Vocabulary
What is assimilation?
the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
What does the plant symbolize for Mama?
It symbolizes Mama's hopes and dreams for her family.
Who is Walter married to?
Ruth
Who is the author of a raisin in the sun?
Lorraine Hansberry
What is empowering?
the act of making someone stronger and more confident, especially in controlling their life and claiming their rights.
What is the purpose of stage directions?
To explain the setting and movement of the actors
How is the relationship between Walter and Beneatha?
They argue a lot.
What does Beneatha want to become?
A doctor
When do we use because in a sentence?
What is destructive?
causing great and irreparable harm or damage.
What a person mentions a word's connotation, the person is talking about?
a. the way in which the word came to exist
b. the dictionary definition of a word
c. the emotional charge (feeling) of a word
c. the emotional charge (feeling) of a word
What did the setting of the Younger's apartment reveal about the family?
That they can not afford new things, and there are too many people living in a small space.
What are Travis' parents name?
Walter and Ruth
When do we use but in a sentence
To express opposite ideas or present a U-turn
What is the american dreeam?
the belief that anyone can attain their own version of success in a society where upward mobility is possible for everyone.
What is diction?
The author's choice of language
How does Ruth feel in the play?
She is exhausted with her circumstances.
Who does Mama and Ruth want Beneatha to be with?
George
What was the great migration?
Black people leaving the south and settling in the north for a better life
What is imagery?
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
What is figurative meaning?
The details in the text carry a deeper meaning.
At the end of Act 1, Ruth faints when Mama asked her to sing. What was the reason she fainted?
Ruth is pregnant.
What does Travis ask him mom to do after to school so he could make money?
Bag groceries
What does mutilated mean?
inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on.
What is symbolism?
a symbol is a person, place, object, or event that has figurative meaning