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What is a Imagist

An imagist poem is when you imagine something that is out of the ordinary of something that you thinking about.

Do stage directions include sleeping

no stage directions are the directions or places on stage to stand or cross to.

What type of sentence links the central idea of one paragraph to the central idea of the next paragraph

simple sentence with the main idea.

What does the narrator discover about himself after attacking the waitress in notes of a native son

He was prepared to hurt someone. ( apex)

What force in society was the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s most trying to overcome

Prejudice.

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What central metaphor runs throughout James Baldwin's Notes of a Native son

Hatred is a disease.

What sentence most clearly uses figurative language

The cracks in the window forked like arteries

What is one of the characteristics of a strong theme

It’s a complete statement. -apex

Which was one major achievement of the civil rights movement during the 1940s or 1950s

The Brown v. Board of education ruling

What action in a raisin in the sun most clearly shows that mama is the head of the house

She makes Beneatha say God exists.

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What is one theme in A Raisin in the Sun

racial discrimination holds back a persona dreams - apex

What best explains why the character Asagai is a symbol for heritage

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Which symbol from A Raisin in the Sun most likely represents the strong will of the Younger family in the face of adversity

Mama's Plant

What best describes Walter Senior

a proud man (apex)

Which option is the best example of someone using a rhetorical device

A bush that blossoms whenever good times are coming

In what way does James Baldwin use a narrative structure

The essay tells a story about race relations in Harlem.

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In A Raisin in the Sun what does the concept of home most likely mean to Asagai

The country he is from apex

What does the character mrs Johnson most likely symbolize in the play

resistance to change

In Act 3 what does Walter mean wheb he says he is going to put on a show for mr Lindner

He’s going to make a deal with Lidner

What is a tension that runs throughout the entire story

The tension of segregation

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Which option is the best example of literary nonfiction

An essay that relates an activist's experiences fighting for civil rights.

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Which action in A Raisin in the Sun most clearly shows that Beneatha is interested in her African heritage

she allows her hair to go back to its naturally curly state (apex)

What adjective best describes the narrators father according to the narrator

Unsociable

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Which rhetorical device is this sentence most clearly usingA hero embraces the truth, while a coward flees it, and a villain hides it.

Parallelism

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In "A Raisin in the Sun" which character best represents the theme of achieving success in a conventional way

Walter

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