Quote ID
"Death ain't nothin but a fastball on the outside corner."
Rose's son's name.
Who is Cory?
Troy uses the metaphor of baseball to explain _____________.
What is to explain why he had an affair with Alberta?
What is Troy vs Cory? - playing football
What is Troy vs Rose? - affair with Alberta
What is Troy vs Lyons? - money/work
Describing something by comparing it to something else, using like or as.
What is a simile?
“Better get ready for the judgement! Better get ready for… Hey!... Hey!... There’s Troy boy!... Lyons… King of the Jungle! Hey Rose, I got a flower for you. That’s the same rose like you is!”
The reason Alberta doesn't raise Raynell.
What is she dies in childbirth?
Rose uses the metaphor of a garden to describe _______________.
What is how she feels about Troy?
Early in the play, Lyons and Troy have conflict over $10. How does Lyons eventually get the $10?
What is yes, Rose gives it to him.
What is hyperbole?
“You can’t be nobody but who you are, Cory. That shadow wasn’t nothing but you growing into yourself. You either got to grow into it or cut it down to fit you. But that’s all you got to make a life with. That’s all you got to measure yourself against the world out there.”
Who is Rose?
The reason Troy doesn't want Cory playing football in college.
What is he thinks Cory should just get a job?
What is he thinks Cory won't get a real chance because he's Black?
Rose wants Troy to build the fence because ____________________.
What is she wants to keep her family together?
Describe an internal conflict Troy has.
What is how to be a good father?
What is how to be a good husband?
Description using the 5 senses.
What is imagery?
“Some people build fences to keep people out and other people build fences to keep people in. Rose wants to hold on to you all. She loves you.”
Who is Bono?
The place where Bono and Troy met.
Where is prison?
Rose uses the metaphor of a shadow to convince ______________.
What is to convince Cory to go to Troy's funeral?
What are the devil, and death?
Multiple words in a row that begin with the same letter.
What is alliteration?
“You got your way of dealing with the world… I got mine. The only thing that matters to me is my music.”
Who is Lyons?
What Cory does after high school.
What is joins the Marines?
Raynell and Cory sing Troy's song "Old Blue" together at the end of the scene. The song "Old Blue" represents _____________.
What is the connection between generations of Troy's family?
Describe the man vs society conflict involving Troy.
What is Troy vs Institutionalized Racism?
A common (maybe folksy) saying.
What is an idiom?