The portion of the story where the basic elements are shared is the....
What is Exposition
100
RAP MUSIC: LATE 80'S, EARLY 90'S
- from 1986: year of first two multi-platinum rap albums
- indicated expanding audience for rap (including white audiences)
- First successful white rap act
- Represented a fusion of rap with punk
What is The Beastie Boys
200
From where and to where was the MARCH?
What is from Selma to Montgomery, AL.
200
What's the author's purpose?
What is answers will vary
200
What's the complete verb?: These steaks were grilled on his grill.
What is "were grilled on his grill."
200
What POINT of VIEW uses pronouns "he, she, they, it?"
What is 3rd person
200
RAP MUSIC: LATE 80'S, EARLY 90'S
- had multi-platinum album in 1986
- Arguably the most influential act in rap music
- From middle-class neighborhood in Queens
- Style featured literate, rhythmically sophisticated rhymes
- Often completed last few words or each other's phrases
- Sampled from heavy Metal
- First rap group to headline national tour and appear on MTV
- Introduced style of dress (hats, gold chains, etc)
What is RUN DMC
300
Author uses what literary device to help tell his story?
What is FLASHBACKS
300
Originally it was a gift intended for....
What is her children
300
She must have played well in the game today. What's the complete verb?
What is "must have played."
300
The person, place or thing that represents a larger idea is a...
What is Symbol
300
RAP MUSIC: LATE 80'S, EARLY 90'S
- "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" was a breakthrough in 1988
- merged rap style with social and political commentary
- Samples music from a variety of sources
What is Public Enemy
400
Besides his chickens, who was the first person in the author's life to "show him the light" or his future?
What is Uncle Otis Carter
400
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issue is ....
What is satire
400
10 expensive shoes have been stolen from his locker.
What is 10, expensive, his
400
The direct result of the climax that lead to the resolution is the....
What is Falling Action
400
- made use of "laid-back but lethal" persona
- music released in two versions: album version and a "cleaned up" singles version
- makes use of local references and hidden meanings (like country blues)
What is Snoop Dogg
500
MLKs movement was called the _________ _________.
What is Social Gospel
500
As a girl she changed her name to......
and what was her "second culture shock later in life?"
What is JULIE.....and marrying her husband a Frenchman
500
am, is, are, was, were, be, been, have, has, had, do, does, did are all WHAT? and...
What or Whom the sentence is about?
What is Helping Verbs. The Subject.
500
Author's word choice is....
What is DICTION
500
What rap artist had 1st and 2nd graders from the country, suburbs, and inner city singing along with him?