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Tomas Rivera and By Accident
Robinson/Blinking/Incident
I Have A Dream/Spring 1954
Malcolm X/Diary of Anne Frank
Vocabulary
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In "Tomas Rivera", how did Tomas begin to change his life?
He started to read, then write, books.
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What did Carl Anderson advise Jackie Robinson to do?
Leave the street gang.
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Why did the clerk want Martin Luther King Jr. and his father to sit at the back of the store?
African Americans were supposed to sit at the back of the store.
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According to the poem, what did Malcolm X know about the future?
He would be murdered one day
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What is Conflict?
A struggle between a character or group versus an opposing character or group
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What path did Tomas eventually take on his life journey?
He became the head of a university.
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Why did Jackie leave UCLA?
He didn't believe college would help him get a job.
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How did the police officer react when Martin Luther King Sr. spoke to him?
He was shocked and nervous
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How did Malcolm X live his life?
He did not fear for his safety
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What is climax?
The moment of greatest emotional intensity
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Why does the narrator in " By Accident" sit in the emergency room to comfort a boy she hardly knows?
Someone did the same for her when she was a child
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What is the message of the poem "Blinking"?
Make the best of every situation
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What did Martin Luther King Jr. learn from his father?
How to stand up for himself with dignity
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What is the author most likely referring to when he says "the Time"?
The moment of Malcolm X's death
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What is Dramatic Irony?
A situation in which the audience knows something that the characters onstage do not is called
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What element has the power to bring together people who would not usually notice each other?
an emergency or disaster
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In "Blinking" to what does the speaker compare blinking?
Applause
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In "Spring 1954..."what conclusion can you draw from the fact that Randall had a job at age thirteen?
He was hardworking and ambitious.
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Explain what "that all men/are really brothers" means
all men are connected
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What event provides a flashback in "The Diary of Anne Frank"?
Mr. Frank begins reading Anne's diary and Anne's voice continues reading.
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What did Tomas Rivera encourage others to do?
Help themselves as he had helped himself.
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In the poem "Incident", why does the speaker recall an event that occurred when he was eight years old?
He was deeply hurt by the incident.
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What historical event is mentioned in the essay, "Spring 1954: Richmond, Virginia"?
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schools had to be integrated.
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Why does Anne get in more trouble than her sister Margot?
Margot is quiet and shy, and Anne insists upon expressing her own opinions
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List the four basic dramatic principles.
conflict, complications, climax, resolution