WOMEN'S LIT

She got pregnant by a man who was not her husband

What actually happened to Kingston's Aunt?

stuffed the shawl in her mouth

What did Rosa do when Magda died?

SHE WAS RAPED

What does Kingston imagine happened to her aunt?

In Chinese culture a table where wrongdoers are forced to eat alone

What is an outcast table?

Silas Wier Mitchell

What is the name of the Dr. who treated Charlotte Perkins Gilman and who she alludes to in the "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

John's inner psyche

What is the wallpaper in the "The Yellow Wallpaper" least likely to represent?

initiation story

What kind of short story is about a character—often a child or young person—who learns a significant, usually life-changing truth about the universe, society, people, or himself or herself also called a coming-of-age story.

A Barbecue

Where are Connie's parents when Arnold Friend arrives at Connie's home?

TONI MORRISON

Which author has won both a Nobel and a Pullitzer Prize?

The narrator of Erdrich's "The Shawl"

Which character's father became an alcoholic?

yearning boy of five

Which character's sister was eaten by wolves?

NOVELLA

Which genre is longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel and more complex than a short story, but not as complex as a novel

MAGGIE

Who had "legs like parentheses" that made her rock when she walked?

Anakwad's daughter

Who is compared to a Gete Anishinaabeg?

TWYLA

Who's husband is a firefighter?

ROSA

Whose milk has dried up so that she cannot feed her baby?

NOVEL

a long work of fiction (approximately 40,000+ words), typically published (or at least publishable) as a standalone book though most novels are written in prose,

SHORT STORY

a relatively short work of prose fiction (500 to 10,000 words)

Trope

a statement in which its actual meaning differs sharply from the meaning that the words ostensibly express

FICTION

any narrative, especially in prose, about invented or imagined characters and action

Round Character

behave like real people might. They are psychologically developed and they may grow and change through the course of the work.

Autobiography

first person account about the author's own life.

Cautionary Tale

genre is borrowed from folklore, designed to warn against a vice or taboo, and tells the story of an individual who violated some taboo and met with ill fate

Flat Character

lack psychological development. They remain static through the work. They are often used as symbols or plot devices.

Essay

literary composition conveying opinion, information, and analysis

Irony

saying one thing and meaning another

AUTHOR

the person who wrote a literary work

Memoir

true story told from an author's memory

SYMBOL

when an author uses one thing to represent an idea. EX: USING A SHAWL TO REPRESENT LIFE

IMAGERY

when author's use words to create a picture in the reader's mind. EX: Her knees were tumors on sticks, her elbows chicken bones.

- KINGSTON: NARRATOR - NO NAME WOMAN: KINGSTON'S PREGNANT AUNT (HER FATHERS SISTER) - KINGSTON'S MOTHER - KINGSTON'S FATHER - THE MAN THE AUNT IS PREGNANT FOR

"NO NAME WOMAN" BY: MAXINE HONG KINGSTON - CHARACTERS

Gothic Literature

"Poetry, short stories, or novels designed to thrill readers by providing mystery and blood-curdling accounts of villainy, murder, and the supernatural. (ex. A female character threatened by a powerful male figure.)

TWYLA - NARRATOR JAMES - TWYLA'S HUSBAND JOSEPH - TWYLA & JAMES'S SON ROBERTA - TWYLA'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND MAGGIE - DISABLED KITCHEN WORKER BIG BOZO - IN CHARGE OF GIRLS HOME MARY - TWYLA'S MOM ROBERTA'S MOM THE GAR GIRLS - THE OLDER GIRLS

"RECITATIF" BY: TONI MORRISON - CHARACTERS

- AANAKWAD: THE YEARNING BOY'S MOTHER - AANAKWAD'S HUSBAND: THE YEARNING BOYS FATHER - THE OTHER MAN - AANAKWAD & THE OTHER MAN'S BABY - AANAKWAD'S DAUGHTER: THE YEARNING BOY'S SISTER - THE YEARNING BOY: AANAKWAD'S SON AND THE NARRATOR'S FATHER - NARRATOR: THE YEARNING BOY'S SON - RAYMOND & DORIS: THE NARRATOR'S BROTHER & SISTER

"THE SHAWL" BY: LOUISE ERDRICH (CHARACTERS)

MAXINE HONG KINGSTON

AUTHOR OF "NO NAME WOMAN"

TONI MORRISON

AUTHOR OF "RECITATIF"

JOYCE CAROL OATES

AUTHOR OF "Where are You Going? Where Have You Been?"

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Author of "The Yellow Wallpaper"

FLAT CHARACTER

Bozo from Recitatif is a

Jane: the narrator John: Jane's husband Jennie: John's sister

Charlotte Perkins Gilman "The Yellow Wallpaper" CHARACTERS

A guard throws her into an electric fence

How does Magda die?

- He hangs out where younger kids hang out - He stuffs something in his boots to look taller - He wears make-up to look younger

In what ways is Arnold Friend similar to the Pied Piper of Tucson?

Connie: Main character Connie's Mother June: Connies older sister Connie's best friend Eddie: takes Connie on a date Arnold Friend: The killer Ellie: Arnold's friend

Joyce Carol Oates "Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?" CHARACTERS

AUTHORS OF "THE SHAWL"(S)

LOUISE ERDRICH CYNTHIA OZICH

graphic artist

Other than writing, what was Charlotte Perkins Gilman's profession?

"THE SHAWL" BY: CYNTHIA OZICK (CHARACTERS)

ROSA - MOTHER MAGDA - BABY STELLA - OLDER DAUGHTER

NARRATOR

The fictional voice that tells the story.

TWYLA

Who narrates "Recitatif"?

Jennie from "The Yellow Wallpaper"

a flat character

Foreshadowing

a literary device or trope that anticipates something that will come later in the work

Metaphor

a literary device that compares one thing to another

Similies

makes a comparison using "like" or "as" (ex. eyes blue as air / dark like cholera)