To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Lorraine Hansberry – Flashcards
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If something is Brutal it is said to be___________________?
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harsh cruel
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To enact means to ___________?
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to act out
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Define Internal conflict?
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A struggle occurring within oneself
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Something that is massive can be described as something with ___________________________?
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a large amount
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Propel means to ______?
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to drive or push forward
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What does Vanity mean?
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great pride in oneself or one's appearance
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To be uncompromising is to be ________________________________?
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inflexible
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What is a memoir?
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a person's writing about an event in his or her life
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What is a biography?
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A written account of another person's life.
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What is an autobiography?
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An account of a person's life written by that person
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Where does the Story To Be Young, Gifted and Black take place?
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The Southside of Chicago
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The authors travelers can get a good look into the people's lives of her town by riding what?
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Elevated Trains
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What was life like for those that lived in the Southside of Chicago during the 1930's?
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Poor, tired, and determined to live
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Who is the author of this autobiography?
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Lorraine Hansberry
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What pointe of view does the author tell the story?
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First person
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What was the authors parents relationship like to their children?
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Utilitarian
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What are the two things that the author states that should never to be betrayed in an African American Family?
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The family and race
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What does explicit mean?
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Clearly expressed, without being difficult to understand.
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What does the author mean when she says, "Children's games are always explicit in their reasons for being." >
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Meaning you play a game to simply win or to not be it?
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In the story, the author tells about the whole family sleeping outside when summer nights got too hot. The authors says those times were the best of all because the grownups were invariably reminded of having been children themselves in the South. What does it mean if the parents were invariably reminded?
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Constantly
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Define enduring.
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lasting
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What was the author's enduring image of her father in her mind?
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A man whom kings might have imitated.
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The author also makes reference to her father that kings might have created their own flattering descriptions of her father. What was meant by this?
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That kings would have spoke of him very favorable.
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What did the author mean when she said that her father could talk at length on American History and private enterprise to which he utterly subscribed?
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He greatly supported it?
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Define profound?
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Having great depth or seriousness
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Although the author states that her father always held his head high. While writing her memoir she is profoundly shocked to realize suddenly that her father must have know what?
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Fear
