Vocabulary
This words definition is to rob.
What is Plunder?
This character starts off admiring Pete, copying everything he does, but later grows cold and distant after Pete lashes out at him.
Who is Sucker?
This character's dream of opening a liquor store becomes a major source of tension in the household, revealing his desperation to reclaim dignity and control over his life.
Who is Walter Lee Younger?
This part of a CER paragraph must come directly from the text and should be introduced, quoted, and cited correctly.
What is evidence?
This unfair housing practice in the 1960s involved banks and realtors blocking Black families from buying homes in certain neighborhoods, even when they had enough money.
What is redlining?
An example of this word is Walter suggesting you have to bribe others with money to get ahead at times.
What is graft?
This major event causes Pete to cruelly yell at Sucker, changing their relationship forever.
What is Maybelle rejecting Pete / Pete being upset after a fight with Maybelle?
This character's conflict deepens when she is accused of "mutilating" her hair, symbolizing her struggle between assimilation and embracing African identity.
Who is Beneatha?
This section is often the longest part of the paragraph because it explains how the evidence proves the claim and connects ideas logically.
What is reasoning?
These violent attacks--often aimed at Black churches, homes, or leaders--were used to scare people who were fighting for civil rights.
What are bombings?
This word is defined as doing with concentrated attention; to lock in
What is raptly?
This character shows faith when they say, "No matter what you did I always knew you liked me" (19).
Who is Sucker?
This object, tended to carefully by Mama, symbolizes both her nurturing spirit and the family's postponed dreams.
What is the plant?
This is what every CER paragraph must do in the first sentence to let the reader know the writer's position right away.
What is state the claim?
In A Raisin in the Sun, this big event shows the real struggles Black families faced in the 1960s when they tried to move into white neighborhoods.
What is Mama buying a house in Clybourne Park?
Beneatha claims she hates this of Black people, but she is unaware she is doing it.
What is assimilationism?
This character's traits blend charm with carelessness, making them the catalyst of a conflict even though they never directly participate in it.
Who is Maybelle?
This character creates tension by criticizing Beneatha's interests and beliefs, revealing a clash between material ambition and intellectual curiosity.
Who is George Murchison?
This writing move improves the flow of a CER paragraph by helping evidence and reasoning connect smoothly, often using words like "therefore," "this shows," or "as a result."
What is using transitions?
This group of people was most hurt by redlining because the practice kept them stuck in certain neighborhoods and blocked them from building wealth through homeownership.
Who were Black families?
Synonyms of this word include noisy, clamorous, jarring, and raucous. Antonyms of this word include silent, soft, subdued, and quiet.
What is strident?
This theme is shown when Pete takes advantage of Sucker's admiration until it's too late to fix the damage.
What is the abuse of trust / the fragility of relationships?
This character's conversations about "idealists" versus "realists" challenge another character's worldview and introduce the play's exploration of identity and cultural pride.
Who is Joseph Asagai?
This is the skill needed in the reasoning section where the writer avoids summarizing the text and instead explains the deeper meaning behind their evidence.
What is analysis?
This national group worked to protect the rights of Black Americans by fighting unfair laws in court and speaking out against discrimination.
What is the NAACP.