Plot and Pettibones
How does the KKK react to Leanora saving Esther from the train?
They write an anonymous letter saying next time they will tie both girls down so that the train kills them and says Mr. Sutter should leave town.
Look at page 79 and explain how Reynard Alexander exposes the prejudiced and flawed rationale that the KKK uses.
Reynard states that many of the groups the KKK targets are just as American as the klans member themselves.
Identify an overstatement on page 61.
“Asking a thousand questions”
What does Achilles' heel mean?
weak point
What is wrong with this sentence, and how can you correct it?
Trying to intimidate minorities with the blaze of the cross
It’s a fragment. There are various ways to fix it.
Who wants to see the circus?
Esther
Which character is a leader in the KKK?
Johnny Reeves
Identify and explain the literary device in the following quotation: “I never saw anyone move so fast, / she ran like a deer, / like a deer in a rifle sight / one you let go / cause there’s no way to hit / a swift brown rush weaving through the trees like that (76).
Leanora is compared to a deer through a simile. She is as fast as a deer, and Merlin, even though he has ties to the klan, admires her bravery and speed.
What does spurn mean?
reject or refuse
Which sentence is grammatically correct:
1. Leanora is a brave girl because she saved Esther.
2. Leanora is a brave girl, because she saved Esther.
1
What happens at the broom sale?
A lot of women got hurt
Name as many groups as you can that the KKK is prejudiced against.
Black people, Jewish people, foreigners, Catholics
Identify irony in Iris’ Weaver’s poem on page 90.
Enlightened humanity, / now that’s something the klan could talk about at their next / cross burning
What does hyperbole mean?
overstatement
Identify all of the grammatical errors in the following sentence: Leanora and her father forgot there hats which were gonna keep them warm during the winter
4: there, no comma before which, gonna, no period
Who is Viola worried about being mad about the outcome of the broom sale?
Doctor Flitt
“When that sort of scoundrel starts hiding under hoods and robes / no good can come of it” (69). Why would a KKK member need to hide “ under hoods and robes”? What does needing to conceal their identity reveal about the KKK?
Hiding emboldens people to do unjust and evil things since others do not know their identity.
Identify personification on page 72
As the brakes screamed
What does venerate mean?
regard with great respect
Various answers
How does Viola try to help with the situation with the broom sale?
She makes up a free broom for each woman affected.
How does the KKK justify their actions?
They call it a movement of God.
Look at Fitzgerald Flitt’s poem on page 78 and explain what literary device this poem has it in. This one is tough…
What does fathom mean?
able to understand
Come up with sentences demonstrating these comma rules:
1. Comma before a which clause
2. Comma after an introductory phrase
3. Comma separating 2 adjectives
4. Comma before a quotation
various answers