Grammar
Describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
April 3rd, 1865.
The "they" in the poem "Teenagers."
Who are teenagers?
Presented as a question, it suggests that maturity is not as straightforward as it seems.
("What the Brain Says about Maturity")
What is the claim?
To follow an argument's reasoning.
What is trace?
Mine, theirs, hers
What are possessive pronouns?
He grew up a poor farmer, was self-taught, but still became president.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The image repeated 3 times in "Hanging Fire."
What is "Momma is in the bedroom with the door closed?"
It would be more useful to help young people get more involved in politics by getting rid of barriers that prevent them from voting.
("Leave the Voting Age Alone")
What is the author's second claim?
The repeating of words, phrases, or lines.
What is repetition?
This, that, these, those
What are demonstratives?
The prize.
("Oh Captain, My Captain")
What is the preservation of the Union?
A parent who is watching his or her child grow through the teenage years into adulthood.
Who is the speaker of "Teenagers?"
If the evidence is relevant then it supports the claim in a logical way; if it is irrelevant then the connection to the claim is not clear.
What is relevant vs. irrelevant?
A poem offering tribute to someone who has died.
What is an elegy?
Who, whom, whose, which or that.
What are relative/interrogative pronouns?
He was very well known and respected before the war, fell in love early (but she died), remarried happily, and was president.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
A 14-year-old girl who loves a boy who's very immature.
Who is the speaker of "Hanging Fire?"
The primary way the US decides Age of Majority.
What is politics?
A position on a problem or issue.
What is a claim?
No one, everybody, both
"But O heart! Heart! Heart!"
("Oh Captain, My Captain")
What is the expression of Whitman's grief?
The tone of the first two stanzas of "Teenagers."
What is a darker tone?
(sad, longing, confused, and a bit suspenseful)
The connotation of "suffer."
What is painful or difficult?
(more dire?)
A statement that addresses an opposing viewpoint.
What is a counterargument?