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Vocabulary
Making Inference
Heartbeat of Harlem
Bad Boy
Langston Hughes's Harlem
100
Great pain or suffering
What is agony.
100
All the kids at the bus stop have on their rain gear.
What is "It must be raining or going to rain"
100
Harlem is a ______________of city blocks at the top of Manhattan in New York City.
What is a "Rectangle"
100
Who is telling the story?
Who is Walter Dean Myers.
100
Name three vehicles that the poet writes about in the poem. "Langston Hughes's Harlem.
What is buses, taxis, and subways.
200
An event.
What is an incident.
200
I forgot to get some gas at the gas station and I am on empty.
What is "I'm about to run out of gas and start walking"
200
Someone who lives in a particular place.
What is a "Resident"
200
In urban cities there are not many of these to play in.
What is a "Playground"
200
What could Langston Hughes "wrap around" you?
What is the Harlem Night.
300
A queston
What is an "inquiry"
300
The lights won't come on in the house I live in.
What is "the electricity is not on at this time"
300
A great writer who wrote about Harlem.
Who is Langston Hughes.
300
What does Walter tell his father about how he got hurt?
What is "Mama beat me with a stick"
300
a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.. "like a raisin in the sun"
What is a simile.
400
less important
What is "minor"
400
The line at my favorite fast food drive in is very long today.
What is "I'm going to have to wait a while to get my order".
400
A famous Basket Ball Team from Harlem
Who are the Harlem Globetrotters.
400
Why did Walter jump on the back of a Taxi Cab?
What is "he was bored and had no one to play with."
400
a comparison in which something is said to be something else. "Life is a broken-winged bird."
What is a metaphor.
500
All the members of a group of people in the world.
What is "universal"
500
There are no kids at my bus stop this morning!
What is "there is no school today"
500
This type of music made Harlem famous.
What is jazz and blues.
500
How do you know that Walter learned his lesson?
What is "He had a chance to lie again and he chose not to".
500
Rhyme and Repetition.
What are two components of Poetry.