Essay Writing
This is the sentence that tells what your whole essay will be about.
Thesis
What type of music was started during the Harlem Renaissance.
Jazz
This is the "I" in a poem; it is the one speaking in the poem.
Narrator
When Maya was young, what did she want to be?
She wanted to be white.
The first sentence of a body paragraph.
Main Idea/Topic Sentence
The location of the Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem, NY
This is who the narrator is speaking to.
Audience
Who does Maya go to live with?
She moves to live with Momma, her grandmother.
This is written after the quote you have taken from an author.
Author's last name and page number
It was an explosion of art, music, dance, poetry, and literature by African Americans.
Harlem Renaissance
The Lesson of the poem.
Why is it important that everyone knows that Uncle Willie was "not born that way"?
Momma cares how people view her family and doesn't want anyone to think poorly of them.
Analysis
He wrote the poems "I, Too" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
Langston Hughes
What is tone?
It is the mood; the way the person feels about what they are saying.
Why did Uncle Willie have to hide in the potato bin?
The KKK were looking for Black men.
The very first sentence of an essay.
Hook
As a young child, she was able to take inspiration from Black authors and artists.
What is the difference between a topic and a theme?
Topic is one word of what the poem is about. Theme is the lesson about the topic.
What do the powhitetrash children do to momma? Give two examples.
They mock the way she looks and stands. Call her "Annie", show their genitalia.