Trevor Noah's "Born a Crime"
This is the name of Trevor Noah's mother.
Patricia Noah
What is the name of the main character in "The Book Thief"?
Liesel Meminger.
Which literary device uses of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story.
Foreshadowing
What literary movement is Langston Hughes associated with
The Harlem Renaissance
Explain the quote
'It taught me that it is easier to be an insider as an outsider than to be an outsider as an insider'
Any relevant response to Trevor Noah's quote
What was the crime Trevor Noah's birth represented?
Trevor Noah's birth as a mixed-race child during apartheid in South Africa was considered a crime.
What is the main narrative perspective used in "The Book Thief"?
The book is narrated by Death.
Name 4 different types of imagery
visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile
What are the themes of Langston Hughes poetry?
He wanted to tell the stories of his people in ways that reflected their actual culture, including their love of music, laughter, and language, alongside their suffering.
Sometimes I arrive too early, I rush, and some people cling longer to life than expected
Any relevant response to Markus Zusak novel The Book Thief
What language did Trevor Noah's mother teach him in secret?
English
What is the significance of the book thief's habit of stealing books?
Stealing books represents the power of words and knowledge to provide comfort and escape during difficult times.
What literary device refers to the placement of contrasting ideas next to each other, often to produce an ironic or thought-provoking effect
Juxtaposition
I, too, am America
I, too, sing America
Name 2 literary devices used in these two lines from the Poem I,Too,
Allusion - Walt Whitman poem I, too, sing America
Parallelism - Repetition of similar sentence structure
The world doesn't love you. When I beat you I am trying to save you
Any response to explain the Trevor Noah quote
What is the name of Trevor Noah's abusive stepfather.
Abel
How does the use of Death as a narrator affect the storytelling in "The Book Thief"?
Death provides a unique and poignant perspective on human experiences, mortality, and the impact of war.
What is Enjambment in poetry
It refers to a line break where either the line is usually continued onto the next line without punctuation or the thought is continued on to the next line.
What is the extended metaphor used in I,Too and what is the effect?
The extended metaphor is America as one family which is currently divided according to race. This suggests a natural desire and expectatiion for all members of a family to be treated equally and with respect
Explain the quote from the poem I,Too
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed
Any relevant response which explains the qote
What is the event that caused Trevor Noah's mother to be shot in the head?
She had dared to divorce Abel
Explain how Hans' accordian and Max's copy of Mein Kampf are symbols
Hans Hubermann's accordion represents hope, safety, and creativity for Liesel.
For Max the copy of Mein Kampf and his overwriting of the pages is his attempt to counter the message of Nazism
What are CONSONANCE & ASSONANCE?
Both terms are associated with repetition—assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds and consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds
What is the effect of the use of rhetorical questions in the poem Harlem
The questions hover between rhetorical questions and genuine questions to the reader. The genuine questions are the first and last in the poem.
The others rhetorical questions poem, posing different alternatives of what will happen or has indeed happened to the dream.
See the quote from John Agard's poem Checkin Out Me History
Dem tell me bout Lord Nelson and Waterloo
but dem never tell me bout Shaka de great Zulu
Explain the allusions in the quote and the effect of using non-standard English in the quote