Writing
True or False: an essay should always end with a conclusion
What is TRUE
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was written by
Who is Maya Angelou
The novel is a(n) ________________ to the Russian Revolution
What is an allegory
“I will work harder!”
Who is Boxer
This person wrote Animal Farm
Who is George Orwell
Metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, and personification are all examples of what
What is figurative language
The novel is a ________ of the author’s life
What is memoir
Snowball is meant to represent _____________ in the R.R.
Who is Leon Trotsky
"No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth."
Who is Old Major
This type of figurative language gives non-human objects, human-like characteristics
What is personification
In an essay, which two paragraphs are most similar?
What are the introduction and the conclusion
Momma decides to send Bailey and Maya to live in San Francisco with their mother because Bailey saw what on the side of the road?
What is a dead black man
(Momma wants to protect them from the racist south)
Boxer is meant to represent ________________ in the R.R.
What are hard working masses/people and loyal, communist followers
"'Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon. Dealer in Hide Bone-Meal. Kennels Supplied.' Do you not understand what that means? They are taking Boxer to the knacker's.”
Who is Benjamin
This character in Animal Farm is allegorical for Joseph Stalin
Your intro paragraph of an essay should contain a ___________ and _____________.
What are hook and thesis
What is the closing scene of the book?
What is Maya asleep with her son
The seven commandments of Animalism are FINALLY (as in, at the end of the book) reduced to:
What is "animals are equal, but some are more equal than others"
“Comrade, those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?"
Who is Snowball
In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this is where Maya was the first female cable car conductor
Where is San Francisco
Which sentence of the following intro paragraph is the thesis statement?:
The average family spends $1,500 a year on clothes for school. In this economy, that seems like a lot of money! Many people argue that students should wear uniforms to school instead of their own clothes. Wearing school uniforms saves families money, reduces bullying, and allows students to focus on academics instead of style. For these reasons, all students should be required to wear uniforms to school.
What is: Wearing school uniforms saves families money, reduces bullying, and allows students to focus on academics instead of style.
Maya Angelou passed away in what year?
What is 2014
Which character mirrors Karl Marx (communist theorist)
Who is Old Major
“Fill your glasses to the brim. Gentlemen, here is my toast: To the prosperity of The Manor Farm!"
Who is Napoleon
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was published in this year
What is 1969