English 12 Academic Vocabulary/Born A Crime Review

Front

What are verbal, behavioral, and environmental aggressions and insults targeted at a specific group of people?

Back

Microaggressions are subtle, often unintentional, discriminatory comments or behaviors directed at marginalized groups.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

Front

What is the difference between flashback and foreshadow?

Back

Flashback is when the character remembers something from the past; foreshadow gives clues as to what will happen in the future in the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

This Act resulted in black South African children being taught by government-run schools that reinforced the subservience of black South Africans to white South Africans.

Back

Bantu Education Act.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Front

This was the law that prohibited romantic relationships between whites and non-whites in South Africa.

Back

The Immorality Act.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Front

How did Trevor's mother influence his understanding of race and identity?

Back

She encouraged him to embrace all aspects of his identity.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

What is the definition of Apartheid?

Back

Apartheid was a system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Front

What is a memoir?

Back

A memoir is a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Front

What role do anecdotes play in storytelling?

Back

Anecdotes are short, personal stories used to illustrate a point or engage the audience.

Front

Define simile and provide an example.

Back

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'. Example: 'Her smile was like the sun.'

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

What is the significance of the Bantu Authorities Act?

Back

The Bantu Authorities Act established a system of local government for black South Africans, reinforcing racial segregation.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9