A Raisin in the Sun
The Ways of White Folks
Vocabulary
The Analytical Paragraph
100

This character puts a down payment on a house with the insurance check

Lena (Mama)

100

Each of the two stories we read has a main character. What are their names?

Jack and Roy

100

Provide sufficient space for

Accommodate

100

Each topic sentence should make a ____________

claim/argument

200

The title of the play comes from a line in a poem written by which famous poet?

Langston Hughes

200

In "Home" which instrument does the main character play?

Violin
200

In the past, old fashioned

Passe

200

TRUE OR FALSE: You can use the first person in an analytical essay.

False

300

In Act 3, Asagai asks Beneatha to go with him to ________

Africa

300

In "Passing", what is Mr. Week's job?

Chief Office Secretary

300

Doing nothing, standing around

idle

300

If you were writing a 5-paragraph essay, what is needed at the end of the first paragraph?

Thesis statement

400

The presence of this character changes Walter's mind about Lindner's offer at the end of the play.

Travis

400

In "Passing", name of of the places the main character wants to move to.

New York or San Francisco

400

Humor aimed at instructing or improving human behavior

Satire

400

TRUE OR FALSE: The following citation is correct -  

"It was in Berlin that the sadness weighed most heavily on Roy”. (Hughes 35)

False

500

What year did the play debut on Broadway?

1959

500

In which American town does the story "Home" take place?

Hopkinsville

500

In a reluctant or resentful manner

Grudgingly

500

What is needed at the end of each paragraph?

A concluding/transition sentence