A Raisin in the Sun
Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Literary Terms 2
Vocabulary 2
100
Chicago
What is the setting of A Raisin in the Sun?
100
Arrogant
What is a person who is overly proud and self satisfied?
100
Oxymoron
What is a figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined?
100
Allegory
What is a narrative work of fiction or drama in which the elements work together to teach a moral lesson?
100
Concede
What is to admit?
200
Eleven Years Old
What is Travis' age in the play?
200
Menacing
What is a person who seems threatening and dangerous?
200

Pun

What is a play on words?

200
Genre
What is a category or type of literature?
200
Conservative
What is traditional?
300
Lena
What is Mama's first name?
300
Catastrophe
What is a disaster?
300
Idiom
What is a saying or group of words that take on special meaning?
300
Monologue
What is a long speech by a charcter in a literary work?
300
Tentative
What is not definite
400
Liquor Store
What would Walter like to buy with the insurance money?
400
Daydream
What is a reverie
400
Paradox
What is a situation or statement that seems to be impossible or contradictory but is nevertheless true?
400
Persona
What is refers to a "second self" created by the author and through whom a narrative is related?
400
Refrain
What is to stop oneself
500

Nigeria

Where is Asagai from?

500
Feeble
What is someone who is very weak?
500
Hyperbole
What is a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, to make a point, or to evoke humor?
500
Connotation
What is the common or heart felt meaning of the word to a group of people?
500
Optimist
What is a hopeful person?
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