Literary Terms
This term compares two things using the word "like" or "as"
Simile
What are the Younger's expecting to happen in the first scene?
The Check for 10,000
What does Travis purchase for Mama?
An Elaborate Hat
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
The first woman to run for president
Shirley Chisolm
Ms. Perez told us about the smooth, slippery, cold table to teach us about
Imagery
What article of clothing is gifted to Beneatha, and by whom?
The Nigerian Robes are gifted by Asagai
This character was so loud, obnoxious, and irrelevant, that she is cut from many versions of the play
Mrs. Johnson
What is the reason for the end of the frontier?
New Railroads
First Black Woman on the US quarter
Maya Angelou
In "Chicago" by Carl Sandberg, he calls it the "city of big shoulders" what figurative language did he use in this quote?
Personification
The symbol for Mama's hopes and dreams
the plant
What is Walter's occupation at the beginning of the play?
Chauffer
This was invented in the Industrial Revolution, and it gives cars the ability to drive
Internal Combustion Engine
She helped NASA acheive human spaceflight, and calculated trajectories for John Glenn's orbit around the planet
Katherine Johnson
To understand the ____ of a story, it is helpful to know background information like who the writer is and what their life was like
Point of View
This character is willing to pay up if the Youngers decide not to move
Linder
What does Asagai offer Beneatha at the end of the play?
to take her to Africa
What were immigrants called as they came to America in waves?
"New Immigrants"
The Father of Black History
Carter G. Woodson
The (place where a story takes place) can impact the readers _____, which happened in a play we recently read.
Mood
Ruth is facing a conflict in the story, and in the play it is never resolved what she decides about it. What is that conflict?
Her pregancy
What emotion prevents Walter from taking Linder's money?
Pride
________ is what it is called when countries no longer mind their business
Imperialism
Known for causing "Good Trouble"