Short stories have a narrator, poems have a __________.
What is a speaker?
100
Advanced means...
What is higher level.
100
What is the past and future tense of "take"
What is
Past: took
Future: will take
100
How did Gene's feelings about his English class change in the story "I Go Along?"
What is
In the beginning he liked it, and didn't care about school.
At the end, he didn't like it because he wanted to try harder.
200
Who is the first person narrator in "I Go Along?"
Who is Gene, a male English student.
200
A short story is arranged in paragraphs, a poem is arranged in _________________.
What is lines.
200
What is a synonym for category?
What is a group?
200
Change this sentence to past tense:
Gene will go to poetry program.
What is Gene went to the poetry program.
200
In "Theme for English B" the speaker's sense of self is most connected to:
A. the music of Harlem
B. the college on the hill.
C. his race and skin color.
D. his life as an American.
What is C. his race and skin color.
300
"We're rolling along through the night, and I can't believe I'm hearing this." This quote shows what gene is
A. Thinking
B. Saying to Sharon
C. Doing
What is A. Thinking.
300
"hear you, hear me--we two--you, me, talk on this page.
True or False:
The dashes and commas in poems help give the poem a musical quality.
What is True.
300
What is potential?
What is a possibility?
300
Change this sentence to future tense:
He writes about games for the newspaper.
What is...
He will write about games for the newspaper.
300
What is a poet?
What is a person who writes poetry.
400
True or False:
Sharon thinks Gene is more talented than the poet.
What is False.
400
Which word best describes the speaker of the poem?
A. Angry
B. Funny
C. Fearful
D. Truthful
What is D. truthful.
400
To realize something is to....
What is figure it out.
400
Change this verb to the past, and present tense: begins
What is
Past: began
Future: will begin
400
Why does Gene think that the poet in "I Go Along" not look like a poet?
What is he is young and wearing the same cloths as Gene was.
500
Why does Gene think the poem "High School" isn't a poem?
Because the experience that it describes are ordinary.
500
What does this poem explore?
A. the history of poetry.
B. feelings about college.
C. how people fit into society.
D. the music of Harlem musicians.
What is C how people fit into society?
500
To understand something means...
What is to know it's meaning well.
500
What is the present tense of did?
What is does.
500
Why might the speaker in "Theme for English B" want to be like his professor?
Because his professor is white, and he is black. Black people a the time experienced racism.