Breath Eyes Memory
What is Danticat's first name?
Edwidge
What is the first name of the author or Perks?
Stephen
What is the purpose of a link?
To connect your writing back to a main idea or thesis/theme
Name two examples of an identity
gender, race, class, neighborhood, sexual orientation, ability, nationality, other
In the story about the Bet, by Chekhov how much did the Banker bet the man to stay in the shack?
2 million
What part of New York did Sophie's mom live in?
Brooklyn
Who does Charlie date in Perks?
Mary Elizabeth
What is the goal of a conclusion?
To summarize
and
To provoke, share your voice (connections)
What is the human condition?
Experiences that are universal for all humans:
pain, hope, birth, suffering, perseverance, triumph
Who wrote the story Tell Tale Heart
Edgar Allen Poe
Where does Sophie go in the end to be "free" (specific location)
The cane fields
What are the "glory days"?
Charlie hears this term in connection to his father's younger years.
What is a correct MLA citation?
(last name #)
(Rodriguez 3)
Topic: one word general idea
Theme: sentence or phrase description that reveals a lesson or moral from a story or text.
In one memoir about a bi-racial woman that we read in class we learned of her two racial identities. What were here two identities?
African American
Mexican American
What is the name of the woman who has a pig tied up in Breath Eyes Memory?
Louise
What is the name of the show that the friend group participates in?
Rocky Horror Picture Show
What types words could be used to help start a paragraph or a piece of textual evidence to help with flow in language?
transitional words:
Also, To continue, Furthermore, Moreover, In addition, To review
What is the lesson of the "butterfly" analogy used in Breath Eyes Memory?
What is the name of the author who wrote "How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl, White Girl, or Halfie)"
Junot Diaz
What is the name of one of the people in therapy with Sophie?
Rena
Buki
Davina
What is the name of Charlie's sister's boyfriend?
Derek
What are the rules for analysis in
A1
A2
A3
A1: Summarize
A2: Inferences
A3: Connect to the main idea or theme.
What theme did Pamela Dionne focus on in her literary analysis of Breath Eyes Memory?
Assimilation/ Immigration
In the first story we read in the year about a young girl who worked in an ice cream shop, who pointed at her belly?
The daughter of the customer.