Authors | Language | June Jordan | Complete the Quote | Gloria Anzaldúa |
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Who was William Shakespeare?
Famous English playwright, lived from 1564-1616.
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What is denotation?
The literal meaning of a word.
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Who is Reggie Jordan?
The name of Willie Jordan's 25 year-old Brother, who is shot by the police.
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What are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are [...], [...], [...] (Dec. of Independence)
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What are 'Borderlands'?
Term used to describe areas where several languages are spoken.
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Who was Charles Dickens?
English author, wrote 'Oliver Twist' and 'Great Expectations'.
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What is connotation?
An association (emotional or otherwise) which a word evokes.
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What is 'The Color Purple'`?
Name of the book studied by June Jordan and her class?
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What is country?
"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your [...] can do for you; ask what you can do for your [...]." (JFK)
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What is Chicano?
Word used to denote Anzaldúa's identity.
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Who is Stephenie Meyer?
Wrote the 'Twilight' trilogy. Ahem...
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What is a synonym?
A word or expression that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another.
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What is a linguistic buffalo?
The opening line of Jordan's essay. Black English is not exactly a ...
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What is fool?
You can [...] some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not [...] all of the people all of the time. (Abraham Lincoln)
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What are Mexico and the USA?
The two countries that form Anzaldúa's background.
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Who was T. S. Eliot?
Famous poet, he wrote 'The Wasteland' and 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'.
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What is an antonym?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
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What is "it's too soon for sex, Alfonso"?
The class' favourite line from 'The Color Purple'.
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What is history?
[...] will be kind to me, for I intend to write it. (Winston Churchill)
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Who is a dentist?
Professional person who is cleaning out Gloria Anzaldúa's roots at the start of the essay.
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Who was Walt Whitman?
American author, stated that language arose "out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground".
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What is colloquial?
Used in conversation but not in formal speech or writing - this Word starts with a 'C'.
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What is Brooklyn?
Name of the police force that murdered Reggie Jordan.
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What is a prison?
Denmark is a... (Hamlet)
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What is a ruler?
Item that Anzaldúa was hit with three times for speaking Spanish at recess.
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