FIG LANG
FIG LANG
SYMBOLS
BACKGROUND
TRICK
100

"Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?" IS WHAT TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE? 

WHAT IS A SIMILE?

100

Hello Darkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again

WHAT IS PERSONIFICATION? 

100

THIS SYMBOL REPRESENTS HOPE, SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, RISING AMIDST POOR CONDITIONS

MAMA'S PLANT

100

TRUE OR FALSE? 

A RAISIN IN THE SUN IS BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S LIFE ( IS IT A TRUE STORY?)

TRUE 

100

DOES IT DRY UP LIKE A RAISIN IN THE SUN?

WHAT FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS BEING USED IN THIS LIN EOF POETRY...WHAT DOES "IT" REFER TO? 

A SIMILE, COMPARISON TO A DREAM

200

"Money is life."

WHAT IS A METAPHOR? 

200

I want you to know, baby

I love you like a love song

WHAT IS SIMILE

200

THIS SYMBOL REPRESENTS THEIR POVERTY AND CROWDED HOME, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE WINDOW AND IT MAKES THE FAMILY FEEL LIKE THEY CANT HAVE HOPE

WHAT IS LIGHT / WINDOWS

200

TRUE OR FALSE

 It was the second Broadway production directed by an African American man (Lloyd Richards) and written by an African American woman.  

FALSE

200

ms. f usually wears glasses, describe them

clear and square

300

GEORGE CALLS WALTER PROMETHEUS

WHAT IS AN ALLUSION?

300

Life is a highway

I'm going to ride it all night long

WHAT IS METAPHOR

300

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BENNIE'S HAIR

ASSIMILATION/EMBRACING HERITAGE

300

 The story reflects the broader post-World War ____________ African American migration struggles and the fight against urban housing segregation

WORLD WAR II

300

3 OF YOU ARE BORN IN THE SAME MONTH, WHICH MONTH IS IT

NOVEMBER 

400

"That money is my father's flesh!"

WHAT IS METAPHOR

400

I'm just saying, hey Mona Lisa

Come home you know you can't roam

without Caesar"


WHAT IS ALLUSION

400

WALTER MAKES FUN OF SOMETHING GEORGE MURCHISON WEARS BECAUSE HE IS JEALOUS, AND IT SYMBOLIZES WEALTH WITH NO HARD WORK TO SHOW

GEORGE'S WHITE SHOES

400

WHAT IS THE SETTING OF THE STORY 

CHICAGO SOUTHSIDE 1950s

400

this word describes how the society favors men and their influence is heavily rooted in all that we do

what is patriarchy 

500

BENNIE SAYS, "I'M GOING TO FLY!" 

WHAT IS HYPERBOLE

500


"I'd catch a grenade for ya,

Throw my hand on a blade for ya,

I'd jump in front of a train for ya,

You know I'd do anything for ya"


WHAT IS HYPERBOLE

500

EAT YOUR EGGS

phrase that promotes accepting the poverty they are in because they don’t have the access or time to waste on dreams

500

the play's title is inspired by Harlem the poem by ...

Langston Hughes

500

 list 3 vocal stims that ms. f says daily

be kind!