Exit West
Name the novels two main characters.
Nadia and Saeed
Name the petitioner and the respondent in this case
Petitioner: Yick Wo
Respondent: Sheriff Hopkins
Name the four parts of speech
What is the definition of a theme?
A message about life you get from a piece of literature
How many sections are there to the Fourteenth Amendment?
5
Name the cities/places Nadia and Saeed lived in throughout the novel
Middle East; Mykonos, Greece; London, England; Marin, California
In what year was this case?
1886
What is the difference between who and whom?
Who: subject
Whom: object
Name the three main kinds of point of view.
First person
Third person limited
Third person omniscient
This document was created after the Civil War in order to protect the rights of freed slaves.
14th Amendment
Name one possible theme from the novel
Ignoring your problems only makes them worse
Love cannot solve your problems
What problem did the petitioners have?
They were required to have an extra permit to operate their laundry business if they had a wooden building, and the board of supervisors wouldn't give any Chinese people the permit
Name the four situations we learned for using commas
IC, fanboys IC
DC, IC
interruptions
lists
*also to introduce quotes
Protagonist: good guy
Antagonist: villain
Name one obligation stated in the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance
Get rid of any allegiance to other governments
Fight in the military if asked
Defend the Constitution
Be faithful to the United States
What is the genre of this novel?
Magical Realism
What law/doctrine did this case violate?
The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
Identify the subject and object in this sentence:
"Don't forget to study for your test."
Subject: You
Object: Test
Name the parts of plot structure...in order
Exposition, Rising Action, climax, Falling action, Resolution
Name the four main characters we've been following on "Living Undocumented"
Luis: came illegally for better opportunities from Honduras
Alejandra: came illegally from Mexico to be with her family
Vinny: came legally as a child with his family seeking asylum
Ron: came on a tourist visa and overstayed
Name one element that is magical and one element that is realistic from the novel
The magical doors that transport them all over the world is magical
Them trying to escape war is realistic
What percentage of laundry businesses were owned by Chinese immigrants? What percentage were given these permits?
89%
0%
Name at least 7 different pronouns
He, she, we, it, them, that, which, what, when, where
You're trying to convince Mr. Paprocki to let you take a test late, and you truthfully tell him that you couldn't study because you had a family emergency. You explain that this emergency upset you so much that you couldn't focus for the rest of the night.
This is an example of what literary device?
Pathos: an emotional appeal
What does the phrase "e pluribis unum" mean?
Out of Many, One