Literary Terms
Moral of the story
The meaning of coding
This type of clue provides the definition within the context.
Definition clue
Barack Obama showed off his tendency to adopt a more preacherly cadence when speaking to a mostly black audience in a 2007 speech. What does cadence mean?
sequence or flow of sounds in language
Recurring theme
Motif
The speaker in the story, Deggans, went to a _______
outside of his neighborhood
Private school
For instance, such as, and for example are examples of what type of clue?
Example clues
My friends would say, with a tone parked somewhere between amused disdain and outright disgust. What does disdain mean?
the feeling that someone is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect
The word choice a writer uses
Diction
Deggans friends looked at him with disdain when he said what?
"Guys"
When you make an educated guess based on the context of the surrounding words, this is what type of clue?
Inference clue
For these kids, being members of a minority group was an abstraction. What does abstraction mean?
a general idea or quality rather than an actual person, object, or event.
Repetition of vowel sounds
Assonance
Deggans claims that African Americans use this when they around their friends?
Slang
This type of clue using words that are contrast or opposite of the unfamiliar word.
Antonym clue
For linguists, code-switching describes the simple act of switching between two languages in a conversation. What is the meaning of linguist?
a person who studies language, often skilled in multiple languages
An original model or type from which others are patterned. The hero is one
Archetype
The parents of Deggans' friends from his private school would often do this____________. He did not understand.
Cancel play dates or appointments.
The relationship between surrounding words and unfamiliar words are called...
Context clues
This is a lesson too many other young people from too many other cultures have to learn the hard way — making their way in an American culture that too often still demands assimilation. What does assimilation mean?
the integration of people or culture into a wider society or culture