Historical Fiction
Which phrase describes a key benefit of reading historical fiction?
A. You gain insight into how people lived in the past.
B.You gather as much knowledge as a historian.
C.You imagine what life will be like in the future.
D.You get ideas for improving your own life.
A. You gain insight into how people lived in the past.
What is an allusion?
An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, or event.
What conflict is described here: a character who doesn’t feel like she is being accepted as a citizen in a new country?
Character vs. Society
Introduces the characters and setting
What are two different conflicts from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?
Character vs. Character(Lillian Jean and Cassie), Character vs. Society (the Logans vs. Jim Crow Laws)
What is dialect?
The way people talk in a certain area during a certain time period.
What is a symbol?
an object that is representative of some greater meaning
What is the difference between indirect and direct characterization?
Direct-description comes from the author directly (no inference required)
Indirect-traits revealed through the character's thoughts, words, and/or actions (inference required)
Which sentence describes the most important detail about the setting of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?
A.Rain begins to fall heavily on the once-dusty road to school.
B.Cassie and her brothers race home where Big Ma and Mama are waiting.
C. Cassie grows bored as Mrs. Crocker reads the day’s lesson.
D. A Mississippi flag hangs above—not below—the American flag.
D. A Mississippi flag hangs above—not below—the American flag.
Which event takes place during the rising action of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?
A. Little Man refuses his dirty school book because of the offensive word inside.
B.Cassie and her younger brothers prepare for their first day of school.
C.Great Faith Elementary became one of the largest schools in the county.
D.The Logan kids meet up with T.J. and Jeremy on the way to school.
A. Little Man refuses his dirty school book because of the offensive word inside.
What is the significance of the Confederate flag on the Mississippi state flag?
It means that Mississippi has not accepted the ways of the current United States and continues to live in the past when it pertains to African Americans and their rights.
Why does Stacey’s wool jacket become a more emotionally charged symbol as the plot unfolds?
Stacey allows T.J. to trick him into giving him the jacket and because Uncle Hammer insists that Stacey let T.J. keep the jacket.
When Cassie starts to tell Uncle Hammer about Mr. Simms, Big Ma tries to distract both of them so that Uncle Hammer doesn’t hear the story. What effect does this scene have on readers’ knowledge of Big Ma as a character?
It makes Big Ma a rounder character because she is developed more.
When does a story’s rising action begin?
When something happens to develop the conflict
T.J. tends to exaggerate when telling a story or sharing an idea. What is an exaggeration called when it comes to literature?
Hyperbole
What are some events alluded to in the novel that actually happened?
Reconstruction, Jim Crow laws, Great Depression...other answers are acceptable
Read the following passage from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry:
Stacey, Christopher-John, Little Man, and I laughed, but Mama's cold glance made us stop. "You shouldn't have done that, Hammer," she said quietly.
Think about the connotation of the words "cold" and "quietly." What mood do they create in this scene?
The mood is foreboding, ominous, suspenseful, etc.
Which term is used to describe a character who is changed in some way by the events in a story?
Dynamic character
How do we know that the event in Strawberry is one of the novel's climaxes?
The complications that follow make it the center of the plot. Also, Cassie will never be the same after the incident. Thus, changing her forever. *Climax is the turning point. In a novel, there can be more than one.
Why does Mr. Granger pay the Logan's a visit in chapter 7?
He heard they were trying to get people to shop in Vicksburg (instead of the Wallace's store), and he threatens to take their land if they continue to push this issue.
How does dialect help an author portray a historical time period?
It makes the story seem realistic for that time in history.
Which phrase best describes everything that the pearl-handled pistol symbolizes?
A. a desire for respect, but also foolishness
B. fear, worry, relief, and eventual safety
C. the cause of inequality and injustice
A. a desire for respect, but also foolishness
What happened in Mr. Barnett’s store when Cassie was finally allowed to visit Strawberry? Explain the event from both Cassie’s and Stacey’s perspective.
Cassie was mad and upset that they were waited on last. Stacey was embarrassed by Cassie's outburst.
Explain how Cassie’s day in Strawberry with Big Ma moves the plot toward the climax.
Cassie sees firsthand how cruel her segregated world can be, and she angers several powerful people in the community when she doesn’t understand the “rules” about interactions between black and white residents. Cassie’s experience in Strawberry shows how serious her situation is and how unprepared she is to deal with it. The events in Strawberry make readers wonder if there will be consequences for the Logan family after Cassie’s outbursts.
What does David Logan tell Stacey about the relationship between whites and blacks after the visit from Jeremy?
He says that he and Jeremy might be able to be friends now, but as a white man becomes an adult, he will think of Stacey as a boy and not respect him.