"Two Kinds"
Symbols and Allusions
Parts of an Argument
Academic Vocabulary
EA 2
100
Author of "Two Kinds"
Who is Amy Tan?
100
Artist who's paintings used various symbols to represent her true feelings.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
100
Grabs the reader's attention.
What is a hook?
100
Shared race, religion, background, fashion, etc., passed down or taught generation after generation.
What is culture?
100
To what extent does one's culture inform the way one views others and the world?
What is the EA prompt?
200
What Jing-Mei's mother believed her daughter could be.
What is a prodigy?
200
Dodgers caps, Cops and Terminator 2...
What are examples of allusion?
200
Support behind your argument.
What are reasons and evidence?
200
Struggle or problem in a story.
What is conflict?
200
Three
What is the number of text you must use as evidence?
300
Mother wants daughter's success, daughter does not want to change.
What is the main conflict?
300
Symbol used in "Self-Portrait: On the Borderline..." to represent Frida Kahlo's conflicted identity.
What is standing between two countries?
300
A concerned parent who only wants educators to understand the differences not the disabilities of his child.
What is the Indian Father's point of view?
300
Central idea or message about life.
What is theme?
300
Transition Identify the source or author Powerful Verb Quote Citation
What is the TIP-QC citation strategy?
400
Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind.
What is "two kinds"?
400
"You were the caravan master at the reins driving your thread needle artillery across the mosaic cloth bridges delivering yourself in separate testimonies."
What is a symbol of a mother's love for her family?
400
"Please let him share his knowledge, heritage, and culture with you and his peers."
What is the call to action?
400
Combining ideas from different sources to create, express, or support a new idea.
What is Synthesis?
400
I, me, you, we, us...
What are words you should not use in the essay?
500
Conflict between personalities = conflict between two cultures.
What is the overall theme of the story?
500
This story uses allusion to show the reader where these newcomers may have traveled to.
What is "Where Worlds Collide?"
500
"Although you in Western society may argue such a method... we believe it forces the child to first develop...
What is concession and refutation?
500
The arrangement of two or more things for the purpose of comparison.
What is juxtaposition?
500
Family, ethnicity, friends....
What are possible influences on one's perspective of culture?
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