Anne Frank
Philadelphia Slang
Supporting Cartoon Characters
African-American Writers
Poetry
100
Anne is remembered for keeping this object.
What is a diary?
100
This four-letter word, which rhymes with ‘Shawn’ can be used to refer to nearly anything.
What is a jawn?
100
She is the wife of Donald Duck, and the best friend of Minnie Mouse.
Who is Daisy Duck?
100
She is an internationally celebrated literary icon.
Who is Maya Angelou?
100
Fill in the blank. A couplet is composed of two lines that ______.
What is rhyme?
200
This is how long Anne and her family were in hiding.
What is two years?
200
This word, which is also used to refer to male cows, is used when talking about men. The word ‘young’ is often placed before it.
What is a boul?
200
He is the only son of Homer Simpson.
Who is Bart Simpson?
200
One of the best-selling rappers of all time, he was only 24 years old when he was gunned down in Las Vegas, Nevada in September of 1996. His discography boasts classics such as 1995's Dear Mama and the posthumously released "Changes" (1998).
Who is Tupac Shakur?
200
In prose, we have paragraphs that separate differents pieces of the text. In poetry we have these.
What are stanzas?
300
Anne was a member of THIS ethnic group, meaning she had to wear a yellow star when in public and was banned from attending public school or visiting parks.
What is a Jew?
300
This three-letter word is typically interpreted to mean “alright”.
What is ard?
300
She is the teenaged, overly dramatic, sole child of Mr. Krabs.
Who is Pearl Krabs?
300
This award is given to books that promote peace, non-violent social change, and brotherhood, in her honor.
Who is Coretta Scott King?
300
This rhetoric device was used by Maya Angelou in our poem when she re-used the line "Life Doesn't Frighten Me at All."
What is repetition?
400
The rise of this political party in Germany and eventually throughout Europe threatened people like Anne and her family.
Who are the Nazis?
400
This two-word term is used when someone needs to “stay in their lane.” For example, stealing from your sick grandmother’s purse.
What is "outta pocket"?
400
This baboon served as Mufasa's Spiritual Advisor in the Lion King.
Who is Rafiki?
400
He was the most widely read poet of the Harlem Renaissance, with classics such as "A Raisin in the Sun", and "Mother to Son".
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
The line that completes this excerpt from our poem,
"Kissy little girls,
____________________"
What is "with their hair in curls"?
500
This is the name given to the systematic killing of Jews that occurred throughout Europe in World War II.
What is the Holocaust?
500
The dictionary defines this term as ‘speaking in a slow or lazy way’. But in Philadelphia young people use it to describe the actions of a person behaving dramatically or excessively. It is used when someone is "doing too much".
What is drawling?
500
She is the richest and most popular student at Dimmsdale Elementary School.
Who is Trixie Tang?
500
Fill in the blank.
Fleecy _____ and black complexion cannot forfeit natures claim, skin may differ but affection dwells in black and white the same.
What are locks?
500
The line that completes this excerpt from our poem:
"I've got a magic charm
That I keep up my sleeve,
If I'm __________________
_____________________"
"afraid at all, it's only in my dreams."