What is separation into groups based on a shared characteristic?
100
Pathos
What is an argument based on emotion?
100
Mama's plant
What is Mama's care for her family/the difficulty of their current living environment? (several answers acceptable)
100
That money belongs to Mama, Walter, and it's for her to decide how she wants to use it.
What is Beneatha's argument that Mama has the right to the life insurance check? (several answers acceptable)
100
What is the theme of family 4?
What is roller coasters/amusement parks?
200
fester
What is when something gets rotten, nasty, etc.?
200
Logos
What is an argument based on logic?
200
The "rat trap"
What are the poor living conditions of the Youngers' current apartment?
200
I can see the future stretched out in front of me - just plain as day. The future, Mama. Hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me - a big, looming blank space - full of nothing.
What is Walter's dissatisfaction with his job and place in life? (several answers acceptable)
200
Describe the setting/exposition of the family 4 classroom.
What are the aspects of the room that contribute to its theme? (several answers acceptable)
300
tyrant
What is someone who uses his/her power to take control over others?
300
Ethos
What is an argument based on the character of the person making the argument?
300
Beneatha's hair
What is her desire to assimilate? (several answers acceptable)
300
Yes - she says everything is going to be fine...
What is Ruth's plan to get an abortion?
300
FOR ALL GROUPS!
Write a simile about what happens to a dream deferred. You have 3 minutes.
Share your creations!
400
incredulity
What is disbelief?
400
A pathos argument for why Walter deserves the money.
What is that he has a low sense of self-worth and needs the money to regain his sense of masculinity and power? (many answers acceptable)
400
A raisin in the sun
What is what might happen to a dream deferred/the difficulty of achieving long-held dreams? (several answers acceptable)
400
Why you got to flit so from one thing to another, baby?
What is Mama asking Beneatha why she has trouble sticking to one interest? (several answers acceptable)
400
Explain the difference between the views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois.
What is their different perspective on the role of education in Black lives and social mobility?
500
bastion
What is something strong that protects something else?
500
An ethos argument for why Mama deserves the money.
What is the fact that Mama's the oldest/wisest, the check was sent to her, she is the matriarch of the household, etc.? (many answers acceptable)
500
Ruth telling Walter "Eat your eggs"
What is Walter's belief that Ruth doesn't actually support him? (several answers acceptable)
500
It means...it means One for Whom Bread - Food - Is Not Enough.
What is Asagai's nickname for Beneatha, which recognizes her quest for knowledge and curiosity? (several answers acceptable)
500
FOR ALL GROUPS!
Write a short poem/rap about A Raisin in the Sun. You have 3 minutes.