Grammar
These punctuation marks are used to enclose direct speech or a quote.
What are quotation marks?
A comparison using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
To keep people or things separate from each other, often based on differences like race or class.
What is segregate?
The title of the poem by Langston Hughes about a Black man who was the only person of color in his college. He had a writing assignment where he had to explore his identity.
What is "Theme for English B"?
Finish the phrase: "Very mindful, very..."
"Demure"
The title of MLK's famous speech.
What is "I Have a Dream"?
The title of the short story about a family whose prejudice ended up being the reason their son died.
What is "Once Upon a Time"?
The title of our first reading about a young man who was a child soldier and his experience after moving to the U.S.
What is "Unusual Normality"?
What was the most protested war in America (the war that we read two poems about)?
Vietnam War
What was the name of the essay we wrote?
Personal Narrative
This punctuation mark indicates a pause or break within a sentence, often between items in a list.
What is a comma?
The central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work.
What is theme?
An oversimplified and often unfair belief about a group of people, type of person, or thing.
What is stereotype?
Where did the speaker in this poem live? (What neighborhood in NYC)
Harlem
Finish the sentence: "In the clerb..."
"We all fam"
The literary device used throughout the speech to emphasize his message.
What is repetition?
What did the family's fear and prejudice lead them to construct in "Once Upon a Time" that ultimately led to their son's death?
A barbed wire fence around their house.
What is a child soldier?
A child who is forced to fight (or perform other duties) in a war.
The Vietnam Wall Memorial
What is a personal narrative?
A story about an event in your life that taught you a valuable lesson.
This word should always be capitalized, no matter where it is in the sentence.
What is "I"?
Giving lifelike qualities to non-living things.
What is personification?
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
What is empathy?
The speaker of this poem was given a homework assignment by his instructor--what was it?
To write something truthful about himself/his identity
Finish the phrase: "Do you realize you have..."
"Thirty minutes"
The two main types of figurative language used throughout the speech to create vivid comparisons.
What are similes and metaphors?
The beginning of "Once Upon a Time" starts out with someone telling the author to write a children's story. She does not want to, but one night she suddenly changes her mind and writes one. What caused her to change her mind?
She heard scary noises that woke her up and kept her from falling asleep, so she was inspired to write a bedtime story.
What game did the author play with his friends that made him realize how truly lucky and naive they were to not have experienced what he went through as a child soldier?
Paintball
What are the names of the two poems we read about people who visited the memorial?
The Vietnam Wall
Facing It
We had three (minimum) paragraphs in our personal narrative. Each paragraph had a specific name. List the names of the 1st paragraph, 2nd paragraph, and 3rd paragraph.
Introduction
Body Paragraph
Conclusion
Something is missing in this sentence:
After we went to the movies we went to the park.
What is a comma after "movies"?
The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
Showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.
What is naïve?
At the end of the poem, what did the speaker realize about himself and his fellow white classmates/instructor?
They are more alike than they are different.
Finish the quote: "Wait---"
"They don't love you like I love you"
What was the central claim of the speech?
MLK urged Americans to unite peacefully to put an end to segregation and discrimination.
List one of the themes (life lessons) from this story.
Don't let fear consume you
Karma
Don't judge others based on stereotypes
Too much safety can be dangerous
Etc.
List one of the themes from this story.
You have the power to overcome hard times
It's okay to feel out of place
Sharing your story can help you and others
People can change for the better
What is "form" in poetry? How does enhance a poem?
Form is the shape/structure of a poem. Form can add another layer of meaning by reinforcing the overall theme/message.
What paragraph in the essay included your topic statement and a vivid description of the setting?
The intro
This punctuation mark is used to show possession or the omission of letters.
What is an apostrophe?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
Empty, lonely, or sad; a place or situation that feels abandoned or hopeless.
What is desolate?
The topics he discussed in his poetry--love, art, relationships, music, race--are relatable and timeless.
Finish the quote: "Have you ever had a Krispy Kreme?"
"Was it crispy?"
"Let Freedom Ring"
This story indirectly spoke out against apartheid in what country?
South Africa
What country in Africa was the author from?
Sierra Leone
Name a song (or musician) that protested the Vietnam War.
Marvin Gaye--What's Going On
Jimi Hendrix
The Rolling Stones
Otis Redding
CCR
What was required in the body paragraph in order to bring the story to life?
Dialogue