Background Info
Tupac is best known for what?
Music (Hip-hop)
What is personification?
When you give human-like qualities for inanimate objects.
A harsh environment, a place that was hard to grow in that was represented in the poem.
concrete
What is my name?
Ms. Hayden
Tupac was arrest how many times before the age of 20?
8 times
What is a simile?
A comparison between two unlike thing using "like" or "as."
A beautiful being who attempts to grow in the concrete is represented by what?
rose
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Spongebob Square pants!
Tupac was a multi-talent artist. What types of art did he create?
Music, poetry, acting (and dance but we forgot to talk about it in class, oops!)
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as."
The tough exterior and symbol of adapting to survive.
Thorn
What is an invertibrate?
An animal without a spine.
Where was Tupac when he was shot?
Hint: He went to see a heavy-weight-boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Sheldon.
Las Vegas
What is alliteration?
The repetition of sounds in a piece of writing.
"Nature's Law" in the poem represents what?
The rules imposed upon an individual from society.
What is 25 x 5=?
125
Tupac is a name that means what?
"Shining Serpant"
Something that represents another thing. (Ex: A heart represents love.)
Symbol
A rose "without feet" represents what?
Someone who has learned to grow and reject what negative expectations society has for them.
What kind of animal lives and water and can breathe on land?
Amphibian