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Characters & Conflicts
Figurative Language
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Characters & Conflicts 2
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Feels very alone, thinks having a baby will make it better.
Who is Lupe?
100
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
"A winter's day, in a deep and dark December."
What is alliteration?
100
These two characters bonded over both having deceased mothers.
Who is Porsha and Leslie?
100
Hit by her boyfriend, and her sister is in and out of abusive relationships.
Who is Chankara Troupe?
200

Writes the first poem that started Open Mic Fridays.

Who is Wesley?

200
A word that sounds like the sound it is referring to.
What is onomatopeia?
200
"Terrorism is here, lurking at the bus stop."
What is personification?
200

How do open Mic Fridays get started?

Wesley writes a poem instead of an essay and has to read it to the class. It's so popular that others want to read poems too.

200
An artist who feels his friends do not believe in him. He cannot afford his own art supplies.
Who is Raul?
300
Has a baby, and it is hard for her to keep up in school.
Who is Gloria Martinez?
300
Giving human traits to non-human objects.
What is personification?
300
"I am a rock, I am an island."
What is a metaphor?
300

What is Tyrone's role in the story?

He provides commentary after each poem that helps us to learn more about the characters.

300
Everyone thinks that she should be good at basketball, but instead she loves art.

Who is Diondra?

400
Hides his intelligence and his interest in reading. Plays basketball.
Who is Devon?
400
Comparing two things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
400
"She tiptoed in...her cheek raw as red-brown meat."
What is Simile?
400
What happened to Tyrone's dad?
What is he was shot in a driveby shooting when Tryone was a child.
400
Moved to the Bronx after her mom died of cancer.
Who is Leslie Lucas?
500
Very shy and overweight.
Who is Janelle Battle?
500
When the first letter of multiple words have the same sound.
What is alliteration?
500
"For I am a coconut, and the heart of me is sweet than you know."
What is metaphor?
500

What is one possible theme of Bronx Masquerade?

Answers may vary.

500
Mom died of a drug overdose.
Who is Porsha?