Vocabulary
(v.) To revive, bring back to consciousness or existence.
Resuscitate
Use commas to separate items in a series.
Comma Rule #1
Where does the Raisin in the Sun take place?
Chicago
All-knowing narrator who relates all events objectively.
Third Person Omniscient
A character in the story is telling the story.
First Person
(adj.) Untidy, dirty, careless.
Slovenly
Use to indicate an abrupt break in thought.
The Dash
What year does the Raisin in the Sun take place?
1950s
When the audience in the story knows more than the characters.
Dramatic Irony
(adj.) Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined.
Squeamish
(v.) To call into question; to attack as false.
Impugn
Use with compound adjectives.
The Hyphen
What does Walter want to do with the insurance Money?
Walter wants to put the money towards making a liquor store.
Outside narrator telling the story, but the information is limited to what one character is thinking or feeling.
Third Person Limited
(adj.) Cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct.
Nebulous
(adj.) Subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient serving to promote some end.
Subservient
Used to separate complete sentences (independent clauses) that are closely related in thought.
Semicolon
What does Mama do with some of the insurance money?
Mama puts a down payment on a house.
When what is said is the opposite of what is meant.
Verbal Irony
(n.) An object if intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation.
Anathema
(v.) To speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous.
Equivocate
Used to introduce something or provide further info/used to introduce elements in a list.
Colon
What does Mr. Linder tell the Younger family about not moving into the neighborhood?
He tells them that he will give them money if they do not live in the neighborhood and to stay in the home that they are in.
When what happens in the story is the opposite of what is expected to happen.
A narrative technique in which the character’s thoughts are presented as the mind experiences them; an “interior monologue” of a character. Sometimes, these thoughts lack expected logic, transition, or punctuation.
Stream of Consciousness