich in "The Sniper"
3. The stuffed animals that Billy notices in "The Landlady"

What are "caxtons"?

1. Birds
2. Books
3. Cars

What is a "Model T" in the seventh stanza?

1. A car
2. A tractor
3. An airplane

What is the ghost in the eleventh stanza?

1. A book
2. A baby
3. A phone

What is the punishment room in the thirteenth stanza?

1. A police station
2. A toilet
3. A prison

What do the people do in the final stanza of the poem?

1. They're eating
2. They're watching a film
3. They're dreaming

Pick your favourite image from the poem + find an actual image that befits it (portfolio)

Do you think a cat is a good animal to use to describe fog? Why (not)?

What is a simile?

1. A comparison that is really short + powerful
2. The repetition of a sound in two or more words
3. A comparison using "like or "as"

The speaker in "Still I Rise" uses similes that use nature and similes that use symbols of wealth. Name an example of each + explain. (portfolio)

What do the final lines of the poem mean? Why is the speaker the dream and the hope?

Which parts are left out in the BBC-clip? Why would that be the case? (portfolio)