Quarter 1
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
What is to declare freedom from Britain?
The type of poetry Walt Whitman created. Poetry that does not rhyme or have a specific meter.
What is free verse?
So boy, don’t you turn back;
Don’t you sit down on the steps,
’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard;
Don’t you fall now—
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
What is "From Mother to Son."
The author of The House on Mango Street.
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
The thematic focus of English III. In other words, what kind of literature have we read?
What is American Literature?
The second part of the Declaration of Independence listed things the founding fathers called our "natural rights" or "unalienable rights". These are the 3 main rights.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
The question Sojourner Truth repeatedly asks the listener in her famous speech.
What is, "Ain't I a Woman?"
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
What is "Harlem" or "A Dream Deferred."
Why Esperanza's family had to move to Mango Street.
What is the pipes broke in their flat on Loomis Street?
Five examples of figurative language.
What are simile, metaphor, personification, symbolism, onomatopoeia, repetition, allusion, hyperbole, idiom, oxymoron, irony, assonance, synecdoche, puns?
She is the Parris's slave from Barbados.
Who is Tituba?
What Montressor ends up doing to Fortunato in the catacombs of Italy?
What is gets revenge by chaining him to the wall and burying him alive?
Gatsby uses this short phrase to address people.
What is "old sport?"
Who Esperanza inherited her name from.
Who is her great-grandmother?
Five of the works we have read this year.
What are The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence, Equiano's slave narrative, The Cask of Amontillado, A Christmas Carol, Song of Myself, Ain't I A Woman, The Crucible, Theme from English B, Harlem/A Dream Deferred, The Great Gatsby, and The House on Mango Street?
He had an alleged affair with Abigail but now wants nothing to do with her. He doesn't attend church.
Who is John Proctor?
The reason Belle ends her engagement to Scrooge.
What is, He loves money more?
What the green light symbolizes.
What is Gatsby's dream and hope to be with Daisy?
The main theme of "The House on Mango Street."
What is finding identity and a sense of belonging? Esperanza is a female coming of age in a man's world, and not only does she have to deal with men's advance's in her own community, but she also has to face prejudice from the outside as a Mexican American.
What the R.A.C.E. strategy tells the writer to do.
What is Rewrite the question, Answer the question, Cite and Clarify, and End the paragraph.
This man wrote The Crucible.
Who is Arthur Miller?
The main theme or message of "A Christmas Carol?"
What is the importance of people caring about others.
What Gatsby wants Daisy to tell everyone in the tense scene at the hotel in Chapter VII.
What is that she never loved Tom?
Three of the symbols/motifs used throughout the story.
What are shoes, trees, sky, windows, and names?
Why does Ms. Jenne think English is an important subject?
What is: Because she believes your story matters and there should be no limitations in your ability to go out in the world and communicate it to others.