TYPES OF TEXTS
LITERARY DEVICES
Down These Mean Streets
Authorial Choices
LITERARY GENRES
100
a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.
What is Novel
100
a comparison of one thing to another in order to make description more vivid; it actually states that one thing is the other
What is Metaphor
100

What main struggle does Piri face regarding his identity throughout the book?

He struggles with being both Black and Puerto Rican and how society categorizes him racially.

100
The time and the place in which the action of a book, film, play, and so on happens. Setting may also include mood and atmosphere.
What is Setting
100

A wave of migration brought many of this group of people to New York City after World War II in search of jobs and better opportunities?

Peurto Ricans 

200
a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
What is Encyclopedia
200
like images, these represent something else
What is Symbol
200

What does it mean to have corazon? 

(Spanish for heart) means more than just being brave — it’s about having inner strength, pride, and compassion despite hardship.

200
the sequence of events in a poem, play, novel, or short story that make up the main story line
What is Plot
200

What major economic crisis in the 1930s caused widespread poverty and unemployment in the United States, shaping the world Piri grew up in?

What is The Depression 

300

It usually follows a chronological structure, describing key events from childhood to adulthood, and aims to give a complete picture of the author’s experiences, achievements, and personal development.

An autobiography 

300
the use of words to create a picture or 'image' in the mind of the reader
What is Imagery
300

"It was all part of becoming _________, of wanting to have a beard to shave, a driver's license, a draft card, a "stoneness" which enabled you to go into a bar like a man. 

What is hombre

300

Authors make deliberate choices about ________ -the central ideas and messages they want to convey through their work. 

What are themes 

300

What set of racist laws in the American South enforced segregation and unequal treatment of Black people?

Jim Crow Laws

400
a short piece of writing on a particular subject.
What is Essay
400
deliberate and extravagant exaggeration
What is Hyperbole
400
What is the name of the rival gang that Piri and his friends like to fight? 

The Jolly Rogers 

400

This is the way authors develop and present their characters. They make choices about their personalities, motivations, relationships, and character arcs. These choices contribute to the overall depth and complexity of the characters and their impact on the story.



What is characterization 

400

What historical event led to the forced transportation of millions of Africans to the Americas, explaining the large African population in Puerto Rico?

Atlantic Slave Trade 

500
a book of information for travelers.
What is Guide book
500
a reference to another event, person, place, or work of literature - usually implied rather than explicit and often provides another layer of meaning to what is being said
What is Allusion
500

A "lopsided-looking kid who was always drooling at the mouth", who died after drinking dirty street water. 

Who is Dopey 

500
The use of clues that hint at important plot developments that are to follow in a story or a drama.
What is Foreshadowing
500

What major social and political movement in the 1950s and 1960s fought to end racial segregation and secure equal rights for African Americans?

Civil Rights Movement 

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