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Figurative Language
Characters
Situations
Racism
Miscellaneous
100
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
What is simile?
100
The narrator and protagonist.
What is Marguerite?
100
One of Maya's most embarrassing experiences involving Momma, white girls, and a front yard.
Who are "powwhitetrash."
100
Why is Momma a legend in Stamps?
What is she is called Mrs. Henderson?
100
List 5 characteristics of Vivian
What is brave, beautiful, foul mouth, spontaneous, not religious.
200
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another.
What is metaphor?
200
We covered him with potatoes and onions, layer upon layer, like a casserole.
Who is Uncle Willie
200
Why do Momma, Maya, and Bailey cover Uncle Willie with potatoes and onions.
Uncle Willie is accused of touching a white woman and is threatened to have the KKK sent after him.
200
"I'd rather stick my hand in a dog's mouth"
What is the white dentist?
200
What is the most memorable scene of Bailey Senior?
What is the Mexico chapter?
300
Set of linguistic forms (I, me, my) referring to the speaker or writer of the utterance in which they occur.
What is first person narration
300
The only father figure Maya has ever known.
Who is Daddy Clidell?
300
A section in the book where the mood and tone of the novel dramatically change.
What are the Dark Chapters.
300
The situation where Momma decides to immediately move Bailey and Maya back to California.
What is Bailey helping with the removal of a dead body?
300
What book was the most influential in Maya's life.
What is A Tale of Two Cities.
400
The biography of a person narrated by himself.
What is autobiography?
400
"The boys."
Who is the KKK.
400
Explain the historical situation that happens in chapter 19.
What is Joe Louis defeating Carnera in a boxing match.
400
Why would Momma be angry at Maya for reading Shakespeare?
She wanted the children to be proud of their people.
400
What did Maya learn in the junkyard?
What is to cuss and drive?
500
"Like dew drops for the warmth of morning"
What is simile
500
Maya's first friend.
Who is Louise?
500
The situation where the mood changes from anticipation, to excitement, to disappointment.
What is Maya's graduation.
500
How did San Francisco change after WWII.
What is Japanese were sent to camps and the Blacks began to take over the shops and stores.
500
What is Maya's favorite dessert.
What is pineapple?