ARITS Act 1
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Vocabulary
Pre-reading ARITS
100
Ruth is considering this when she finds out she is pregnant
What is an abortion?
100
The day of the week the insurance check is scheduled to arrive.
What is Saturday?
100
I drive rich white people around
Who is Walter?
100
Ordinary; lacking distinction
What is undistinguished?
100
This finally happens to a "deferred dream."
What is explodes?
200
Walter thinks this is more important than freedom
What is money?
200
This character says, "there is only man and it is he who makes miracles!"
Who is Beneatha?
200
I'm going to medical school
Who is Beneatha?
200
Attempting to avoid notice or attention
What is furtive?
200
The main purpose of restrictive covenants as they relate to home ownership in the first half of the 1900's.
What is segregation or making sure that People of Color could not live in white neighborhoods?
300
A breakfast metaphor for much of the friction between Walter and Ruth.
What are eggs?
300
Beneatha is talking about this family when she says that "the only people in the world who are more snobbish than white people are rich colored people."
Who are the Murchisons
300
"In my house, there is God!"
Who is Mama
300
a cruel and oppressive ruler
What is a tyrant?
300
The name for the period in which African Americans were able to showcase their artistic talent.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
400
Beneatha's previous hobby
What is horseback riding?
400
When the author writes, "Weariness has, in fact, won in this room, she is referring to this.
What is the Younger's living room?
400
I'm pregnant
Who is Ruth?
400
Very irritated or frustrated
What is exasperated?
400
The historical/social period in the U.S. at the time the play takes place.
What is the civil rights movement?
500
Author of A Raisin in the Sun.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
500
Ruth won't give this to Travis for school.
What is 50 cents?
500
I'm a rich man friend of Beneatha's
Who is George?
500
Clear from blame or suspicion
What is vindicated?
500
The main reason the US government encouraged "redlining."
What is to preserve property values in white neighborhoods?
600
Poet whose poem the play's title is named after
Who is Langston Hughes?
600
Asagai calls Beneatha this and she gets angry.
What is an assimilationist?
600
I want Beneatha to get in touch with her African roots
Who is Joseph Asagai?
600
Suggested plan or action
What is a proposition?
600
Name for the departure of 6 million African Americans from southern states to northern and western states.
What is the Great Migration?
700
Walter's partners in this liquor store plan.
Who are Willie and Bobo?
700
Joseph Asagai's country of origin
What is Nigeria?
700
the matriarch
Who is Mama?
700
Not certain or fixed
What is tentative?
700
When Beneatha drops to her knees and says "FORGIVE ME, FORGIVE ME, FORGIVE ME," to her brother and Ruth, she means the opposite of what she says. What literary device is this an example of?
What is verbal irony?