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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Describe Ruth | walters wife, 30 years old, unhappy |
| Why does Beneatha causes mama to slap Beneatha across the face when they are arguing? | Beneatha says that god has no significance in her life |
| What is walters dream in Act l? | He wants to own a liquor store |
| What is Act's l central conflict? | The struggle to accomplish dreams |
| What is the setting of Act l? | Chicago's southside after WWll |
| Which character does Beneatha see as shallow and rich? | George Murchison |
| Which characters are dancing and chanting like the native africans in Act ll? | Walter and Beneatha |
| What literaty device is used when George calls walter "prometheus"? | Allusion |
| What literary device is used when the "welcoming committee" asks the family not to move into the neighborhood? | Irony |
| Contrast George Murchison and Walter Younger | Walter- uncertain about his future, not well-educated, not a assimilationist George- confident about his future, well-educated, an assimilationst |
| What did mama do when she received the money in Act ll? | She put down a payment on a house |
| What is Walters dream that he hoped to accomplish by owning a liquor store? | He wanted to live the American dream |
| Why is it shocking that Benaetha says she might not marry? | It challenges traditional gender roles of the time |
| What occupation does Travis say he wants when Walter first asks him? | Bus driver |
| Who runs off with the family's money at the end of Act ll? | Willy harris |
| Which character cuts off his/her hair? | Beneatha |
| What is significant about the story of the Rufus's sledding accident? | It shows the reason Beneatha wanted to become a doctor |
| Who is the most assimilated character from the story? | George Murchison |
| Who struggles the most with assimilation | Beneatha |
| When Walter says that he is going to call "the man", who is he taking about? | Mr. Lindner |
| What is a symbol for hope for the younger family? | The new house |
| What happens to Walter's American Dream? | He has pride in himself and his family, even thought he never reached is dream |
| Is it the exposition or resolution when mama goes back to the apartment for the plant? | Resolution |
| Scrutinized | to observe something closely |
| Vain | Excessively proud |
| Feeble | weak |
| Menacingly | threateningly |
| Renowned | Famous |
| What phrase should you use to connect ideas? | Transitions |
| Why should you include a thesis (central claim) in your introduction? | To establish the point of your writing |
| In which paragraph should you restate the thesis, recapture the reader's attention, and end on a strong statement? | Conclusion |
| What must an author do in a counterargument paragragh after addressing the opposite side of the argument? | Refute it (prove it wrong) |
| Why does Vera tell Frampton the story in "The Open Window"? | she is having fun with him |
| What topic does Frampton Nuttle bring up in "The Open Window"? | His health |
| What literary device is used when the thieves cave is robbed by Ali Baba? | Irony |
| What is the mood of "Ali Baba and the forty thieves"? | Suspense |
| What is the climax of the story "Lather and nothing else"? | When the barber decides not to kill Captain Torres |
| Characterize the barber in "Lather and Nothing else" | Honorable, proud of his work, decides he is not a murderer |
| Where is allusion used in "Harriet Tubman: The Moses of her people"? | In the title of the biography |
| How are Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass different? | Douglas recevied more encouragement from the public |
| What did Harriet Tubman try to convince her husband to do when she went back to maryland? | To come north |
| From what outside area did people have to evacuate to avoid dying from the fire in "Hiroshima Diary"? | The garden |
| What did the doctor call the people he already knew at the hospital in "Hiroshima Diary"? | His friends |
| The crew members of the challenger are compared to what other explorer? | Sir Francis Drake |
| Where is allusion used in "The challenger disaster"? | At the end, there is a reference to John MaGee's poem "High Flight" |
| Why do we have a personal account of Anne Frank's personal thoughts instead of cold facts from a biography? | She wrote her thoughts in a diary |
| In what way did Anne Frank see herself differently than the rest of the world? | See was a deep thinker, but others saw her as silly |
| How is Vera from "The Open Window" similar to Anne Frank in "Diary of a Young Girl"? | They are both young, independent teenager |
| How is Morgiana from "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" similar to Harriet Tubman? | They both gained their freedom through quick thinking |
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