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Which main idea does the incident involving the hospital convey, in "Mother's Tongue"?

How well a person speaks English can make a difference in the way that person is treated.

What is the effect of the repetition in the excerpt from "My Dungeon Shook"? "great men have done things here, and will again, and we can make America what America must become"

It encouraged James to have hope for the future.

What does Baldwin most want James to know in "My Dungeon Shook"?

There are ultimately no limits on what James can do in life if he knows where he came from.

In "Straw into Gold," the people who invite the author to dinner expect her to make tortillas because she is

a Mexican American

what overall impression do the details present of the city in Chicago

a dirty, hardworking and proud city

In "Coming of the Age in Mississippi," which of these phrases best describes Moody before the sit-in?

a poor, college student

what could speaker in "in the station of the metro" be comparing with the bough

a train platform

In "Ambush," the narrator explains that he threw the grenade because he was

acting reflexively

the clock of 'acquainted with the night" os the only thing n the poem that

acts as a source of light

In Walker's "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens," which word best describes the author's attitude toward the subject of her poem?

admiration

in chicago the speakers response to criticism of the city is to

admit to the problems but defend the city spirit

How does the speaker in Chicago demonstrate a realistic view of the city

admits that the city has faults

In "Ambush" this factor is central to the conflict between the narrator and Kathleen

age

where does the speaker work in "grass'

all over the world

the literary device utilized in the following line is "petals on a wet black bough

alliteration

the title of HD's helen is an example of what literary device

allusion

which phrase best describes the speaker in "acquainted with the night"

alone and without guidance

what does cummings name the main male and female character in if anyone lived in a pretty how town

anyone and noone

in the station of the metro which word from the poem seems to contradict the imagist use of common language

apparition

in "Adam" Sousa seemed upset with Heinz because Sousa

assumes Heinz will have a boy

the speakerin this is just to say is someone who

ate the plums

In "Ambush," the narrator says throwing the grenade was..

automatic

how far has the speaker in "acquainted with the night" walked

beyond the lights of the city

which word choices best reflect the overall tone of "chicago"

brawling laughter of youth

In "Mother Tongue," the incident with the stockbroker is a detail that supports the main idea that...

broken English can result in bad service

whhat command does the speaker give in "grass'

bury the soldiers

Overall, Amy Tan's attitude toward her mother tongue is

celebratory

what is personified in "chicago"

chicago

in chicago the speaker says the city of the big shoulders in line 5 to suggest a -

city centered on physical labor

Walker included the story of the anonymous quilter to express the message that...

creativity often shows itself in the medium that is available

which is the best way to paraphrase the following excerpt from "poetry"- reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine

even when one reads poetry disdainfully, one can find truth in ti

The NAACP most likely chose that time of day to start the sit-in in hope of...

getting attention during the lunch rush

Heinz's walking away without using the pay phone shows that he

has no family but Avchen

in acquainted with the night" the cry heard by the speaker

has nothing to do with the speaker

In Baldwin's "My Dungeon Shook," the author explains that if James knows where he comes from he will...

have no limit to where he can go

In "Ambush," which detail tells the narrator that the young man knew he was in danger?

he drops his weapon and runs

In the first paragraph of "Ambush" the narrator sets up the structure of the story by explaining

he is going to pretend to talk to a grown-up Kathleen

What was the most significant thing that happened to Memphis during the sit-in?

he was brutally attacked and arrested

Tan uses examples of analogy questions on tests as a supporting detail for the main idea that...

her mind worked differently than other people's in terms of language

Tan knew her writing was a success when...

her mother pronounced it "easy to read"

Whose approval of her stories mattered most to Amy Tan?

her mother's

According to the Alice Walker, where do many of her stories come from?

her mother's stories

Tan uses examples of the talk she gave about her book to express her main idea that...

her public English is different from the language she uses with her mother

In "Ambush," one indication that the narrator hasn't forgiven himself yet is the fact that he

imagines seeing the young man

For Moody, working for the Movement ultimately...

increased her sense of self-worth

In "My Dungeon Shook," Baldwin writes his letter to his nephew to...

inspire his nephew to reject the white world's vision of him

Only Moody could have revealed eyewitness detail of how..

it felt to see the knife opened from the point of view of a sit-in participant

The narrator's daughter asks him whether he ever killed someone because she..

knows he writes war stories

In "Search of Our Mothers' Gardens," how did the author's mother spend her main working hours?

laboring in the fields

throughout "Adam," people mispronounce Heinz's....

last name

In "Mother Tongue," the author's family English is different from her public English because her family English is

less grammatically correct

for the speaker of "acquainted with the night" what does night itself most likely symbolize

loneliness and doubt

in spring and all the speaker is

near a road that runs near a hospital

which battle ground is not alluded to in "grass"

normandy

which word choice shows frosts style of using diction to convey the sad mood of "nothing gold can stay"

nothing

in "out-out" the boy is injured because

of a moment of carelessness

In "Straw into Gold," in her family, the author was unique as the

only daughter

which is the following most accurately describes the tone in "chicago"

optimistic

what is the setting of "in the station on the metro"

paris subway

who are the people in line 7 of "grass"- two years ten years and passengers ask the conductor

people who will pass in the future

what type of figurative language is used in the following poetic lines - bragging and laughing that under his wrists is the pulse and under his ribs the heart of the people

personification

what does pound compare the faces int the crowd to in the station of the metro

petal

which of the following words is the closest in meaning to the word apparition

phantom

in poetry what does the speaker mean when she says "imaginary gardens with real toads in them

poetry can reveal truth with the help of the imagination

the message of "poetry" is that

poets should avoid obscuring the meaning in their poems

all four poems "in the station of the metro, helen, spring and all, this is just to say" are imagist poems because they

present concentrated images

In "Mother Tongue," in terms of a career choice, the author characterizes herself as...

rebellious

Tan says in this essay that when she was growing up she felt her mother's English...

reflected the quality of what she had to say

at the end of "Ambush," what does the narrator imagine?

seeing the young man again

what does "noone" do in "if anyone lived in a pretty how town" that shows her love for "anyone"

shares his joy and grief

In "Ambush," Kiowa suggests that the narrator

should put the killing behind him

the influence of imagism in "the red wheelbarrow" is most clearly reflected in the

simplicity of the images and language

which line from nothing gold can stay does most use to suggest spring

so eden sank to grief

although ezra pound said imagism was used to recreate an image and not comment on it, which of the following stanzas of the red wheelbarrow can be interpreted as a comment

so much depends/ upon

why does the speaker in this is jus to say ask to be forgiven

someone was saving the plums

which season is the speaker most likely referencing in the line 3 of "nothing gold can stay"

spring

in if anyone lived in a pretty how town cumins begins the word "anyone" with a lowercase letter to

suggest the characters common humanity

Tan helps you understand "family talk" by

taping and transcribing a long passage as an example

what senses are evoked while reading "this is just to say"

taste and touch

in "helen" the speaker most emphasizes

the Greeks hatred of Helens appearance

in "Adam" what is Heinz waiting for at the beginning

the birth of his child

who or what is the speaker in "grass"

the grass

what do the rhyming words emphasize in line 6-7 of helen- all greece reviles the wan face when she smiles

the greeks regard helens happiness with hatred

in "Adam" when Heinz says everything is saved in his baby, you can tell this historical context of this story is influenced by

the holocaust

in "anyone lived in a pretty how town the varying of the phrases "sun moon stars rain" and "sumer autumn winter spring" most likely suggests

the passing of time

which paraphrase correctly captures the meaning go lines 15-16 of the modern poem "recuerdo"- we hailed "good morrow mother" to a shawl covered head, and bought a mori=ning paper, which neither of us read;

the people greeted an old woman and then bought a news paper

what is the theme of "grass"

the serenity of nature obscures the horror of war

what is the speaker in "spring and all" celebrating

the transition from winter to spring

how is frosts style evident in line 32 of out out- little less nothing and that ended it

the word choice mimics the boys heart stopping

what do the following lines from out out tell you about the farm family in the poem - no more to build on there. and they since they were not the one dead, turned to their affairs

they knew that deaths a natural part of life

This described the attitude of the bartender and Sousa towards their children

they take them for granted

What does this excerpt tell you about the people involved in the Movement? "the organization had had a rough time finding students who were in position to go to jail"

those involved were dedicated

what overall impression do the details create in "grass"

time erases the horror and glory of the past

what is the intention the speaker in this is just to say

to apologize

what does the speaker in "poetry: think a=poems should be

unique

In "Mother Tongue," the author views her mother's English as

vivid and diret

In "Coming of the Age..." what did the police officers do that shows the probably supported the whites?

watched through the windows

In "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens," what is the subject of the author's poem?

women of her mother's generation

In "Coming of the Age of Mississippi," during the summer of 1963, what Moody wanted most was to

work with the Movement

Sandra Cisneros compares the job of making tortillas to the challenge of

writing critically


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