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 Frederick An Occurrence at
Spirituals Owl Creek Bridge Surprise!
Douglass

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 (sorrow songs)

Spirituals were also referred

to as ____.

Row 1, Col 1
 (My Bondage, My Freedom)

What is the name of Frederick’s autobiography read in

class?

1,2
 (spy)

In “An Occurrence at
Owl Creek Bridge,”
Farquhar is to be
hanged as a ___

1,3
 (Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson)

During this era,

who were the two poets that
altered the course of
American Literature?

1,4
 (Call-and-Response)

Many spirituals followed a ___

pattern in which a leader sang
the verses and was answered
by a group of singers

2,1
 (With kindness - She helps him learn to read)

How does Mrs. Auld treat

Douglass when he first arrives?

2,2
 (The ticking of his watch)

The loud clanging sound

Farquhar hears is ___

2,3
(all-knowing POV, the narrator is outside the story and
knows everything about all the characters and events)

What is
“omniscient POV?”

2,4
(A line or lines repeated in a poem or song)

What is the definition of

“refrain?”

3,1
(He understood relations between enslaved persons and
slaveholders, was inspired to learn more, and was
discontent because of his knowledge)

What effect did learning to read

have on Douglass’s ideas
and behavior?

3,2
(Readers learn the man he talked to was a Federal Scout.)

How do readers know that

Farquhar was caught?

3,3
 (Flashback)

What literary device does

Bierce use in section II of
“Occurrence at Owl Creek
Bridge?”

3,4
(the South, slavery, and/or the slave master)

In spirituals, “Egypt” and

“Pharaoh” represent___.

4,1
 (She stops teaching and become cruel)

How does Mrs. Auld’s behavior

toward Douglass change?

4,2
(the soldiers’ bullets are still coming too close.)

When Farquhar lands on the

bank, he runs into
the forrest because ___

4,3
 (A reference to a well-known character, place, or
situation from history or from music, art, or literature)

Define “allusion”

4,4
(Hopeful; people are unjustly oppressed but supported by
faith)

Describe the mood created

by each of the spirituals.

5,1
 (Slavery made them enemies - not Mr. Auld)

What does Douglass infer from

the changed Mrs. Auld.

5,2
 (third-person limited)

When Farquhar hears

his watch ticking with
an exaggerated intensity,
Bierce is using the
point of view known as ___

5,3
(While Whitman found poetry in the lives of everyday
Americans, Dickinson observed life from her bedroom
window, composing poetry that could turn ordinary into
the deeply meaningful)

Compare Dickinson and

Whitman’s poetry
(I would reference the textbook)

5,4
• What is the definition of
trepidation?

2
3
• Nervous anticipation;
anxiety

2
4
• What is the definition of
ENTERPRISING?

2
5
Showing energy and initiative,
especially in beginning new
projects

2
6
• What is the definition of
REPOSE?

2
7
• Relaxation;
tranquility; eternal
rest

2
8
• What is the definition of
obliquely?

2
9
• in a slanting or sloping
direction

3
0
What is the definition of
INTERPOSE?

3
1
•To intrude,
intervene, or to put
oneself between

3
2
•What is the
definition of
AFFLICTION

3
3
• Great suffering, distress,
or its cause

3
4
 Jeopardy Question!!!
(5 POINTS)
• Please list the five reasons
why spirituals were sung

3
5
1. Expression of democratic values and
community solidarity
2. Singing was a source of inspiration and
motivation
3. Singing spirituals was also an expression of
protest
4. Coded communication (Underground
Railroad)
5. Preserved the oral and African traditions
3
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