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A Raisin in the Sun Plot/Characters
A Raisin in the Sun Setting/Themes
Literary Terms
Writing/words
Vocabulary
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These differences between the play and the 2008 film change the play

In the book, Beneatha cuts off her straightened hair to avoid assimilation. In the movie, Walter is the last one in the apartment 

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What city and time period is a Raisin in the Sun set in?
Chicago, 1959 (the civil rights movement).
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What is Hyperbole?
Exaggerating when describing something.
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What is the difference between a synonym and an antonym?

Synonyms are words that have similar meanings. Antonyms are words with opposite meanings.

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What does anguish mean?

Severe mental or physical pain or suffering

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What does the character, Mr. Lindler, offer the Younger family?
A bribe so that the Youngers don't move to a house in the white neighborhood.
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What is significant/symbolic about the author describing the furniture in the Younger's apartment?
The furniture is old but kept clean. This represents how the Younger's don't have extra money (poor/poverty) for things like new furniture but still maintain a sense of pride in themselves.
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Metaphor.
Figurative language that compares one thing to another.
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What is the difference between third person  and first person POV?

Third person means the narrator tells the story through characters names and using he, she, or they. First person uses I, us, or our. 

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What does flourish mean?

Grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way.

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What does Beneatha want to use the money for?
Tuition to finish medical school.
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What decision does Beneatha have to make involving Joseph Asagai?
To go with Africa with him or not.
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Personification.
Giving human like qualities to something that is not human. (A dog that walks on two legs, a tree that talks).
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What are context clues?
The words and phrases used around a word that give clues to its meaning.
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What does Ridicule mean?

the subjection of someone or something to dismissive language or behavior

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What does Walter want to use the money for?
To invest in a liquor store.
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Name the themes in "A Raisin in the Sun"
Following your dreams (Walter wanted to invest in a business and Beneatha wanting to be a doctor). The importance of family (Mama buying the house) Fighting against racial discrimination.
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What is it called when a story gives a hint of something to come later on?
Foreshadowing.
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What is the difference between internal conflict and external conflict?
Internal conflict is when a character is struggling with something within themselves (depression, multiple personalities, sickness). An external conflict is when a character struggles with a force other than themselves (surviving in the wilderness, warfare, defeating a bully).
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What does Facetiously mean?

treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

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In the end, what important decision does Walter make?
He doesn't sign the agreement proposed by Mr. Lindler.
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What is one plot difference between the play and the movie?
Beneatha cutting off her natural hair.
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What is it called when a story goes to the past to explain an important plot point?
Flashback.
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What are the three parts of an essay?

Introduction/thesis, body paragraphs, conclusion.

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What does Ludicrous mean?

so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous.