Grammar
we also found that the vaccine patch protected the mice from covid-19 after a single application.
We also found that the vaccine patch protected the mice from COVID-19 after a single application.
A simile is a figure of spech that compares two things using the words "like" or "as".
Simile
who refused to give Dee/Wangero the quilts
Mama
Where did the man and the old man meet?
main character in play, story, or novel.
Protagonist
Landscape fires emit many chemicals in the atmosphere, such as methane formaldehyde and acrolein.
Landscape fires emit many chemicals in the atmosphere, such as methane, formaldehyde, and acrolein.
refers to words whose pronunciations imitate the sounds they describe.
Onomatopoeia
the character who could read, but it was harder for her because her vision was messed up.
Maggie
What did the old man say he have to leave?
His Animals
a valuable object that has beonge to a family for several generations.
Heirloom
In eighteen-forty, Harriett Tubmans father was freed as a result of a stipulation in his masters will.
In 1840, Harriett Tubman's father was freed as a result of a stipulation in his master's will.
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Alliteration
what is the name Dee now goes by; the name that wasn't given by her oppressors
Wangero
What animal does the old man keep mentioning?
A Cat
written or spoken in informal language used in everyday conversations.
Colloquial
At age 6, Malcolm X enter a foster home and his mother suffer a nervous breakdown.
At age 6, Malcolm X entered a foster home and his mother suffered a nervous breakdown.
figurative language used in literature and in daily speech,phrases that are not meant to be taken literally but have a widely understood meaning in a given language or culture
Idiom
the muslim reference Mama uses when referring to the man Wangero brought home.
Asalamalakim
What does the old man go to the bridge to watch?
The Soldiers
mental and nervous stress; uneasiness; state of strained.
Tension
wallace traces cellphones back to world war II battlefields where soldiers relied on short-range mobile radios.
Wallace traces(d) cellphones back to World War II battlefields, where soldiers relied on short-range mobile radios.
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Oxymoron
Mama called the man Wangero brought home Asalamalakim and what other name?
Hakim-a-barber
Provide a theme. Give Evidence.
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a sudden insight into the reality or essential meaning of something,
Epiphany