Zeanah finals everything!
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
