Vocabulary
Vindication
To be cleared of an accusation or suspicion.
This man believed education was the path to freedom and power. He escaped slavery and became the leader of the abolitionist movement.
Frederick Douglass
Third person point of view.
What uses pronouns such as he, she, him, her, and their?
What is the name of the 14-year old drummer boy who was crying in the middle of the night before the Battle of Shiloh?
Joby
Commence
To begin/start.
Prudent
To show care for the future.
In "O Captain! My Captain!", author Walt Whitman uses an extended metaphor of a captain leading a ship through a dangerous voyage but returning successful, only to die shortly afterwards. The character of the captain represents which famous American?
Abraham Lincoln
Almost everything authors write is for one of these three purposes.
What is to inform, to entertain, or to persuade?
Master Hugh Auld was deeply opposed to slaves being educated. Despite this, Douglass learned the alphabet from this person while enslaved by Hugh Auld.
Who is Hugh's wife, Mitress Sophia Auld?
Apprehension
Worried that something bad will happen.
Unabated
Without resistance / showing no sign of slowing down.
The General gives the drummer boy an inspirational speech. Why does the General tell the boy he is the most important part of the army?
If the boy stops playing the drums, the rest of the soldiers will stop fighting and the battle will be lost.
A word that shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word. Examples include above, behind, by, on, under, with.
What is a preposition?
Drummer boys had two main roles during battle in the Civil War. First, they entertained the troops by playing music. What was their other important role?
They carried injured and dead soldiers off the battle field to medics.
Resolute
Determined, without quitting.
The use of something to represent ideas or qualities. Examples: Blue on a map represents water, the color red represents love, the monkey's paw represents greed.
Symbolism
_______ taught Douglass how to read in secrecy.
The white children in the neightborhood.
Introduces the setting and characters; it tells you what the characters want. Generally at the beginning of the story to set up the rising action which leads to the climax.
What is Exposition?
Enslaved people referred to Harriet Tubman by what biblical nickname?
Moses
Askew
Not in a straight position.
Strewn
Untidy and scattered.
Peach blossoms appear repeatedly throughout "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh". What do they symbolize in the story?
The peach blossoms represent the loss of youth and innocence, which the drummer boy will experience during the upcoming battle.
The base form of a verb + the word "to". For example, "to run".
What is an infinitive?
Douglass read "The Columbian Orator" and was inspired by the relationship between a master and his slave. This book inspired Douglass to do what that he never previously thought was possible?
Escape slavery and gain his freedom.
Denunciation
Publicly express disapproval of somebody.