elements of nonfiction
"Man is a social animal" (A talk to teachers)
metaphor
True or false: Was G. the only boy of color in his desegregated school
True
How many siblings does Baldwin have
8 (3 brothers, 5 sisters)
parrallelism
How many times did Baldwin include G. speaking in a fly in buttermilk
A)5
B)3
C)10
A)5 G. is described as expressionless and still
Why did James Baldwin move to Paris
to escape racism and homophobia in the us
"The northern negros lived herded together, like pigs in a pen;"( a fly in butter milk)
metaphor
Who was the audience of a fly in buttermilk
true or false: James Baldwin's works have been translated into 40 languages
True
I began to realize that here were not only a great many things G. would not tell me, there was much that he would never tell his mother"( a fly in buttermilk)
Point of view or refective
Who is Mrs. R.
G.'s mom
true or false: James Baldwin wrote two plays
True, however, he was working on a third when he died
"Behind the electric light you might be reading by now, there was the passion of a man who once stole the fire in order to bring us this light"( words of a native son )
Mythological allusion
What happened to G. on his second day of school?
A) Tomatoes were thrown at him
B) Other students blocked the doors
C) parents blocked the doors
D) nothing happened, all was just dandy
B) Other students stopped him from entering until the principal came to help G. get into the school
What was James Baldwin's first book
Go tell it on the mountain