Poetry
A comparison of two unlike things is what form of figurative language?
metaphor
What does Grandaddy do?
He owns Weaver's Fine Tailoring.
What does Shad think the KKK is?
It is an organization of southern men that help the widows, orphans and innocent people who suffered due to the Civil War.
Shad is the protagonist of the story. He is a member of the KKK and a tutor at the school for coloreds. He likes Rachel, but he knows he can't be friends with her outside of the shack.
What point of view uses the pronouns I, me and my?
First Person point of view
An exaggeration is also called a what?
hyperbole
What is unique about Bubba?
He has a stutter.
What do the southerners call the people from the north?
Yankees
Who is George Nelson?
George Nelson is a man from the north that came to teach the teachers who will be working at the Normal School for Coloreds. He also dies after being shoved in a barrel by the KKK.
When identifying the point of view do you look at the narration or dialogue?
Narration
When you give an inanimate object human qualities, what form of figurative language is it?
Personification
What pieces do you need in a well developed paragraph?
Claim, evidence, explanation, conclusion
What does Shad do to Rachel that makes him feel really bad?
Shad twists her wrists in frustration.
If a character has no internal change, like Jeremiah, and they remain the same throughout the novel, what type of character are they?
static
When the narrator is all knowing and is in the mind of more than one character, what is the point of view?
Third person omniscient
A sound device that repeats a consonant sound is what?
alliteration
What are the words called that help your paper flow from one thought to the next? For example, phrases like "in addition," "however" and "likewise."
transition words
Describe two tricks that the KKK boys play on the African American people.
They go to their home and pretend to be the ghosts of Cold Harbor.
They shake one man's hand with a skeleton hand.
If a character has an internal change throughout the story, what type of character are they?
Dynamic
If the narrator is not part of the story and they only write about what they see or hear, are they writing objectively or subjectively?
objectively
What does SIFTing stand for?
Structure, sound devices, symbols
Imagery
Figurative Language
Tone and Theme
What is the setting of the story? (time, place, era)
Reconstruction era
Richmond, Virginia
1867
What is the warning code that Shad and Miss Elizabeth have in case the KKK is going to do something bad?
She gave him a skirt to mend and he will bring it to her to warn her of impending danger.
Who is Miss Elizabeth?
She is working with George Nelson to open the Normal School for Coloreds. She tutors people in her home and she has a shed in the back of her house where young African American children are going to school.
The structure of Brotherhood starts at the end then goes through the events leading up to the end. What is this called?
flashback