English WILMBD
Tone
Baffled and aggravated
Why does momma take the abuse from the children without responding
Civil rights and they could hurt her more
What did the Black Codes do?
Created a legal form of segregation
Who is Jim Crow?
Daddy Rice - a white actor who would cover his face with charcoal to perform for white and make fun of blacks *Jim Crow was a character name
point of view
First person
Define subjectivity
Having an emotion or swaying, biased
Is the setting stated or implied
Implied
Explain the importance of rules and order in the narrators life as described in the very beginning of the story
It gives a moral that they would carry forever
Who owns the store and was it significant and ironic given the characters and setting in the story
Mama owns the store, she is black while everyone else is white
What are the problems faced by the characters
Man vs. Self: momma trying to keep cool & maya trying not to go outside Man vs. Man: the powhitetrash and momma Man vs. society: civil rights vs momma and maya
What biases exists in this story
Maya is biased toward the suffrage of the African Americans
What does maya mean when she says whatever the contest had been out front, I knew momma had won
Momma ignored the girls so they left
wheather
None
Time
Pre-civil rights era during a summer morning
social conditions
Racism
What is the universal human experience
Racism, discrimination, bullying, perseverance, love
Segregation
Separation of people by race
List three responses the narrator has toward the event that takes place on mommas porch
She begged momma to come inside, she said they only scare her if momma was around, she cried and wanted to kill them
Describe the narrators perspective and how does she view momma
She cares for her and wants her to be safe
Angela says that when mama sees the girls approaching she sags from the waist down, but the top seems to be pulling for the top of an oak tree. exactly what does this image make you see. what do you think mama is feeling
She is standing confidently with one knee popping out she is standing tall
During the incident momma doesn't say a word until the girls leave, why
She is trying to ignore them and hope they would leave
Angelou takes some time to tell us about what is considered good behavior and courtesy in her family. What was her purpose for doing this? How does she want you to feel about her family's rules?
She's telling us how it used to be and how strict they had to be
place
Somewhere in the Deep South, in a store
Define objectivity
Straight facts, unbiased
Is this selection more objective or subjective, why?
Subjective, maya tells the story about her and her emotion
Define bias
Swaying someone on how to feel
What is the effect of the setting on the characters
The time shows how they were looked down on and how little they could say. It would have been different if they were in somewhere other than the south
How do the powhitetrash differ from the other characters
They lived by mamas farmland,they went to school, and they are white
How do the powhitetrash view momma
They think they can make fun of her and that she is worth less than them
Why do you think the girls mock mama? What's the reasons why people would be so crool to another person. Why are the children occasionally cruel to an innocent adult?
They want to make her upset and they rank above her.
List three examples of how the powhitetrash show disrespect in the store
They were loud, bossed people around, and they made fun of people
author's purpose
To entertain with a racist event in Maya's life
What lesson does the narrator learn from the scene where the girls try to annoy momma
You have to show no emotion and ignore others in order fir them to leave
How is the passage affected if those had been changed to a different point of view
You would know how momma feels and different events
Who is the audience for this passage
Young adults facing oppression
Type of Nonfiction
autobiography/narrative
text structure
sequence/chronological order
