Fiction
The name of the character who rips all his handicaps off and is killed for his extraordinary abilities.
Who is Harrison Bergeron?
The reason that the author was scared to help the woman on the train.
What is, "He was afraid that he would be judged or harmed by the white woman on the train"?
What is an author's purpose?
The paragraphs in a poem.
What is a stanza?
Figurative language that compares two things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
The types of handicaps that George had on.
What are "Devices in his ears that played loud noises and prevented him from being able to think properly"?
The things and people the white woman had with her while she was on the train.
What are, "Two kids, a baby in her arms, and a valise (suitcase)"?
Three types of author's purposes.
What is persuading, informing, & entertaining?
The final step when you annotate a poem. Hint: First impressions, how it looks, how it sounds, and...
What is the meaning of the poem?
What the work is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
The types of dancers that George and Hazel were watching on TV.
What are ballerinas?
What the author felt as a result of not helping the white woman on the train.
What is regret?
The way Adichie's characters started off when she first began writing.
What is, "Like the characters she read about in British & American books"?
Poetry is easier to approach because...
What is, "There is no 'wrong' way to interpret it"?
The way an author talks in order to create the mood.
What is tone?
Three of the handicaps that the main character had on.
What are weights, tons of scrap metal, a rubber ball nose, shaved eyebrows, thick glasses that made him blind, etc.?
The author's race and ethnicity.
What is African-American & Puerto Rican?
This is what happens when you reject the idea of a single story.
What is, "You are able to view things as they actually are"?
The character that the author of "An Obstacle" was trying to get past.
Who is Prejudice?
The message of a work.
What is the work's theme?
The main character's fate.
What is, "He was killed for trying to live as he truly was"?
What the story is based on.
What is, "The author's own experience"?
The danger of a single story.
What is, "Only having one idea about a person, place, or thing that prevents their whole identity from being appreciated"?
This is the type of poetry that "A Litany for Survival" was written in. Hint: it has no strict rules, rhyme scheme, or rhythm.
What is free verse?
How to properly cite text evidence.
What is (Author's Last Name, Page #)?