"Yet only part of my blood loves that memory. Another voice speaks of native lands within this nation. Lands invaded."
What is "Ellis Island."
100
The attitude that an author or a piece is trying to convey.
What is tone
100
Money is life
What is Walter's American Dream
100
Finding Mariah Wong
What is Ikau's dream
200
"Before the trial of this prisoner, several of her own children had frankly and fully confessed not only that they were witches themselves, but that this mother had made them so."
What is "The Trial of Martha Carrier."
200
When words or situations are used to achieve the opposite effect of what is expected or desired.
What is irony
200
Life is freedom
What is Mama's American Dream
200
Using the written word to replicate the accents and cultural flavors of peoples in specific places
What is colloquialism
300
"I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.
What is "I, Too, Sing America"
300
An original document containing firsthand information about a subject.
What is a primary source
300
A coal minin' mother 'til the day I'm dead.
What is the Harlan Man's American Dream
300
They want to get to American so that they can be adopted.
What is the immigrants from Which Way Home.
400
"There was a lot of things I want to do, but I have no money and I can't stand it," she said.
What is "Lifelong Dreamer - Vietnam Boat Person"
400
Gathering information from a variety of sources, interpreting and comprehending that information and then producing it into a smaller, original piece
What is synthesizing
400
Every open lawbook was a pair of hands upturned and burning.
What is the speaker's in "Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper" American Dream.
400
A person who is leaving the country of his birth for a better life and/or greater opportunities.
What is a emigrant
500
"No, dad, this is one tangle that your money can't unravel. We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer. There's no hope of getting a talk with Miss Lantry before she sails."
What is "Mammon and the Archer"
500
Using edgy, sometimes rude language to teach a lesson and affect change.
What is satire
500
If I had enough money, I would take busloads of people out to the fields and into the labor camps. Then they'd know how that fine salad got on their table.
What is Roberto Acuna's America Dream
500
A person who is entering a new country in order to start a new life and is seeking better opportunities.