American History & Society
The belief that if you work hard and do your best in America, you can create a better life for yourself and your family.
What is the American dream?
The pattern of words and lines that rhyme in a poem or song.
What is the rhyme scheme?
The mode of appeal that Ke Huy Quan uses almost exclusively in his emotional Oscar Acceptance Speech from 2023
Et aspekt af engelske verber, der bruges til at vise at en handling er igangværende eller sker samtidigt med en anden handling.
A famous African American woman, who worked as a Sexual Assault Investigator for the NAACP and whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man sparked the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.
Who was Rosa Parks?
An important document from 1776 that states that all men have the right to “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”
What is The Declaration of Independence?
In the poem “The New Colossus”, the lines “give me your tired, your poor / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” refer to this significant group of people
What are immigrants arriving in America?
The main claim and message in Kashana Cauley’s opinion article, “Trump is Killing the American Dream”.
What is the fact that Trump and his administration are damaging/killing the American dream through their racist and classist policies – simpler answers with similar meanings are acceptable?
På engelsk består udvidet tid af disse to elementer
Hvad er en form af to be + præsens participium (-ing-form)?
The excessive and unnecessary use of violence by law enforcement against a person or a group of people, such as African Americans, which is one of the main issues that the Black Lives Matter-movement wants to put a stop to.
What is police brutality?
An important American value that holds Americans together as a people through their love and loyalty to their country.
What is patriotism?
A type of poetic device that uses words and phrases that mean something different from their literal meaning to indirectly compare two things
What is a metaphor?
The five aspects of the circumstances of a speech that the acronym S.O.A.P.S. stands for.
What are Sender, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Subject?
Hjælpeverbet ”to be” i udvidet tid skal bøjes korrekt efter disse to regler på engelsk.
Hvad er kongruensreglerne og korrekt verbaltid?
The cause of the American Civil War.
What is the fact that South wanted to leave the Union when Abraham Lincoln was elected because he wanted to end slavery?
An American value and mindset rooted in the belief that America is a land of plenty with limitless resources.
What is psychology of abundance?
The message of Lil Baby’s song “The Bigger Picture”
What is the fact that systematic racism is a deep-rooted issue in American society?
The topic and message of Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysberg Address” from 1863.
What is the fact that the fallen soldiers died for a great cause and their deaths cannot be in vain?
Verberne ”admit”, ”enjoy”, ”resist” og ”suggest” er alle eksempler på verbalmønster på engelsk.
Hvad er verber der kun kan efterfølges af -ing-form/præsens participium?
A rhetorical device, which is used multiple times in MLK’s “I Have a Dream”-speech, that is characterised by introducing two opposite things together in a statement in order to emphasize their differences and make it easier for the audience to see what the right choice is.
What is antithesis/contrast?
An important era in the 19th century, during settlers gradually occupied more and more land in “the wild West”, until America became the country we know today.
What was the Frontier Age?
A specific type of poem, like “The New Colossus” with 14 lines, which is typically divided into an octave and sestet with a “turn” between them.
What is a (Petrarchan) sonnet?
In Toulmin’s model of argumentation, this is the thing that connects the grounds/evidence to the claim
What is the warrant?
Verberne ”love”, ”like” og ”hate” er alle eksempler på en lille gruppe verber der følger dette verbalmønster på engelsk.
Hvad er verber der både kan efterfølges af to-infinitiv og -ingform/præsens participium på engelsk?
According to the 13th amendment, which marked the abolition of slavery in the US, this group of people is an exception to the rule and can still be forced to do involuntary work.
Who are convicted criminals?