Dear Martin
Misc. topics
About Ms. D
Literary Devices
THUG
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What type of car does Manny drive

Range Rover

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Martin Luther King's most famous speech

"I have a dream"

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What is the colour of Ms. D's cat?

ORANGE!

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What is a Simile

A figure of speech that compares two things using like or as

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What was Kahlil reaching for in the car before he got shot

A hairbrush

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Covert racism is

Racial discrimination that is disguised and subtle

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What is Direct Characterization

TELLS the audience what the personality traits of the characters are

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Ms. D's major is English, but what is her minor?

Health Studies

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What is Onomatopoeia?

Word or phrase that shows you the sound something makes.

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Why was Starr upset with her schoolmates?

They were using the Khalil incident as an excuse to skip class

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The name of the police officer who put Justyce in handcuffs

Officer Castillo

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In Sugar Falls, Kokum changed her name, what was the full name of the girl she honoured

Helen Betty Osbourne

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What are the two main sports Ms. D plays

Hockey and Rugby

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What is mood?

used to create a specific feeling for the reader

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Why does King (the gang leader) attempt to harm Starr

She reveals that Kahlil was selling drugs for the Kings Lords during an interview

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In what ways does SJ challenge societal norms and expectations in the first four chapters?

By speaking out against racism and discrimination

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A black person isn't hired for a job because their name "sounds black" is an example of...?

covert racism

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How many siblings does Ms. D have?

two brothers

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What is alliteration

the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence or phrase.

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what did Hailey think about Kahlil's murder?

It was justified because he was a drug dealer.

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In the end of Dear Martin, what did Jared say he was going to study in college?

Civil Rights Lawyer

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The names of the personal essay that we read in class, written by James Sinclair

Those People, Our People

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What is on Ms. D's bucket list for a travel destination?

Disneyland/world during halloween 

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What is Anaphora

a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.

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What does Starr find and keep when she is allowed to look in Khalil's room, at the end of the movie?

A "Harry Potter" wand

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