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In approximately two sentences, identify first what the term is, define it, then list which work we have read in class with which the term is associated and an example of how the term is used. Your answers must be in your own words.

In approximately two sentences, identify first what the term is, define it, then list which work we have read in class with which the term is associated and an example of how the term is used. Your answers must be in your own words.

1-Harlem Renaissance

2-Confessional Poetry

3-Beat Movement

4-Creative Nonfiction

5-New Journalism

6-Second Wave Feminism

7-Concrete Poem

8-New York School of Poetry

9-Reservation Realism

10-Simulacra

Quote Identification

Identify two of the following three quotations in approximately two sentences. Your answer must be in your own words. Who wrote it and what does it mean.

“there was something about the matter of the Dark Villain./ He should have been older, perhaps. / The hacking down of a villain was more fun to think about”

“You do not do, you do not do / Anymore black shoe”

“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness”

Discussion Questions

. This can be answered in one to two paragraphs if you are clear, concise, and to the point. Be sure to use examples from texts we have read in class to back up your answer. Your answer must be in your own words. (15 points each)..

1-How is the poetry of Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath confessional poetry? How is this different from other movements in American poetry?

2-How do authors such as Audre Lorde and Alice Walker portray the African American experience differently than the poets from the Harlem Renaissance? Why is that significant?

Long Essay

. The answer to the question should utilize at least one work from the first half of the class and at least one work from the second half of the class. Your answer should provide some form of comparison of each work. Be sure to use textual examples to support your point. This answer is worth 50 points, so your examples should be specific and your reasoning for each example should be made clear. Be sure that if you use quotations, you integrate them properly including a signal phrase.

How has the idea of feminism and gender inequality been addressed in the texts read in this course? Choose at least two texts (one from each half of the course) which address these issues and discuss the ways in which they are depicted.

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Bonus Questions

Question 35

(Part 1) (2 points) If Sylvia Plath met Allen Ginsberg in a bar, what would they talk about over drinks? What advice would they offer each other?

Question 36

(Part 2) (2 points) Must answer Part 1 to receive credit for Part 2. What drink would each character order?

Question 37

(3 points) Write a series of tweets or Facebook status updates from the perspective of one of the characters we have read about this semester. (Write at least three to receive full credit).

Question 38

(3 points) If two of the authors from the first half of the semester “hooked up” and had a baby, which author from the second half of the semester would they produce? (Must explain why you think this to receive credit).