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In at least 200 words, explain how Alegria uses characterization to express one of the themes in "Granny and the Golden Bridge."
Alegria uses characterization to express the theme of political distress. She does this by showing what his grandma does for the soilders, "It occurred to Granny that she could make her fortune by cooking for the troops. She'd get up every morning at 4 A.M. to cook beans, make tortillas and prepare a huge kettle of rice. She'd load everything into her handcart and push it down the highway to serve breakfast to the soldiers on the near side." This shows what Granny's part was with the government soilders. Even though we find out she was only doing it for gaining their trust. The theme of political stress is also shown when the soilders come to her hut, "but what with all these subversives shooting up the Guard barracks every other day, I ran out of clients and had to retire. That's the war for you," When she says this she speaking for what is probably happening to most people in the country, even though she's making it up. Another huge way the theme is displayed through her characterization is when Alegria reveals Granny's true intentions, "She removed a layer of mangoes from one of the baskets and started chanting in her streetseller's voice: "Fragmentation grenades, G-3 cartridges, 81- millimeter mortar rounds. Who'll buy from me?" Here you see what the true motives of this character has been all along and how they relate to the theme of political stress.
Which of the satements below is untrue of alliteration?
Alliteration has repeated words that rhyme.
In at least 100 words, explain how the spacing of the numbers at the beginning of "They Shot Wook Kim" conveys one of the poems central themes. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
As for the way the numbers are formatted, this is part of the shape and structure of the poem. It makes you read the poem in a different rhythm than you would if they were all together. The numbers also represent the number of times Wook Kim was shot that night in the gas station. He was shot eight times and that's why it counts up to eight. The numbers convey the theme of the unknown of death. For example, "Over that petroleum morgue that night. Only a strong wretched odor" These lines show how he died at the gas station he was working at. He had many hopes for life in America but that was all taken away in eight shots, showing the theme of the unknown of death.
In at least one hundred words, discuss how Martin Luther King employs allusion and what effect it achieves in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Dr. King's use of many traditions for his allusions and they reinforce his undeniable argument. By directing the text to peoples of so many different backgrounds, and using their most celebrated figures to support his case, he makes it hard for any person to view the overall argument as separate from him or his own culture or background or to disagree with him. One specific allusion in his letter is, "just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far corners of the Greco Roman world" Here Martin Luther King Jr. alludes to Apostle Paul because he was also imprisoned for his beliefs, and he wrote letters from prison. Unlike King, the letters were to his followers instead of his adversaries. He also alludes to the Nazi movement, "We can never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany." This makes his argument way stronger by comparing his movement to something that Americans helped liberate in Germany. He is also alluding to the Hungarian freedom fighter to show that Birmingham is corrupt in their laws. It also shows irony of Birmingham and supports the conversation of just and unjust laws.All of these allusions help his argument become more effective by using all of these significant figures and comparing them to himself. By doing this it shows them at King is no different than this significant figures that we admire.
n at least 150 words, discuss Elie Wiesel's internal conflict as he tries to reconcile his belief in God with his experiences in the concentration camp. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Elie's faith is something that helps him keep moving every day and survive, it was his best coping skill, but it did provide internal conflict. Elie's faith is not only a comfort to him, it connects him with not only his father, but the people of his community. He takes tremendous pride in his studies, which is why the horror of seeing his fellow Jews being systematically exterminated by the Nazis makes him question the very existence of God. He cannot understand why God would let such atrocities happen to the Bible's chosen people. When this happens he is deep within internal crisis questioning his faith in God in extreme confusion as to why he would let this happen. This crisis hits Elie particularly hard when he sees the young blond "angel" hanged in the concentration camp. The main line that supports this is, "For him, Nietzsche's cry articulated an almost physical reality: God is dead, the God of love, of gentleness and consolation, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had, under the watchful gaze of this child, vanished for- ever into the smoke of the human holocaust demanded by the Race, the most voracious of all idols."
King alludes to many profound thinkers and philosophers in his letter, but he does not refer to _____.
George Washington and Ben Franklin
In at least 100 words, describe the way Granny is characterized in "Granny and the Golden Bridge." Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Granny is characterized at first as a crazy woman but then throughout the story you start to see that she is not that. You start to see Granny as a brave and cunning character that is able to easily prove that she is more than she looks to be on the surface. IN the beginning we are told about how she would take meals to the soldiers, "She'd load everything into her handcart and push it down the highway to serve breakfast to the soldiers on the near side. Then she'd push it across the bridge- almost two kilometers, imagine!—to serve the troops on the far side. She'd get back to her hut in time to start preparing their lunch, and off she'd go again, pushing her cart." Then we can infer that she was only doing this to gain the trust of the soldiers. We get a glimpse of her intelligence when the soldiers come looking for her, "I'm the respectable owner of a house of pleasure in Suchitoto,' she replied, 'but what with all these subversives shooting up the Guard barracks every other day, I ran out of clients and had to retire. That's the war for you,' she sighed." She poses as a different person in order to trick the guards and we see how smart she really is. But then we find out what her real intentions were all along, "She removed a layer of mangoes from one of the baskets and started chanting in her streetseller's voice: "Fragmentation grenades, G-3 cartridges, 81- millimeter mortar rounds. Who'll buy from me?" Here we she the entire character of Granny finally knowing her actual intentions.
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Perhaps I have once again been too optimistic. Is organized religion too inextricably bound to the status quo to save our nation and the world? Perhaps I must turn my faith to the inner spiritual church, the church within the church, as the true ecclesia and the hope of the world. What can we infer about King's beliefs from this excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham Jail"? Select all that apply.
He believed that people should form new churches to replace the old ones. (half correct)
Based on the word choice and tone of Kuangchi C. Chang's "Garden of My Childhood," how did the author likely feel about Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution?
He deeply opposed it and thought it was tearing his country apart.
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. And parallel to this total displacement of his physical space iron had totally replaced his time or blocked or separated him from time. As if time in its rigid tick tock trajectory were thwarted by the crumpled metallic maze. Based on the excerpt above, what can you infer about what has happened to Fredo?
He has withdrawn into a world defined by his collection of iron.
Why does Fredo smash his bathroom mirror with a crowbar in "'Agua Viva,' A Sculpture by Alfred Gonzalez"? Select all that apply.
He is angry because he finally sees what he has become. He doesn't recognize himself because he hasn't looked in a mirror in years.
In Elie Wiesel's Night, how does the narrator react when he first sees the crematories burning children?
He pinches himself, thinking it is just a nightmare.
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "What do you want to do with this boy?" Fredo wanted to say "nothing" but no sound came from him ... He had not spoken in over five years. "Nothing? You wanna do nothing?" Fredo shook his head yes. What does the excerpt above reveal about Fredo's character?
He rejects vengeance
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Well, as I was saying, they have hardly uttered a word, or not more than a word, of truth; but you shall hear from me the whole truth: not, however, delivered after their manner, in a set oration duly ornamented with words and phrases. What is Socrates saying about rhetoric in this excerpt from The Apology? Select all that apply.
His accusers' rhetoric is lengthy and uninteresting. His own rhetoric is straightforward and to the point. (half correct)
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "Serves 'm right,' the neighbor was saying, then turning his extinguisher onto the non-burning gasoline and the yet to be assembled sculpture called "Agua Viva" and winking "just in case, you never know." Based on the excerpt above, what can you infer about the relationship between Fredo and his neighbor?
His neighbor does not look down on Fredo.
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Well, as I was saying, they have hardly uttered a word, or not more than a word, of truth; but you shall hear from me the whole truth: not, however, delivered after their manner, in a set oration duly ornamented with words and phrases. No, indeed! But I shall use the words and arguments which occur to me at the moment; for I am certain that this is right, and that at my time of life I ought not to be appearing before you, O men of Athens, in the character of a juvenile orator—let no one expect this of me. How does Socrates characterize the difference between his accusers' rhetoric and his own in this excerpt fromThe Apology? Select all that apply.
His rhetoric is spontaneous and off the cuff. His accuser's rhetoric is attractive but empty.
How do historical events impact works of literature?
Historical events can influence works of literature.
In at least 150 words, discuss whether you think Alegria uses humor effectively in this story. Give reasons and provide details from the text to support your answer.
I think that Alegria does use humor effectively in this story because of the humorous tone that is able to be sensed throughout the story. For example, "So the dear old lady bought a packet of henna, a tube of lipstick, and went back to her ranch." This is humorous because she really is no "dear old lady" which is proved when the guards come to her house and she completely deceived them. It is also quite humorous when she says, "Fragmentation grenades, G-3 cartridges, 81- millimeter mortar rounds. Who'll buy from me?" I actually laughed out loud when I read this because she's portrayed as this little old lady. It is quite funny when you find out what she has actually been doing which is, helping the guerrillas all along, not the soldiers. Because of how Alegria crafted the tone of this story in the text, the humor is very easily picked up on and not easily missed.
In at least 150 words, discuss whether or not Fredo is a believable character. Explain why you think as you do, and use details from the story to support your answer.
I think that Fredo is a slightly believable character but he is a bit exaggerated in certain areas. For example, not speaking for 5 years, "Fredo wanted to say "nothing" but no sound came from him. When he tried again a very guttural noise that sounded like "teen" came out. He had not spoken in over five years." This seems very unrealistic even for someone who seems to have a past with mental health problems. Maybe it is realistic but I just can't grasp how you could not speak for 5 years. He obviously could not be fully isolated because he would need to leave his house for food, and could have run into situations where he would have to talk to people. Also, the part where he sees his reflection for the first time, "And he turned and gazed in the mirror—what he saw there stopped his heart. In the mirror was the head and shoulders of a man who had not bathed, shaven, or shorn his hair for five or more years and who had not seen himself in that time either." It's very hard to believe that he did not bathe for 5 years straight and not notice it, or look at his reflection for that matter.
Read the following excerpt from a group discussion: Susan: I believe that all elected officials should be required to obtain a 4-year degree from a major university because the amount of legal paperwork they have to read. Jimmy: Are you saying that only people with a 4-year degree can read higher-level information? Susan: typically yes. Susan: Woo ho! I won. Of course I would win, I always win. Jimmy: But wait, I wasn't finished. I disagree with the idea that politicians needing to have a certain educational degree. As Lincoln's Gettysburg Address states, our government should be a "government of the people by the people for the people." And, according to the New York Times, a little under 70% to the U.S. population does not have a college degree. So, I cannot support a law that will limit the rights of the majority of our population. Susan: Huh? What? Oh my, look at the other team! They are a wreck. Jimmy: I was explaining that although we agree that elected officials should be able to read at a higher level, we disagree on the law that requires a certain level of education. Susan: Ok sure, whatever. Within this discussion, who is the better discussion participant and explain why the other candidate did NOT meet the expectations of a group discussion.
I think that Jimmy is doing better in the conversation because he takes the time to explain his view and why he believes that he is right, where as Susan just states her opinion but gives no facts or supporting details to why she thinks or know that she is right. Susan seems to have one track mind and will only look at her way as the only way and the correct way. When arguing you can't just say "I'm right, because I'm just right and you're wrong" it makes your argument weak. To strengthen your argument and get others to side with you, you should provide facts and detail to why you think that you are right. And it's also good to be open to suggestions so that you can try to see things another way and maybe learn something new. And also when you listen to the other persons argument you can break it down and find a way to poke holes in their argument and find flaws/shortcomings. That way you can get your opponent to contradict themself therefore make your argument a lot stronger than the other.
One charge against Socrates was that his teaching was destructive. In at least 150 words, defend Socrates as he might defend himself. Refer to the text for ideas in creating your defense.
If I was Socrates I would try to keep a very plain, conversational manner in my tone during the defense. Then I would explain that I had no experience with the law courts and I will instead speak in the manner to which I am used to speaking in: which is with honesty and directness. Next, I would explain that my behavior all originates from a prophecy by the oracle at Delphi which claimed that I was the wisest of all men. Then, recognizing my ignorance in most worldly affairs, I would state that I must be wiser than other man only in that I know nothing. In order to spread my peculiar wisdom, I would then explain that I considered it in my duty to question supposed "wise" men and to expose their false wisdom as ignorance. I would try my hardest to appeal to all three parts of rhetoric, ethos, logos, and pathos.
What is your understanding of Socrates?
In Socrates, Condemned to Death, Addresses His Judges, also known as Apologia (The Apology), Socrates refuses to abandon his course of questioning and challenging answers.
Which statement would you identify as being correct?
In the word impudent, the root is pude.
What best describes the tone of Claribel Alegria's "Granny and the Golden Bridge"?
It has a casual, conversational tone.
In at least one hundred words, explain the basic structure of 1001 Nights.
It is a series of 1,000 poems, each of which tells a story, and it is considered a "frame story". is a collection of Middle Eastern tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. This collection was compiled of largely Middle Eastern and Indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as Aladdin, Ali Baba and Sinbad the Sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of Western folklore. If you put together the first line of each of the poems, you get a final story, which is #1001, hence the title. Each of the poems was written by a different Persian poet in the 15th through 18th centuries and later translated into English. Most of them deal with legends from the Mongol Empire that were told by troubadours along the trade routes of Bucharest and Kamchatka.
Which of the following summaries would be most appropriate for your notes during a class discussion?
James stated that the economic crisis was a normal function of the capitalistic system.
In at least 150 words, discuss how using context and knowing affixes and root words can help readers understand texts such as The Apology. Use details from the text to support your answer.
Knowing your greek and latin roots (mostly greek) come in hand many times throughout reading "The Apology". Socrates has a very rich vocabulary causing for there to be more unknown and commonly used words in his apology. It you know your affixes and roots it can help you deduct the true meaning of an unknown word. By finding the meaning of the root and the prefix you can put the two together and can find out what the word means. You can also find out what the meaning of the word is by conducting further deduction of the sentence or small paragraph containing content about the word. For example, take this phrase Socrates says in his apology, "You are a liar, Meletus, not believed even by yourself. For I cannot help thinking, O men of Athens, that Meletus is reckless and impudent, and that he has written this indictment in a spirit of mere wantonness and youthful bravado." In this piece of text you can tell that Socrates is accusing Meletus of being a liar and is criticizing him. This makes it easier to decipher the words like "impudent" and "bravado". Since we know he is insulting him we can infer that these words imply mean things towards Meletus character. Then if you break it down even more and use your knowledge of affixes and roots then you will almost always come to the conclusion of the meaning of the word.
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "And who are you?" the Guards asked her. "Granny drew herself up. 'I'm the respectable owner of a house of pleasure in Suchitoto,' she replied, 'but what with all these subversives shooting up the Guard barracks every other day, I ran out of clients and had to retire. That's the war for you,' she sighed." The two of them broke out laughing. What best describes the tone of this excerpt from Claribel Alegria's "Granny and the Golden Bridge"?
Lighthearted
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. His house had become the lair of the iron woodchuck, the hive of the iron bee, the storeroom of the iron squirrel, the complex of chambers of the iron ant. From wall to wall, from floor to ceiling the mountain of metal was broken only by a thin corridor . . . What do the metaphors in this excerpt imply about Fredo's house?
Metal filled the house.
In at least 150 words, discuss Nadine Gordimer's use of metaphor to develop the main theme in "Once Upon a Time." Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Once Upon A Time by Nadine Gordimer brings the fear of the unknown into the lives of her readers and into their dreams while the tragedy of a family's efforts to protect itself unfolds. This fear causes the family to take extraordinary measures and to intensify its security to the point where the family is no longer aware of what it is that threatens it so much or what it needs protection. There is irony in the fact that they dont chose the tweleve-inch spikes as the next measure of protection but rather an even deadlier barbed wire which the narrator compares to some unnamed creature with fangs. This comparison that she uses is a metaphor and is significant because it is the barbed wire which attracts the little boy and sparks his imagination and it is the same barbed wire which becomes almost animal like and which causes the tradegy. Gorfimer continues to use the metaphor when describing the barbed wire as "cornice of razor thorns". This all develops the theme significantly as the unknown fear is also unseen but unfortunetly, this family is unable to see beyond their own limited perspective.
Hannah Senesh's life was influenced by many factors. Select one aspect of Hannah's life and in at least 100 words explore its influence on her work as a poet.
One huge influence on Hannah's life as a poet is when the fascist countries of Germany and Italy started approving laws that portrayed anti-Semitism to Jews. When this started to happen it influenced her poem in a way that she became a voice of hope for many Jews and fought for them with her words. As she went through her life living through the effects of Hitler's rules her poems demonstrated her deepest feelings towards the situation. Once this was all playing out she stood strong by her beliefs which surfaced in her poems and was willing to die for them.
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Old Major was an old boar who lived on Manor Farm. One morning, he called the other animals on the farm together for a meeting. He gave a rousing speech. In his speech, he compared humans to parasites. He also taught the animals a hymn called "Beasts of England." Two pigs named Napoleon and Snowball adapted Old Major's ideas into a philosophy they called Animalism. On the wall of the barn, they wrote the Seven Commandments of Animalism: Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. No animal shall wear clothes. No animal shall sleep in a bed. No animal shall drink alcohol. No animal shall kill any other animal. All animals are equal. In at least one hundred words, use parallel structure and different types of clauses to summarize the excerpt above and give it a more varied and interesting flow.
One morning Old Major called for a meeting with the other animals on Manor Farm. Old Major then introduced a new philosophy to the animals, called Animalism. They wrote the Seven Commandments of Animalism on the barn wall; whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy, whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. Along with; no animal shall wear clothes, no animal shall sleep in a bed, no animal shall drink alcohol, no animal shall kill any other animal, and all animals are equal. Now, there up on the wall, all of the animals could see the new rules and commandments that they would all be expected to follow.
In his poem "They Shot Wook Kim," Bart Edelman touches on many themes. In at least 75 words, discuss one of these themes. Use details from the poem to support your response.
One of the themes that Bart Edelman touches on is how unpredictable life and death is. As he says in his poem, "Neither laughter, nor love, hung in the air over that petroleum morgue that night." This line shows how Wook Kim dreamed of love and laughter but that was all taken away from him that night unexpectedly. Also, the fact that his death was so cheap, "For thirty dollars" Thirty dollars, that is what took his life. Wook Kim was living a relatively good life but death is always unpredictable and that is touched on as a theme in the poem.
In at least 200 words, discuss how Jonker uses details to develop one of her themes in "The child is not dead."
One of the themes that stands out is rebellion or oppression in showing them that killing the child does not kill the child. For example Jonker states, "The child is not dead not at Langa nor at Nyanga ... where he lies with a bullet through his brain". This phrase is addressing the event that happened at Nyanga where a child was shot dead. Which is what the poem is mainly focused on, that child. She then goes on to say, "the child is present at all assemblies and law-givings the child peers through the windows of houses and into the hearts of mothers". Here she is developing her theme of oppression saying how the child still lives on in spirit even after he is dead. Her strong theme of fighting back against the rash actions that took place appear in saying that the child is not dead. She also says, "this child who just wanted to play in the sun at Nyanga is everywhere the child grown to a man treks through all Africa". Here she talks more about how the child is not dead and he still lives on maybe just to spite them. Jonker many times is able to demonstrate her development of her theme oppression throughout the poem.
In at least 100 words, discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s use of allusion to create a persuasive argument in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail." In your answer, mention specific allusions used by King.
One specific allusion in his letter is, "just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far corners of the Greco Roman world" Here Martin Luther King Jr. alludes to Apostle Paul because he was also imprisoned for his beliefs, and he wrote letters from prison. Unlike King, the letters were to his followers instead of his adversaries. He also alludes to the Nazi movement, "We can never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal." It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany." This makes his argument way stronger by comparing his movement to something that Americans helped liberate in Germany. He is also alluding to the Hungarian freedom fighter to show that Birmingham is corrupt in their laws. It also shows irony of Birmingham and supports the conversation of just and unjust laws. King also makes an allusion in hsi letter to Abraham Lincoln by quoting him, "Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist -- "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free." Was not Thomas Jefferson an extremist -- "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." So the question is not whether we will be extremist but what kind of extremist will we be." In this quote he also alludes to Thomas Jefferson by comparing them both to him and showing his point by saying that they are all extremists. All of these allusions help his argument become more persuasive by using all of these significant figures and comparing them to himself. By doing this it shows them at King is no different than this significant figures that we admire.
In at least 150 words, identify the theme of Chang's "Garden of My Childhood," and explain how the poet uses metaphor and personification to convey that theme.
Poet Kuangchi Chang did not remain in China long enough to be "re-educated." The theme that Kuangchi Chang focused on was preserving the past and peace. Following the Communist takeover he fled to the United States. His poem "Garden of My Childhood" describes China before the revolution as a peaceful, idyllic garden with a violent horde rapidly approaching. A vine, the wind, and the sea are each personified, and each beckons for him to run, and are used to convey the theme. It is not until "eons later," when he is "worlds away," that his "running is all done," and he finds himself at his destination: another garden, just like the one he had left behind, which these are examples of how he uses metaphors to convey the theme. By used the wind, the sea, and a vine as personification, and "eons later", "worlds away", and "running is all done" as metaphors, the poet Kuangchi Chang uses these two literary devices to convey the theme of peace.
Can you formulate a theory about poetry interpretation?
Poetry is open to more than one interpretation.
How does Granny avoid being taken in by the guards in Claribel Alegria's "Granny and the Golden Bridge"?
She disguises herself as a brothel owner.
What is Granny's motivation for selling food to the army without getting paid for her time?
She wants to gain the trust of the soldiers.
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "'Fragmentation grenades, G-3 cartridges, 81 millimeter mortar rounds. Who'll buy from me?'" What inference can you make about Granny's future actions based on the words she chants to the guerillas?
She will continue to help the guerillas.
In at least 100 words, describe how Socrates often uses rhetoric to express his central ideas.
Socrates uses all forms of rhetoric throughout his defense. First, he uses ethos in his defense. He appeals to his audience by telling the story of when the Oracle of Delphi, claimed that he was the wisest man in the world. Then he tries to prove these claims as correct based off of his character. He then claims that he is in fact the wisest man because a wise man understands that he does not know everything nor do they pretend to do so. Then he uses logos during his defense. Socrates attempts to use correlation or logos to prove that in fact he is not guilty of the crimes he accused off. He questions one of his accusers and asks Meletus that if there is anyone in the world that "believes in human phenomena but does not believe in human beings". Socrates uses this seemingly logically correct statement to prove that, he does believe in the gods. Near the end of Socrates defense he starts to use pathos. He appeals to their sense of emotion by trying to appeal to ones sense of duty to the state of Athens. He then uses that statement to show that his actions are merely his duty to the state of Athens. And that while others call his actions annoying he is in fact helping that state of Athens form becoming complacent, and by finding him guilty would be a crime against their own duty to the state as fellow citizens.
The Apology includes a comparison of Socrates to a gadfly. This is a good comparison because _____.
Socrates was persistent and annoying
In at least 150 words, describe Socrates' philosophical method, how it works, and what type of knowledge is attained through its use.
Socratic method is a form of debate between people, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas. It is based on contradictions in thoughts and ideas to then guide a person to a solid, arguable, and defendable conclusion. The meaning of the Socratic method is not saying that you are wise but admitting to not knowing. The base of the Socratic method is to induce critical thinking to the belief put out by people. It is a way for people to learn through the use of critical thinking, reasoning, and logic. The goal is for you to strengthen your knowledge of certain things/situations by thinking critically under pressure. The goal is to get the/a final answer for a question/problem, by asking a series of questions. This naturally leads to the final conclusion. The conclusions that are generally reached are conclusions that are closer to the truth than the original statement. Socrates pupils would learn through critical thinking, reasoning, and logic. Socrates would aim to shoot holes into their theories and answers to his questions but then patching them up. He strives to help his audience of pupils and people wanting to learn to question what they know and use different forms of knowledge to reach a logical answer.
In at least 200 words, explain how the author uses characterization to express and develop one of the themes in this story. Use details from the story to support your response.
The author uses characterization to develop the theme of victimization. Fredo is a victim to the bullying of young kids and his own isolation. Throughout the story, we watch as the author uses the characterization of Fredo to develop victimization by having Fredo "wake up" to reality. For example, the young neighborhood boys pick on him, " He looked up to see three boys throwing things at him that he could not immediately identify. Nor could he recognize the boys. Were they his son's friends? Where was his son? "Filthy Fredo, filthy Fredo, ya ya ya-ya-ya,"they shouted." When the neighborhood boys do this it wakes Fredo up to reality and he starts to realize that he is being victimized by these young boys. Later when he goes into his house he then realizes how he has become a victim to his own emotions and self-caused isolation. This is when Fredo realizes this, " In the end—after a year—they released him as "traumatized" but "harmless," Here this displays how he has become a victim to his own emotions and he has a traumatic past. Then when he looks in the mirror, " And he turned and gazed in the mirror—what he saw there stopped his heart. In the mirror was the head and shoulders of a man who had not bathed, shaven, or shorn his hair for five or more years and who had not seen himself in that time either." When Fredo looks in the mirror this is when he truly realizes what he has become a victim of over all these years.
Read the excerpt from the poem below and answer the question. The child lifts his fists against his father in the march of the generations who shouts Afrika ! shout the breath of righteousness and blood in the streets of his embattled pride Based on the excerpt, what is the author's tone?
The author's tone in this passage is rage.
What is the figurative meaning of the name "Golden Bridge"?
The bridge cost too much money to build.
In at least one hundred words, summarize the central idea of Mao Zedong's "Serve the People" speech and discuss some of the figurative language he uses to express it.
The central idea in Mao Zedong's speech "Serve The People" is that the government's entire existence should be to create ideas and plans that can benefit all the people of the nation as a whole. In general, he was pushing the idea of sacrifice for the good of the common people. It promoted sacrifice for the common good. The principal reason for existing is that Mao needs to ingrain in his group of onlookers' mind that the possibility of death, which is assumed to be a negative, is in certainty positive. He also uses many metaphors throughout his speech like, " To die for the people is weightier than Mount Tai" Here he uses a metaphor to compare how hefty it is to die for the people with Mount Tai.
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. The child is the dark shadow of the soldiers on guard with rifles, saracens and batons How is metaphor used in this excerpt from Ingrid Jonker's "The child is not dead"?
The child is compared to the shadow of the soldiers to suggest that his memory will always be with them.
In at least 150 words, discuss the civil rights movement in America as described in Martin Luther King Jr. in "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
The civil rights movement was a struggle by African Americans in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve civil rights equal to those of whites, including equal opportunity in employment, housing, and education, as well as the right to vote, the right of equal access to public facilities, and the right to be free of the oppresion they were experiencing. King also expresses, "I had hoped that the white moderate would see this. Maybe I was too optimistic. Maybe I expected too much. I guess I should have realized that few members of a race that has oppressed another race can understand or appreciate the deep groans and passionate yearnings of those that have been oppressed, and still fewer have the vision to see that injustice must be rooted out by strong, persistent, and determined action." Here King gives us a view into the movement by showing how the white race is ignorant to the fight that the african americans are putting up. He describes the movement as an injustice because it is barely being acknowledged by the oppressors. But he does acknowledge that some of the people of the white race have realized the need and urgency for this fight to be brought to justice. The main insight he gives to this movement is the disappointment he has in the white race for not acting and being ignorant to the urgency.
What is the definition of cultural experience?
The influence of the arts on a person's life can be considered a cultural experience.
In at least 150 words, explain what is meant by the Socratic method. How does it work, and what conclusions are generally reached by using it?
The meaning of the Socratic method is not saying that you are wise but admitting to not knowing. The base of the Socratic method is to induce critical thinking to the belief put out by people. It is based on contradictions in thoughts and ideas to then guide a person to a solid, arguable, and defendable conclusion. The conclusions that are generally reached are conclusions that are closer to the truth than the original statement. Socrates pupils would learn through critical thinking, reasoning, and logic. Socrates would aim to shoot holes into their theories and answers to his questions but then patching them up. Socrates used a form of dialogue to communicate his teachings. The method was also used by Socrates, often, in an ironic manner in order to expose a supposed learned man in his lack of knowledge. He strives to help his audience of pupils and people wanting to learn to question what they know and use different forms of knowledge to reach a logical answer.
Who is the narrator of "Granny and the Golden Bridge"?
The narrator of "Granny and the Golden Bridge" tells the story about his grandmother and her charity.
In at least 150 words, identify evidence in "The child is not dead" that reveals the source of Ingrid Jonker's inspiration for the poem. Explain how the poem was inspired by actual events in South Africa during apartheid.
The one specific line that reveals the source of Ingrid Jonker's inspiration for the poem is, "The child is not dead not at Langa nor at Nyanga not at Orlando nor at Sharpeville". Here she pulls out four different towns in South Africa where major events have happened. The main inspiration comes from the Sharpeville Massacre which is what caused her to want to write this poem. But then the event at Nyanga happened and the poem became more centered around the child that was killed at Nyanga. She specifically talks about this, "The child is not dead not at Langa nor at Nyanga ... where he lies with a bullet through his brain". Although the Sharpeville Massacre was her original source of inspiration this switched when the event at Nyanga happened. For a big majority of the poem it is focused on this child and showing that he is not dead. This child that died at the hands of a soldier became Ingrid Jonker's main inspiration for the poem.
What is an important theme developed in "The child is not dead"?
The oppressed will triumph over their oppressors.
Senesh's poetry represent a specific point of view and unique cultural experience. Conduct research, and read a poem by Hannah Senesh, or another holocaust survivor. In at least 150 words, discuss how writer's cultural experiences, beliefs, and themes are expressed in his/her poetry. Include an image that represents the theme, and a couple of sentences explaining how this image embodies the theme of your poet.
The poem that was written by Hannah Senesh that I read was "A walk to Caesarea" this poem entail some of her deeper thoughts and feelings. One theme that is presented is that she fears that things will never be the way they once were. She fears the continuity of mankind and nature. Some of the cultural experiences that likely influenced this is the uprising of the fascists and their hate towards Jews. She experienced and saw how things around her were changing and this poem can be seen as a simple pray to God that things will stay the same regarding humanity and nature. Here beliefs are also presented in this poem because it shows how she is willing to preserve but still has fear in the future and the direction that humanity was going in. This is also another display of some of the experiences in her everyday life because she talks about seeing blue skies and the sound of waves. And these were the occasional sights she would see as she made her way to Caesarea. (I've uploaded my picture above) This image represnets the theme of wanting to keep the continuity of nature because it shows the nature beauty of it that she's wanting to perserve. It is also resembling what she might have been seeing to influence her to write this poem. Then leading her to hope that this scene never changes.
In at least 150 words, determine how setting, history, language and culture affects the theme of piece of literature. Please use examples from your readings as support for your answer.
The setting is very important to a story. It can have huge effects on the plot and the characters. The setting can do more than effect plot events. It can also set up the mood of a story or a particular scene. The setting establishes a mood that allows the reader to relate to the characters within a story. History in stories is important because it helps the readers understand people and societies. History helps provide identity. When an author uses parts of their history in a story it can even help a reader get to know the author a little more. History gives the backstory of that time to help you better understand the conditions. Language is important because it helps the author connect and create a relationship with the reader. And certain language make things more exciting and more clear to understand. It helps the author communicate his or her point of view clearly making it easier to understand his or her writing. Language can also be used in the form of literary devices to help strengthen the writing. Culture also really affects the theme because it determines when and what area of the world we are focusing on. For example, if we're reading a piece about a boy growing up during the holocaust and is Jewish the culture is going to highly affect the theme of that piece.
Who is the speaker of the poem?
The speaker of a poem is sometimes the poet.
The Apology or Apologia is also known as Socrates, Condemned to Death, Addresses His Judges. These first titles could lead to some confusion about the nature of the work. In at least 100 words, explain why this confusion might occur and describe the aspects of the text that make its true nature clear.
The titles defiently lead to bouts of confusion since apology has a different meaning today as it did then. Today an apology means that there is guilt on the side of the person who is apologizing, and usually involves them promising to never do it again. So that causes for confusion from the readers end when they see the titles because then an "apology" was the defense that refuted the given accusations. It also causes for confusion when the title says "Condemned to Death" since we think he's apologizing. In the type of apology that is tlaked about in the title, there is no remorse or guilt associtated with this type of apology. The side refuting the accusations could also been known to be presenting an "apologia".
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. The boys were cruel and called him filthy Fredo, thus facing a creature they only partly recognized and did not understand. The underlined words are an example of which literary techinque?
The underlined phrase in the excerpt above is an example of a metaphor.
The poem opens with the numbers one through eight scattered across the page. In at least 75 words, discuss what this might mean.
The way the poem opens with the numbers one through eight scattered across the page is a powerful and rhythmic strategy to use. As for the way the numbers are formatted, this is part of the shape and structure of the poem. It makes you read the poem in a different rhythm than you would if they were all together. The numbers also represent the number of times Wook Kim was shot that night in the gas station. He was shot eight times and that's why it counts up to eight.
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. The child is not dead not at Langa nor at Nyanga not at Orlando nor at Sharpeville What is the significance of the underlined details in the excerpt from the poem?
They name townships where black South Africans protested.
How does the conversational style relate to The Apology?
Though conversational in style, The Apology contains language that calls for several comprehension strategies.
to reread the last few paragraphs of the excerpt from Night. Explain the internal conflict faced by the narrator. As described in the footnote, Wiesel interjects into the narration his later reflection on this first night at Auschwitz. Why is the repetition of the phrase "Never shall I forget" important? Why do you think it imperative to remember the Holocaust today?
What the Nazis did to them when they arrived at the camp and sorted them was cruel. They had no idea what they were in for and if left or right meant death. So when Eliezer is sorted to the left with his father the, that is the remaining question. He is very internally conflicted by this unknown of where he was going to end up. But the someone comes up to them and says, "Poor devils, you are heading for the crematorium." At this moment he extremely conflicted internally because now he has his answer as to where they are going and its not the right one. Then he sees these pits and they have dead people in them. Eliezer and his father are marched to the edge of these pits, and the internal conflict in Eliezer was at its peak in this moment. The thoughts that were probably rushing through his head is unimaginable. But then they are marched off towards the barracks and it turns out that, that is actually the fate of the people who went right. The phrase "Never shall I forget" is very important because what these people went through is something extremely traumatic and there's no way you could forget something like that. This phrase is important today because it's to the utmost importance that even though we did not go through it, we must not forget, and we must not let it happen again.
In your opinion, did Ingrid Jonker use language effectively to create a sense of a particular time and place in "The child is not dead"? Respond in at least 150 words, giving reasons to support your answer and referring to specific words or phrases from the poem.
Yes, Ingrid Jonker did use the language in her poem effectively to create a sense of a particular time and place in "The child is not dead". The event that shes specifically refering to is when a child was shot dead by soldiers in Nyanga. For example, she says in her poem, "The child is not dead not at Langa nor at Nyanga not at Orlando nor at Sharpeville nor at the police station at Philippi where he lies with a bullet through his brain". In this phrase from the poem she's directly referring to the events at multiple places where significant events have happened. Such as referring to Sharpeville Massacre and the later events at Langa and Nyanga where the child was shot in the head. She also says in her poem, "The child is the dark shadow of the soldiers on guard with rifles Saracens and batons the child is present at all assemblies and law-givings". This phrase in the poem demonstrates the kind of time it was in Africa as she also later says, "this child who just wanted to play in the sun at Nyanga is everywhere". It talks about a time when children were not able to be children because of the pressing of apartheid. By giving these specific examples and phrases Ingrid Jonker did use language effectively to create a sense of a particular time and place.
Hannah's belief in establishing a Jewish homeland is called _____.
Zionism
Where did Hannah Senesh first encounter anti-Semitism?
Zionism
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. As T.S. Eliot has said: "The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason." This line from Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" is an example of _____.
allusion
When Socrates refers to the Twelve Labors of Hercules and the comedies of Aristophanes in The Apology, he is employing what literary technique?
allusion
Accurate descriptions of The Apology would include all but _____.
an apology
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. From across the street a man hollered, "Good for you Gonzalez. Welcome back to earth." What the man across the street knew, and the boys had known, was that the man they all called "filthy Fredo" had never retaliated ... What is the author's tone toward Fredo in the excerpt above?
approving
Plato's dialogues, including the Apologia, _____.
are classical texts
Which words best describe Granny's character? Select all that apply.
brave and cunning
scandalum
cause of offense
scandalum
cause of offense or stumbling block
In Kuangchi Chang's poem "Garden of My Childhood," the relentless, approaching "horde" most likely represents _____.
communism
The narrator in Claribel Alegria's "Granny and the Golden Bridge" describes his grandmother as _____.
crazy
In "Letter from Birmingham Jail" King refers to quicksand and solid rock. These images _____.
create vivid pictures
When Socrates says that his accusers use "ornamented words," he is _____.
criticizing them
In The Apology, Socrates declares that his death is _____.
debatable as to whether he or his accusers are better off
One of the themes developed through Granny's actions is _____.
dedication to political struggle
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. In the mirror was the head and shoulders of a man who had not bathed, shaven, or shorn his hair for five or more years and who had not seen himself in that time either. (p. 80) In the excerpt above, the author uses ________ to give the reader information about Fredo.
direct characterization
What caused Fredo to withdraw from the world?
emotional problems
Understanding texts with difficult words can be made easier by a study of all except _____.
entomology
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. I am that gadfly which God has given the state, and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing and persuading and reproaching you. Based on the context, what does the word reproaching in this excerpt from The Apology most likely mean?
expressing disapproval
In his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King Jr. refers to Jesus, Paul the Apostle, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln as _____.
extremists
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. the child peers through the windows of houses and into the hearts of mothers The underlined phrase in the excerpt from "The child is not dead" is an example of ________.
figurative language
propheteia
gift of interpreting the will of the gods
Understanding The Apology is helped by a knowledge of all except_____.
greek mathematics
Factors to consider as part of the historical context of Hannah's poetry would include all the following except _____.`
having her life depicted in a film
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "Hey, kid, how old are you?" The man interrogating me was an inmate. I could not see his face, but his voice was weary and warm. "Fifteen." "No. You're eighteen." "But I'm not," I said. "I'm fifteen." "Fool. Listen to what I say." * * * [Dr. Mengele] looked like the typical SS officer: a cruel, though not unintelligent, face, complete with monocle. He was holding a conductor's baton and was surrounded by officers. The baton was moving constantly, sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left. In no time, I stood before him. "Your age?" he asked, perhaps trying to sound paternal. "I'm eighteen." My voice was trembling. How is this excerpt from Elie Wiesel's Night an example of an internal conflict? Select all that apply.
he considers whether or not to trust the inmate who tells him he's not fifteen he must decide whether or not to tell Dr. Mengele the truth about his age
In Night, an example of Wiesel's internal conflict is _____.
his decision to lie to Dr. Mengele
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. His house had become the lair of the iron woodchuck, the hive of the iron bee, the storeroom of the iron squirrel, the complex of chambers of the iron ant. What does this excerpt from "'Agua Viva,' A Sculpture by Alfred Gonzalez" convey about Fredo's character? Select all that apply.
his deep sense of isolation his single-minded purpose (Half correct)
An example of an external conflict for Elie is _____.
his hunger, thirst, and suffocation in the train car
Hannah had an early experience with anti-Semitism _____.
in her school
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "She was crazy, but a very active old lady," he grinned reminiscently, "and terribly proud of her huge bridge spanning the Lempa River. 'My little bridge,' she used to call it." The tone of this passage is best described as _____.
informal
Literary nonfiction is characterized by all of the following, except _____.
invented characters
The structure of a poem includes all elements except _____.
irony
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. The child is not dead the child lifts his fists against his mother who shouts Afrika ! shouts the breath of freedom and the veld in the locations of the cordoned heart. Choose the best synonym for the word cordoned as it is used in this excerpt from Ingrid Jonker's "The child is not dead."
isolated
All the below may be said of figurative language except _____.
it may be interpreted literally
In "'Agua Viva,' A Sculpture by Alfred Gonzalez," Fredo decides to title his sculpture "Agua Viva" because _____.
it reminds him of the jellyfish that inhabit the waters off Puerto Rico
In "The child is not dead," Jonker writes "the child grown to a man treks through all Africa." What are some of the connotative meanings of treks? Select all that apply.
journeys and wanders
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Wheels and manhole covers, and grates and wrenches and gaggers and rods and gears, and discs and platens and gates, and chucks and clutches and grills, and spools and bobbins, locks and keys, pinions and racks and gaffles, and meat-hooks and ball-joints and shuttles and flycocks and gaffers, and dividers and rasps, and gyroscopes, graters, and gimbals, grab-hooks, and a thousand parts too small or two complex or too divorced from their origin or context or too specialized and thus identifiable only by their creator, cluttered the length and breadth of the walls of his house ... In this excerpt from "'Agua Viva,' A Sculpture by Alfred Gonzalez," the author uses parallel structure to _____. Select all that apply.
jumble the words together in the description convey the main character's chaotic mental state
The artistic medium for which Hannah Senesh is known is _____.
literature
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. this child who just wanted to play in the sun at Nyanga is everywhere the child grown to a man treks through all Africa What word best describes Jonker's tone in these lines from "The child is not dead"?
maybe disappointed, not angry
Sound or musical elements of poetry may include all but _____.
metaphor
`Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty. What figure of speech is King employing in this excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham Jail" when he refers to dark clouds, deep fog, and radiant stars?
metaphor
The phrases "airtight cage of poverty" and "ominous clouds of inferiority" can best be defined as _____.
metaphors
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. She walked before him until she stopped at the door of a house, and when she knocked, an old Christian came down, received a dinar from her and handed her an olive green jug of wine. She placed the jug in the basket and said, "Porter, take your basket and follow me." What best describes the underlined portion of this excerpt from 1001 Nights?
not - adjectival clause
In Elie Wiesel's Night, what best describes the narrator's greatest fear once the SS guard separates he and his father from his mother and sisters?
not death maybe isolation
The occasional moments of light or hope in the book serve what purpose?
not give the reader hope
The prisoner who warns the captives to lie about their age is a complex character because _____.
not he is helpful
When she was young, Hannah's family's religion was _____.
not protestant
Choosing the correct definition of a word with multiple meanings often involves looking at _____.
not this answer - synonym
Verify the inaccurate statement about Socrates.
not this answer- In The Apology, Socrates often utilizes the device of allusion in developing his central idea of whether he is indeed the wisest man, as claimed by the Delphic Oracle.
In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," King specifically charges the city of Birmingham with all of the things below except _____.
not this answer- a thorough policy of segregation
King wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in response to what?
not this answer- police charges filed against him the day of his arrest
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. I was staring at the door, making it out in my mind rather than seeing it, in the dark. I lay quite still—a victim already—but the arrhythmia of my heart was fleeing, knocking this way and that against its body-cage. How finely tuned the senses are, just out of rest, sleep! I could never listen intently as that in the distractions of the day; I was reading every faintest sound, identifying and classifying its possible threat. Identify the tone of this excerpt from the opening of Nadine Gordimer's "Once Upon a Time."
ominous
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. the child grown into a giant journeys through the whole world Without a pass What is the "pass" that Jonker refers to in this excerpt from the poem?
pass books carried by black South Africans
Based on the documentary and the readings, Hannah's childhood can best be described as _____.
privleged
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. The house that surrounds me while I sleep is built on undermined ground; far beneath my bed, the floor, the house's foundations, the stopes and passages of gold mines have hollowed the rock, and when some face trembles, detaches, and falls, three thousand feet below, the whole house shifts slightly, bringing uneasy strain to the balance and counterbalance of brick, cement, wood, and glass that hold it as a structure around me. Choose the best synonym for the word undermined as it is used in this excerpt from Nadine Gordimer's "Once Upon a Time."
probably weakened not broken
Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" to _____. Select all that apply.
prove that he was unlawfully detained and address criticisms from members of the clergy (half correct)
The Socratic method refers to _____.
questioning definitions of concepts expressed by people
Socrates' style in The Apology affects the text's _____.
readability
King writes that in his jail cell he had time to do all of the following except _____.
reading long books
Complex characters are best described as _____.
realistic
Through Fredo's actions and character, the author develops several themes, including _____. Select all that apply.
responding to injustice and human connection
Read this excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and answer the question. In your statement you assert that our actions, even though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence. But is this a logical assertion? Isn't this like condemning a robbed man because his possession of money precipitated the evil act of robbery? Isn't this like condemning Socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? Isn't this like condemning Jesus because his unique God consciousness and never ceasing devotion to God's will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion? (paragraph 21 of "Letter from Birmingham Jail") The series of questions in the excerpt is best described as _____.
rhetorical
condemnare
sentence or blame
The overall tone in The Apology is best characterized as _____.
simple and conversational
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Down the scorched plain rode the juggernaut And crossed the Yangtse as if it were a ditch; Choose the best definition for the word juggernaut as it is used in this excerpt from Kuangchi C. Chang's "Garden of My Childhood."
something large, powerful, and destructive
Which of the following are characteristics of free verse in "The child is not dead"? Select all that apply.
sounds like spoken speech and no regular rhyme scheme
What best describes the way Manuel's grandmother is characterized in Claribel Alegria's "Granny and the Golden Bridge"?
strong-willed
The positioning of numbers across the page at the beginning of Bart Edelman's poem "They Shot Wook Kim" is part of what aspect of poetry?
structure
Hannah Senesh first encountered anti-Semitism when she was _____.
studying at a Protestant school in Budapest
Socrates's initial reaction to being found guilty is _____.
surprise that so many jurors voted in his favor
Apart from the Civil Rights Movement, what other major issues was King involved with?
the War in Vietnam and poverty
When deciding to put more pictures into an existing presentation, what should the presenter consider first?
the amount of text on each slide
What central theme is conveyed in Bart Edelman's poem "They Shot Wook Kim"? Select all that apply.
the inevitability of fate the randomness of life and death the immigrant experience in America (half correct)
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Iron and steel do not tangle like thread, cord, or rope. Perhaps chain tangles like logs, and words like jam or snag would be better to describe what happens when links twist out of line and chains of different gauge twine like tresses. Wood has water to propel them part of their way. Professional handlers have winches and pulleys and special vehicles to transport piles like the one the man now dragged up the slightly inclining driveway. The unfocused, breathless tone of this excerpt from "'Agua Viva,' A Sculpture by Alfred Gonzalez" helps convey _____.
the main character's unhinged mental state
What best describes the theme conveyed by the white family's heavily fortified home in Nadine Gordimer's "Once Upon a Time"?
the segregation in South African society
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. The child is the dark shadow of the soldiers on guard with rifles Saracens and batons the child is present at all assemblies and law-givings the child peers through the windows of houses and into the hearts of mothers this child who just wanted to play in the sun at Nyanga is everywhere the child grown to a man treks through all Africa In this excerpt from Ingrid Jonker's poem, "The child is not dead," the "child" most likely refers to _____.
the struggle for freedom
The unique structure of the opening lines of Bart Edelman's poem "They Shot Wook Kim" is meant to convey what main idea? Select all that apply.
the violence of Wook Kim's death the randomness of Wook Kim's death
accusare
to call to account
What was Martin Luther King's purpose in writing "Letter from Birmingham Jail"?
to defend his methods against criticisms from the clergy
What is the main function of conflict in a story?
to drive the plot
condemnare
to sentence, doom, blame, or disapprove
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. ...'but with all these subversives shooting up the Guard barracks every other day, I ran out of clients and had to retire. That's the war for you,' she sighed." What are some connotative meanings for subversives? Select all that apply.
traitors and revolutionaries
fidare
trust
Read the excerpt below and answer the question. To die for the people is weightier than Mount Tai, but to work for the fascists and die for the exploiters and oppressors is lighter than a feather. Choose the best synonym for the word fascists as it is used in this excerpt from Mao Zedong's speech "Serve the People."
tyrants
sophia
wisdom
The language of poetry can generally be described as all the following except _____.
wordy
What is the best meaning of the phrase at the entrance to Auschwitz, "Arbeit macht frei?"
"Work sets you free"
