Vocabulary
Elements of Plot
Plot I
Plot II
Quotes
100
ready to break
What is 'brittle?'
100
in Harlem, on a dark, rainy day, on the street and in a tenement building.
What is the setting of the story?
100
Harlem, New York
Where does the story take place?
100
He died in the war.
Who is Jesse?
100
he said "If you know your pappy did something, you know you can do something too."
Who is Lemon Brown?
200
in a hesitant way
What is 'tentatively?'
200
Greg needs to do better at Math in order to be allowed to play on the basketball team and he is fighting with his father about this.
What is a conflict or problem in the story?
200
this is where Greg goes when it starts to rain
What is the tenement house/building?
200
because he wanted his son to see what he had done and to have hope for the future.
Why did Lemon Brown give Jesse his treasure?
200
he said "And you want to play basketball?"
Who is Greg's father?
300
with close attention
What is 'intently?'
300
when Greg howls and Lemon Brown hurls himself on the thugs
What is the 'climax?'
300
this is why Lemon Brown is in the tenement building.
What is 'homeless,' or 'because he is homeless?
300
because hard times caught up with him.
Why did Lemon Brown give up the blues?
300
he said "Don't try nothin', 'cause I got a razor here . . ."
Who is Lemon Brown?
400
unplanned
What is 'impromptu?'
400
when Lemon Brown shows Greg his real treasure and explains it to him.
What is the 'falling action?'
400
yellow newspaper clippings and an old harmonica
What is Lemon Brown's treasure?
400
The three men sitting on the stoop, one carrying a pipe; Lemon Brown said "they's bad men."
Who are the thugs?
400
he says "Hey! Ragman! What you got up under them rags?"
Who is one of the thugs?
500
threatening
What is 'ominous?'
500
when Greg returns home, decides not to tell his father about Lemon Brown, and smiles.
What is the 'resolution?'
500
Lemon Brown gave him his treasure.
Who is Jesse, Lemon Brown's son?
500
Lemon Brown describes it this way: "What else a man got 'cepting what he can pass on to his son, or his daughter..."
What is 'treasure?'
500
who says "you take care of that treasure of yours."
Who is Greg?
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