Quotes
Finish this quote/metaphor from 9th grade:
"He's like a bull in a..."
What is a china shop?
This story could be about the dangers of smoking at sea.
What is "The Most Dangerous Game"?
An intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in New York, spanning the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This film features this line several times "My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!”
What is "The Princess Bride?"
This experiment shocked scientists and common people alike and led to ethical and moral debates about its validity and usefulness to science.
What is Milgrim's experiment?
"Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop ."
What is "Strange Fruit?"
Andre 3000 explained that he got the title for this song when he was on tour in London and turned on the news: "The news reporter said 'Something something and bombs over...'"
What is Baghdad?
A Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.
Who is Pocahontas?
At the end of The Crucible, this character says, "How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!"
Who is John Proctor?
The first essay you ever wrote in my class.
What is a personal essay?
"The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.”
What is The Other Wes Moore?
Poe's famous short story about the ultimate revenge.
What is "The Cask of Amontillado"?
"Well, the word got around, they said, 'This kid is insane, man.' / Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland. / Get your education, don’t forget from whence you came, / And the world's gonna know your name. What’s your name, man?"
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
A 2016 American documentary by director Ava DuVernay that explores the "intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States.
What is 13th?
This is a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology and can be a color, a character, or an object.
What is an archetype?
"Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky."
What is Night?
He put his brother's "nose to the grindstone" and callously lost him in a tropical storm.
What is "The Scarlet Ibis"?
A type of literary genre involving the written autobiographical accounts of Africans in Great Britain and its colonies, including the later United States, Canada, and Caribbean nations.
What is slave narratives?
An American television series and 14-part documentary about the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
What is Eyes on the Prize?
This Norman invader took over England after the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Who is William the Conqueror?
"There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God. "
What is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"
This famous American poet and columnist wrote this poem as a famous dramatic monologue about hardships, hope, perseverance, and courage.
What is "Mother to Son"?
An idealistic philosophical and social movement which developed in New England around 1836 in reaction to rationalism.
What is Transcendentalism?
This author said "What is abnormal is that I am normal. That I survived the Holocaust and went on to love beautiful girls, to talk, to write, to have toast and tea and live my life -- that is what is abnormal." on this show.
Who is Elie Wiesel on The Oprah Winfrey Show?
The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change.
What is cognitive dissonance?