Theater and plays
A play is meant to be performed in front of this.
Live audience
The city where A Raisin in the Sun takes place
Chicago
A major idea or message in a story is called this...
Theme
The poet who wrote “Harlem.”
Langston Hughes
Language that sounds like real speech is called this.
authentic voice
A shorter or changed version of an original play is called this
adaptation
The part of Chicago where many Black families settled.
South Side
One theme of A Raisin in the Sun related to goals for the future.
Dreams
The poem asks what happens to this when it is deferred.
Dream
“Gonna” is an informal form of this phrase.
going to
The author of A Raisin in the Sun.
Lorraine Hansberry
The historical movement when Black families moved north for jobs.
Great Migration
Waiting too long for dreams to come true is described as this...
Deferred dream
One image compares a dream to food that goes bad.
Rotten Meat
Leaving out words like “are” or “to” helps create this kind of voice.
authentic or realistic voice
Plays are written to be performed by these people.
Actors
The lake that borders Chicago.
Lake Michigan
The unfair treatment faced by Black Americans in the play.
Discrimination
An image that shows a dream becoming heavy.
heavy load
“I won’t go nowhere” is an example of this grammar feature.
a) double negative
b) triple negative
c) one negative
d) super negative
double negative
A Raisin in the Sun is divided into acts and this smaller part.
Lorraine Hansberry based her play on this.
Life experiences
Despite struggles, the characters continue showing this....
Determination
The final question of the poem suggests this dramatic result.
explosion
Authors use authentic voice to make characters sound more like this.
a) unrealistic people
b) fantasy charcters
c) real people
d) fictional beings
real people