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English Final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Simple Subject | noun or pronoun that connects to the sentance |
| Simple Predicate | the verb in the sentence |
| Independent Clause | can stand on its own ex: the dog is black |
| Dependent/Subordinate Clause | can not stand on its own ex: and has blue spots |
| Coordination Conjunctions | FANBOYS : for and nor but or yet so |
| Simple Sentence Type | 1 independent clause ex: I love ice cream |
| What is Collier trying to say about our memories? - Marigolds | They rely on emotions. |
| What do we learn about the setting from these two sentences? - Marigolds | It was during the great depression and she lived in a small, poor neighborhood in Maryland. |
| Why is it that the marigolds "don't make sense"? - Marigolds | They are beautiful but everything around them is ugly. |
| What makes the narrator afraid? - Marigolds | Her life suddenly feels confusing and chaotic. |
| What is the narrator Jing Mei revealing to us about her relationship with her mother? | Her mother wants Jing Mei to be a prodigy but she doesn't want to be famous. |
| Why doesn't Jing Mei want to take the piano? | The piano reminds her of the part of her childhood that she didn't like because her mom forced her to do something that she didn't want to do. |
| How does Yunior describe his surroundings? | Very poor, bad, and cold. |
| What is Yunior and Rafa's "school"? | The news and Sesame Street |
| How is Papi abusive to his family? | He uses foul language in front of his family and he puts makes his children put their knees on a coconut grater until their knees would bleed |
| What does Yunior do when he first leaves the apartment? | He goes out in the snow and plays with the kids from the other apartment. |
| What does "winter" symbolize in Invierno? | Winter symbolizes freedom because when Yunior first went out into the snow, he got away from his dad who kept him locked inside all day. |
| Tithe | someone who was born to be unwound |
| Lev Calder | supposed to be a tithe |
| Risa Ward | plays the piano at the Harvest Camp |
| Pastor Dan | surprisingly, advises one boy to run for his life |
| Admiral Dunfee | Harlan Dunfee's father |
| Harvest Camp | the place you go to be unwound |
| Clappers | the bombers who clap to blow themselves up |
| The Graveyard | it is the place that the unwinds go to hide until they are 18 |
| Why does Peter's mother mention "casseroles" after the interaction with the Wall children? | She wanted Peter to know that being Armenian is not something bad or anything to be ashamed about and that some American boys act badly |
| Why did Peter spend half his childhood wanting to be Jewish? | He lived on a Jewish street and his friends were Jewish. He liked their traditions and he felt that they should be Jewish. |
| "Don't get too attached to places in life" - mother | Don't get attached to something that you are not or a stage in life that he will grow out of. |
| "Food for us was a complex cultural emblem, an encoded script" - Peter | Every time they get to eat, it is a moment of joy because during the Genocide, they barely got to eat |
| Why does Peter write about Turkey instead of Armenia? | There was nothing about Armenia because Turkey tried to convince everyone that the Genocide didn't happen |
| What does Peter mean by "historical unconscious"? | He has no historical awareness of what happened because no one in his family liked to talk about it. |
| Why doesn't Peter go to his grandmothers memorial? | He goes to see a girl instead. |
| How does Peter honor his grandmother? | He writes a poem called "Words for my Grandmother" |
| What does Peter learn the real reason for the deportation? | To move the immigrants into the Armenian's houses |
| How was the phrase "remember the starving Armenians" used? | It was used to get children to eat their food. |
| What is taught in Turkish schools about the Genocide? | They teach the kids that in 1915, the Armenians were traitors who attacked and killed the Turks. |
| What is Peter's call to action in Time Square? | Peter asks the citizens to say no to the Turkish attempts to cover up the genocide. |
| What story does Elie tell Peter? | He tells Peter that he was blackmailed into not talking about the Armenian genocide in his conference. |
| Who is the speaker in My Papa's Waltz? | A father's son |
| Who is the intended audience in My Papa's Waltz? | The son's father |
| What is the speaker's message in My Papa's Waltz? | That the father is treating their family badly and abusing them |
| Make a connection between My Papa's Waltz and Invierno | Both fathers are abusive and drunk |
| Hannah Steinberg | A teacher that helps Connor and Risa escape through the crowd a school |
| Roland | Gets unwound and hates Connor |
| CyFi | Gets part of an unwind's brain |
| Why does CyFi go to Joplin Missuri | He goes because it is the hope of the kid that is part of his brain |
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emilytoren