Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas
The specific genre of "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas"
What is slave narrative?
The author of the speech "The Hill We Climb"
Amanda Gorman
A dangerous place
What is "Belly of the Beast"?
A lesson from the story
Theme
The argument that depends on logic, that appeals to reason
What is logos?
The title of Harriet Jacobs slave narrative
What is "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"
Language, culture, standing inherited upon birth
Birthright
Opinion of answer based on the text; not explicitly stated
Inference
The argument that depends on feelings and evokes emotion and empathy
What is pathos?
One motif from "Code Talker"
The final chapter incorporates the primary motifs of identity, culture, language, and storytelling.
At the beginning; where something begins
Inception
Sequence of events in a story
Plot
The argument that depends on ethics and moral standing
What is ethos?
Explain the meaning of the following sentence, "From my earliest recollection, I date the entertainment of a deep conviction that slavery would not always be able to hold me within its foul embrace; and in the darkest hours of my career in slavery, this living word of faith and spirit of hope departed not from me, but remained like ministering angels to cheer me through the gloom.”
That one day he would be free
Make great effort to achieve
Strive
Problem the character faces or exists in a story
Conflict
Name two ways in which enslaved people were oppressed?
- Withholding education, culture, language, freedom, separating families, no legal representation, no rights, encouraging hierarchy within enslaved community, etc.
What does Amanda Gorman mean in the following lines, "We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace, and the norms and notions of what “just” is, isn’t always justice.
That quiet does not equal peace or justice
Clean, neat, original condition
A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.
What is a motif?