Various Vocab
The meaning of partition in this quote "The first task was to divide up what space we had for sleeping. Bill and Woody contributed a blanket each and partitioned off the first room: one side for Bill and Tomi, one side for Woody and Chizu and their baby girl."
What is to divide?
The word that best fills in the blank:
The carnival performer's exaggerated makeup, combining distorted features and unnatural colors, created a decidedly _____ effect on the audience
a) whimsical
b) elegant
c) grotessque
d) delicate
What is D, grotesque?
What is analogy
Between Jeannie and Papa, the person who has the more modern view of American culture is
Who is Jeanne
The person who immediately jumps in to try and make things more pleasant at Mananzar.
Who is Woody?
The meaning of the word emigrate in this sentence: "The entire area around Hiroshima, mainly devoted to agriculture, was suffering a severe depression. In 1886 Japan had for the first time allowed its citizens to emigrate,....."
To move from the country of one's birth to a new nation.
Adolf Hitler's attempted _______ known as the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, was an unsuccessful effort to overthrow the Weimar Republic and seize power in Germany.
What is coup?
The concept that this quote is ued to illustrate "Some old men left Los Angeles wearing Hawaiian shirts and Panama hats and stepped off the bus...."
That the interned Japenese were not prepared for the cold.
That they had to leave in a rush.
Being a baton twirler for the Boy Scouts gave Jeanne a sense of __________.
What is belonging, pride, accomplishment, acceptance.
The way Jeannie felt arriving to Manazar.
What is excited or happy.
The word "malice" most closely means what in the following sentenance: "She acted with malice, deliberatly trying to ruin his reputation."
kindness
hatred
confusion
sympathy
Latrine, is another word for ________
Toillet/bathroom/restroom
"He finally turned and scuttled out the door, heading for the next house." The use of the word scuttled here has a ___________ connotation.
Negative; reminding of a bug or insect.
The Day of Infamy is both an important historical event and the name of __________.
In Farewell to Manzanar, the inference can be made about how Jeanne feels when she observes her family's changing dynamics after arriving at the camp is:
A) She feels comforted by the new routines they establish.
B) She feels proud of her family’s ability to adapt quickly.
C) She feels confused and alienated by the shifts in family roles.
D) She feels indifferent to the changes happening around her.
What is C
The meaning of remote in this quote "The desert was a remote and alien landscape, the mountains in the distance like jagged teeth against the sky."
What is secluded/far away
Both Japanese Americans and Jewish Germans were initially moved into ________, neighborhoods where minority groups were moved.
What is a Ghetto
"My older brothers and sisters, meanwhile, began eating with their friends, or eating somewhere blocks away, in the hope of finding better food. The word would get around that the cook over in Block 22, say, really knew his stuff, and they would eat a few meals over there, to test the rumor." This practice was positive or negative
What is negative
This strategy was used with success against both the Jewish people in Germany and the Japanese Americans during WWII to make people hate/mistrust them.
What is propoganda?
The sentence that correctly uses commas to set off the interrupter.
A) Maria is, without a doubt the best singer in the choir.
B) Maria is without a doubt, the best singer in the choir.
C) Maria is, without a doubt, the best singer in the choir.
D) Maria, is without a doubt the best singer in the choir.
What is c:
Maria is, without a doubt, the best singer in the choir.
the emotional or cultural association that a word carries, in addition to its literal meaning (denotation). These associations can be positive, negative, or neutral, and they often depend on the context in which the word is used. For example
connotation
The commas in the below sentenance are _________ because this is a _________.
""There were the barracks, the mess hall, the latrines, the laundry, the playgrounds, and the administration building."
Correct, list.
In the below quote, the woman always wear the scarf because:
"One of our neighbors was a tall, broad woman, taller than anyone in camp, as far as I recall. She walked erectly and wore an Aunt Jemima scarf around her head. She was married to a Japanese man, and they had adopted a little Japanese girl I sometimes played with."
What is because she was half black posing as Japanese.
In Farewell to Manzanar, The following can be inferred about Jeanne's feelings when she watches her father’s behavior change after the family’s internment
A) She feels anger towards her father for not standing up to the authorities.
B) She feels sympathy for her father, who is struggling with his new situation.
C) She feels relief because her father is no longer in charge.
D) She feels confused because her father’s actions are inconsistent with his usual behavior.
What is B: She feels sympathy for her father, who is struggling with the new situation.
The sentence that correctly uses a parenthetical phrase
A) The internment camps were, in many ways a difficult adjustment for families.
B) The internment camps, as Jeanne describes in her memoir, disrupted traditional family roles.
C) The internment camps as Jeanne describes, in her memoir disrupted traditional family roles.
D) The internment camps as Jeanne describes in her memoir disrupted, traditional family roles.
What is b: The internment camps, as Jeanne describes in her memoir, disrupted traditional family roles.