Characters & Conflicts
Figurative Language
Examples of Figurative Language
Plot & Story
Characters & Conflicts 2
100
Feels very alone, thinks having a baby will make it better.
Who is Lupe?
100
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
"A winter's day, in a deep and dark December."
What is alliteration?
100
These two characters bonded over both having deceased mothers.
Who is Porsha and Leslie?
100
Hit by her boyfriend, and her sister is in and out of abusive relationships.
Who is Chankara Troupe?
200
Everybody calls him Preacher, but really he wants to be a science teacher.
Who is Sterling?
200
A word that sounds like the sound it is referring to.
What is onomatopeia?
200
"Terrorism is here, lurking at the bus stop."
What is personification?
200
What is the theme of Bronx Masquerade?
What is overcoming stereotypes and/or overcoming life's conflicts?
200
An artist who feels his friends do not believe in him. He cannot afford his own art supplies.
Who is Raul?
300
Has a baby, and it is hard for her to keep up in school.
Who is Gloria Martinez?
300
Giving human traits to non-human objects.
What is personification?
300
"I am a rock, I am an island."
What is a metaphor?
300
Who is the main character?
Who is Tyrone Bittings?
300
Wants people to look at the person on the inside, not just pretty hair or skin color.
Who is Tanisha Scott?
400
Hides his intelligence and his interest in reading. Plays basketball.
Who is Devon?
400
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
400
"She tiptoed in...her cheek raw as red-brown meat."
What is Simile?
400

What is ironic about Gloria and Lupe's views on motherhood?

They both have opposite opinions. Lupe thinks a baby will make her life better, Gloria thinks having a baby has made her life worse.

400
Moved to the Bronx after her mom died of cancer.
Who is Leslie Lucas?
500
Very shy and overweight.
Who is Janelle Battle?
500

a great exaggeration or overstatement?

What is hyperbole?

500
"For I am a coconut, and the heart of me is sweet than you know."
What is metaphor?
500
This person is worried about the future, and the future of Tyrone.
Who is Wesley "Bad Boy" Boone.
500

Stepdad calls her ugly, wears revealing clothing to mask insecurities.

Who is Judianne Alexander?

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