Memoir Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

FIRST EXAM FOR ELA 2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Which sentence uses an objective tone? Answer- A garden would provide numerous benefits to the students. Look at the table Zareen created to help plan her narrative essay. What does Zareen most need to add to her table to complete the planning for her essay? Answer- She needs to add to the beginning and introduce what her challenge was. Read the excerpt from Iqbal. They grabbed him by the arms and dragged him into the courtyard. We followed,...

Mississippi Solo Latest Update Graded A+ memoir (n) a form of autobiographical writing in which the author shares his or her personal experiences and observations related to significant events and people. simile (n) a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as metaphor a comparison of two unlike things that have qualities in common, without using like or as personification the giving of human qualities to an animal, an object, or an idea avalanche (n) An avalanche is a large ...

Praxis 5038 Latest 2023 Graded A+ The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison, african am lit, modernist stream of consciousness, multiple perspectives and deliberate fragmentation, BLACK LIT, gospel, jazz, blues, vernacular. Bluest Eye makes statement of internalized racism to most vulnerable in community- a young girl. Keeps people who wound girl human. Beloved Toni Morrison, like Sethe, Americans must confront ghosts of the past and slavery in order to address its legacy which manifests in racial discrimin...

FIRST EXAM FOR ELA 2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Which sentence uses an objective tone? Answer- A garden would provide numerous benefits to the students. Look at the table Zareen created to help plan her narrative essay. What does Zareen most need to add to her table to complete the planning for her essay? Answer- She needs to add to the beginning and introduce what her challenge was. Read the excerpt from Iqbal. They grabbed him by the arms and dragged him into the courtyard. We followed,...

FIRST EXAM FOR ELA 2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Which sentence uses an objective tone? Answer- A garden would provide numerous benefits to the students. Look at the table Zareen created to help plan her narrative essay. What does Zareen most need to add to her table to complete the planning for her essay? Answer- She needs to add to the beginning and introduce what her challenge was. Read the excerpt from Iqbal. They grabbed him by the arms and dragged him into the courtyard. We followed,...

Mississippi Solo Study Guide (L.A.) Questions and Answers Rated A+ Describe the author's feelings during the height of the storm. Why did he feel that way? It's surprising that the author is "not worried," even though drowning or other harm seems possible. He is "more amazed than anything" at feeling protected by the river. His feeling of being "one with this river" is unexpected, because experiencing a severe storm while being vulnerable in a canoe usually creates the feeling of fear. ...

Mississippi Solo (Graded A) monotony no variation; tediously the same avalanche a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain insulate Prevent heat from passing through it. splinter to break up into sharp, thin pieces ethereal adj. delicate; soft; airy; intangible Simile "The leading edge of the storm came, and the first sprinkles passed over like army scouts." Personification "The river was a comfortable buddy sharing a lazy day." memoir A type of writing where the ...

Mississippi Solo Latest 2023 Already Passed avalanche great mass of falling snow, ice, dirt, or rocks falling quickly down the side of a mountain ethereal light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound) insulate cover with a material that keeps electricity, heat, or sound from escaping. splinter to break up into sharp, thin pieces simile A comparison of two unlike things using like or as metaphor comparison of two unlike things that have qualities...

English 1 (S2) Cumulative Exam Review Already Passed Read the excerpt from Iqbal. They grabbed him by the arms and dragged him into the courtyard. We followed, but stopped at the door like a group of frightened baby chicks. We saw Iqbal's knees scrape on the stones on the ground, his arm bang against the edge of the well. The master stopped at the rusty iron door and pulled it slowly open on rasping hinges. We saw him disappear down the steps into the dark, jerking Iqbal after him. Then we he...

Mississippi Solo Study Guide Questions and Answers Rated A+ What element reveals that this selection is a memoir? first-person pronouns What evidence in the text supports inferences about the author's past? "I guess I'd had enough hard days to last me for a while." The author regards the river as a friend. How did the author first know that a storm was approaching? The river whispered to him, "Get ready." Which of the following is an example of the author's use of simile? "The tips o...