Of Mice and Men
Farewell to Manzanar
A Raisin in the Sun
Thematic & Rhetorical Connections
Literary Devices
100
George's internal conflict demonstrates contradictory emotions because he:
what is experiences both deep loyalty and overwhelming frustration toward Lennie
100
The detailed description of Manzanar's landscape establishes a mood of:
profound isolation and psychological desolation
100
Give a descriptors characterizing Walter Lee
What are desperate or morally conflicted.
100
The term "indignity" likely evokes readers':
What is sympathy for victims of unjust treatment
100
What is the literary device used in the phrase,
"The bunkhouse stood as a monument to forlorn aspirations"?
What is Metaphor?
200
These are TWO phrases from the passage establish the mood of shattered dreams?
"monument to forlorn aspirations"
"stretched taut by relentless disappointment"
200
Papa's sullen demeanor following internment indicates he feels:
What is bitter resentment and emotional withdrawal
200
The housing discrimination the Youngers encounter exemplifies:
systemic segregation
200
The author employs emotionally charged terms like "mutilation" and "indignity" to
appeal to readers' pathos and sense of moral outrage
200
Who are these hooligans? 🤷🏿 😂
Mr. Agirre, Mr. Teran & Mrs. Petersen
300
The men's characterization of Curley's wife reveals:
B. their prejudiced perceptions and tendency toward stereotyping
300
The "gulf between generations" metaphor refers specifically to:
cultural divergence between immigrant parents and Americanized children
300
Walter Lee's desperate investment scheme illustrates.
immense pressure to achieve economic success within a hostile society
300
An author's distinctive literary style encompasses:
What is diction choices and syntacticar patterns
300
In the passage from Of Mice and Men, the comparison "as fragile as dry kindling awaiting the slightest spark" uses what figure of speech?
What is Simile?
400
The simile "as fragile as dry kindling awaiting the slightest spark" functions as:
B. foreshadowing of the dream's inevitable destruction
400
Papa's psychological transformation results primarily from:
What is governmental betrayal of his citizenship and dignity
400
Based on the detailed description of the family's agitation, readers can reasonably infer:
the Younger family faces a momentous decision with significant consequences
400
Walter's experience of being rebuffed by his business partners evokes:
What is biblical betrayal imagery
400
What literary device is demonstrated in the statement, "the world remained persistently pugnacious", giving a non-human entity a human fighting characteristic?
What is Personification?
500
The extended metaphor of the "heavy ledger of unpayable debts" primarily serves to:
B. illustrate the psychological burden of George's commitment
500
The family's "pretenses of ordinary life" are characterized as:
fragile constructions that cannot mask their reality
500
Hansberry directs reader response to Mr. Lindner by
presenting his polite bigotry as particularly insidious
500
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500
What is the term for a character (like Beneatha ) whose personality and attitude sharply contrast with those of another central character (like Walter ) to highlight their specific traits?
What is a Foil?
600
Who is this ruffian 🤷🏿 😂
Our boy Karl !
600
Papa's character transformation in Farewell to Manzanar primarily illustrates:
what is the psychological devastation wrought by internment
600
Who is this?
Angel G.
600
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600
When a situation's outcome is dramatically contrary to what was expected, such as Papa's deep American patriotism colliding with the reality of internment, what literary device is at play?
What is Situational Irony?
700
George's emotional state following the novel's climax is best described as:
profoundly crestfallen
700
This is one of my smartest and most fun to teach students.
Brandon!!!!
aka:(Brian or Bryan)🥴
700
The ideological gulf between Beneatha and Mama represents:
intergenerational conflict regarding tradition and modernity
700
The personification in "the world remained persistently pugnacious" suggests:
society actively opposes Black male ambition through systemic barriers
700
The use of words that imitate sounds, like "thud" or "buzz," is known by this term.