Voices That Changed the World
This famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr. includes the repeated phrase “I have a dream” to inspire hope and change.
What is “I Have a Dream”?
This Of Mice and Men character is small, quick, and dreams of owning land with Lennie.
Who is George?
This story tells the tale of two young lovers from feuding families in Verona.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
This short story shows a fully automated house continuing its routine after humans are gone.
What is “There Will Come Soft Rains”?
In "To Build a Fire," the man ultimately dies because of this natural force.
What is freezing to death (or the extreme cold)?
In “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” King argues that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” This idea shows that justice is __________—impossible to separate.
What is inextricable (or inextricably)?
In Riding the Rails, teenagers traveled across the country during the Great Depression by hopping onto these moving trains.
What are freight trains (or boxcars)?
This literary term refers to hints or clues about events that will happen later, such as the early references to death in the play.
What is foreshadowing?
In plot structure, a story told in chronological order from beginning to end follows this type of structure.
What is a linear plot?
In "Nothing Gold Can Stay," “gold” represents this idea about life.
What is youth, beauty, or innocence (something precious that doesn’t last)?
The overuse of phrases like “I have a dream” and “Let freedom ring” is a rhetorical strategy used to reinforce ideas and create emotional impact.
What is repetition?
A person who travels from place to place looking for temporary work—like George and Lennie—is called this.
What is a migrant worker?
Romeo and Juliet’s love develops very quickly, showing this vocabulary trait meaning acting without thinking.
What is impulsive?
In "By the Waters of Babylon," the narrator reflects on past events and discoveries, making the structure this type of plot.
What is a nonlinear plot?
In "I, Too," the speaker expresses confidence that this will happen in the future.
What is that he will be accepted as equal (or sit at the table)?
In research writing, using someone else’s words or ideas without giving credit is called this serious academic offense.
What is plagiarism?
This vocabulary word means the ability to recover from hardship and continue moving forward, a key trait for survival.
What is resilience?
In Elizabethan theater, these are instructions in a script that tell actors how to move, speak, or behave on stage.
What are stage directions?
This vocabulary word means able to recover quickly from damage or difficulty—like the beetle in "The Mystery of the Indestructible Beetle."
What is resilient?
In "The Lottery," the villagers carry out this violent annual tradition.
What is stoning one of their own villagers?
King criticizes those who prefer order over justice, calling out this attitude of being self-satisfied and resistant to change.
What is complacency?
George and Lennie’s dream of owning land represents this larger cultural idea about success and opportunity in America.
What is the American Dream?
Because Romeo and Juliet ends in death and suffering, it is classified as this type of drama.
What is a tragedy?
The burning house in Bradbury’s story suggests that even advanced technology cannot always __________ destruction, meaning to resist or remain unaffected by it.
What is withstand?
In "Lamb to the Slaughter," Mary kills her husband using this ironic weapon.
What is a frozen leg of lamb?