Hip-Hop
World English
Literary Devices
Hip-Hop Words
CAHSEE
100
It is the second largest market for rap music in the world.
What is France?
100
Around 300 million
About how many people in the world speak English as a second language?
100
An example of one is: "Kind Kristina couldn't kill the cockroach."
What is alliteration? Or, what is an example of alliteration?
100
to fight with words, or to insist
What does "argue" mean? (Hip-hop: paragraph 4)
100
It's next week Tuesday, October 5th.
When is the English Language Arts part of the CAHSEE?
200
It's a $4-billion-a-year industry.
How big is rap? How much money does rap make?
200
About 80% is.
What percent of electronic information is in English?
200
An example of one is: "The red-brown smoke rose in jagged, angry sheets above the soldiers."
What is personification? What is metaphor?
200
When something is very large
What does "enormous" mean?
200
That's how many points you need to pass.
What is 350 points?
300
It's more an expression of youth culture.
What is Japanese hip-hop like? What does Japanese hip-hop express?
300
When did the US start to dominate politically and economically?
In the twentieth century. Or, after the decrease of British power.
300
When a word comes from the sound of its meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
300
A group of people living in the same district or area
What does "community" mean?
300
You need to do these three things in order to get your diploma.
Why do I have to finish SIATech classes, pass the CAHSEE and finish a trade?
400
Styles of dance, art, and fashion.
What are some aspects of hip-hop culture?
400
For political and economic reasons.
Why has English come to dominance in the world?
400
When the writer use description that paints a picture in the reader's head
What is imagery.
400
something that follows as a result
What does "consequence" mean?
400
Process of elimination
What is a good test-taking technique when you are not sure of an answer?
500
Because it is an expression of a people's history and community.
Why does rap appeal to people who have struggled against injustice?
500
Because we might not understand one another's English.
Why do some people fear different varieties of English ?
500
When is is not the straight, literal meaning.
What is figurative speech?
500
someone with a particular knowledge about something
What does "expert" mean?
500
Because reading it in this order may help you find the answers faster?
Why did we read the questions first and not the passage?
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