Poetry & Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Historical Context
General
Notable Characters
100

"The bones told how Fortune labored, suffered, and died.." is an example of

Personification

100

This vocabulary words means "the fear or dread of the future" (from Narrative of Frederick Douglass)

Apprehension

100

This is the name of the war mentioned in "Drummer Boy of Shiloh"

The Civil War

100

This individual does not know their exact birthday

Frederick Douglass

100

This person is credited with teaching Frederick Douglass how to read

Mrs. Auld, Frederick Douglass' mistress

200

The poetry (form) element that is most used in "Not My Bones"

Repetition

200

This vocabulary word means "to begin or start" (This is from Narrative of Frederick Douglass

Commence

200

This is the US state that Fortune's Bones were displayed in

Connecticut

200

This person is the author of "Not My Bones"

Marilyn Nelson

200

This is the name of the runaway in "Drummer Boy of Shiloh"

Joby

300

"Bread of Knowledge" is this kind of figurative language

Metaphor

300

This vocabulary word means "when you do something lawfully" (This is from Drummer Boy of Shiloh)

Legitimately

300

This is a knife-like weapon, that could be fitted onto the end of a rifle

Bayonet

300

This is the type of structure used for "Fortune's Bones"

Chronological Structure

300

This is the name given to Fortune's Bones when they forgot who it was

Larry

400

"Bayonets fixed like eternal lighting" is an example of this kind of figurative language

Simile

400

This vocabulary word means "something that is spread here and there or scattered" (This is from Drummer Boy of Shiloh)

Strewn

400

This is the month in which the battle by Owl Creek takes place in Shiloh, Tennessee

April

400

This is the Museum that Fortune's Bones were displayed in.

Mattatuck Museum

400

This person recalls playing with Fortune's skeleton as a child

Sally Porter

500

"We are brief incarnations, we are clouds in clothes" is an example of this kind of figurative language

Metaphor

500

This vocabulary word means "The public condemnation of something that is wrong or evil" (This is from Narrative of Frederick Douglass)

Denunciation

500

The Civil War ended in this year

1865

500

This is the Essential Question for Unit 4

(Hint: Unit 4 theme is The Fight for Freedom, think of what we've read!)

"What will people risk to be free?"

500

This is the last name of those who kept Frederick Douglass as a slave. (Hint: Mr. and Mrs. ________)

Auld