Classroom
The number one expectation in this classroom.
What is respect?
This literary device was used by William Shakespeare in the following line:
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,"
What is a metaphor?
The author of this short story.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This Manhattan neighborhood was the center of the artistic creation and expression for the black community during the early 20th century and included such notable authors as Langston Hughes, Claude McKay and Zora Neale Hurston.
What is Harlem?
This era of American History featured women in flapper dresses, bob haircuts, and dancing to big band jazz.
The specific location where our learning takes place on the daily.
What is B203?
These three aspects of writing are required in any written short answer response.
What are claim, evidence, and reasoning?
Roger wishes to thank Mrs. Jones for this reason
What is trusting him despite his actions?
The artistic movement of the early 20th century that focused on precise imagery and description of the mundane and meaningful that featured authors such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams.
What is Imagism?
When a character, writer, or narrator directly states a quality of a person within the text.
What is direct characterization?
Reads: Development of community leaders and role models who are academically and socially prepared for life beyond high school and give back to the community for the advancement of those who will follow in their footsteps.
What is the Karen Wagner High School vision?
This 1996 smash hit, "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette ironically features not a hint of irony within it's lyrics making it a prime example this type of irony.
What is situational irony?
This literary device is used by the author in order to instill the sense of anxiety and fear within this character.
What is repetition?
These expatriate authors lived their lives throughout Europe, writing, drinking, and dealing with the aftermath of World War I and the excess wealth and comfort that followed prior to The Great Depression
Who is the lost generation?
Mr. Hartmann's birth country.
What is Germany?
A new occurrence for warm ups in all class periods on wednesdays, usually consisting of a reading selection and a written response.
What is the literacy initiative?
Carefully crafted but subtly implied inferences drawn by the audience through the minute diction, actions, and words of people that populate a novel.
What is indirect characterization?
This factored heavily into Mrs. Jones accepting Roger and choosing to help him.
What are Mrs. Jones' own checkered past of theft and worse.
During this era, the struggle for worker's rights, social reform and the struggle of everyday people became the primary focus.
What is the Great Depression?
The full name of the woman who showed kindness to Roger
Who is Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones?
This specific event takes place every day from 12:39pm-1:09pm in the Wagner HS cafeteria.
What is "C-Lunch"?
Literary works of the early 20th century often featured these ideals regarding social status, decay and ruination, heroism in the face of insurmountable odds, and the usurpation of antiquated notions of gender roles, as well as excess.
What are themes?
The theme of the short story is best described as this.
What is People are more likely to learn and practice good behavior when it is taught to them with kindness.
American Imagism primarily experimented with these aspects of writing:
What is simplicity, clarity of expression, and precision through the use of exacting visual images?
Among the most notable works of this period are: The Invisible Man, Their Eyes were Watching God, A Raisin in the Sun, Fences, "I, Too", and On Broadway.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?