Biographical Details
Langston was born in this place
Joplin, Missouri
"Maybe it just sags like a ____________ ?"
heavy load."
Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
and then _____ ?
run
A comparison using like or as
Simile
This famous activist was both deaf and blind
Helen Keller
Langston was a part of this NYC literary/artistic movement
The Harlem Renaissance
"What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up like a __________________ ?"
"raisin in the sun?"
What happens to a dream ____________ ?
deferred
What does "deferred" mean?
Delayed, postponed...
This man was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
Langston Hughes was known as a ______ poet, like this style of music
jazz
"Does it stink like rotten ________ ?"
meat?"
The title of this poem is the name of a famous NYC neighborhood
"Harlem"
A comparison that DOES NOT use like or as
Metaphor
What year did the Christmas Truce of 1914 happen?
1914
What month was Langston Hughes born?
February
"Or crust and sugar over like a ______________ ?"
syrupy sweet?"
"Does it stink like rotten meat
or does it sugar over
like a syrupy ___________?"
sweet?"
When words "chime," they _________
rhyme
Name the woman known for not giving up her seat on the bus in Birmingham, Alabama.
Rosa Parks
Year Langston Hughes was born.
1901
"Does it fester like a ______________ .
sore and then run?"
"Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
Or, does it __________ ."
explode?"
A paragraph in poetry is called this
a stanza
This character from a Washington Irving short story fell asleep for 20 years.
Rip Van Winkle