Characters & Conflicts
Feels very alone, thinks having a baby will make it better.
Who is Lupe?
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
"A winter's day, in a deep and dark December."
What is alliteration?
These two characters bonded over both having deceased mothers.
Who are Porsha and Leslie?
Hit by her boyfriend, and her sister is in and out of abusive relationships.
Who is Chankara Troupe?
Everybody calls him Preacher, but really he wants to be a science teacher.
Who is Sterling?
A word that sounds like the sound it is referring to.
What is onomatopeia?
"Terrorism is here, waiting at the bus stop."
What is personification?
What is the theme of Bronx Masquerade?
What is overcoming stereotypes and/or overcoming life's conflicts?
An artist who feels his friends do not believe in him. He cannot afford his own art supplies.
Who is Raul?
Giving human traits to non-human objects.
What is personification?
"I am a rock; I am an island."
What is a metaphor?
Who is the main character?
Who is Tyrone Bittings?
Wants people to look at the person on the inside, not just pretty hair or skin color.
Who is Tanisha Scott?
Hides his intelligence and his interest in reading. Plays basketball.
Who is Devon?
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
"She tiptoed in...her cheek raw as red-brown meat."
What is Simile?
What happened to Tyrone's dad?
What is he was shot in a driveby shooting when Tryone was a child.
Moved to the Bronx after her mom died of cancer.
Who is Leslie Lucas?
Very shy and overweight.
Who is Janelle Battle?
When the first letter of multiple words have the same sound.
What is alliteration?
"For I am a coconut, and the heart of me is sweeter than you know."
What is metaphor?
This person is worried about the future, and the future of Tyrone.
Who is Wesley "Bad Boy" Boone.
Mom died of a drug overdose.
Who is Porsha?