Analyzing Theme

What is the author's purpose in detailing the aftermath of the shooting in these chapters?

• To highlight the personal impact of systemic issues

• To create a suspenseful narrative

• To focus on the legal aspects of the case

• To showcase the resilience of the community

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

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How does the author use contrasting character traits between Starr and her peers to enhance the narrative?

• By showing the diversity of responses to trauma and injustice

• To highlight Starr's superiority over her peers

• To create unnecessary conflict within the story

• To demonstrate that Starr's views are the only correct ones

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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What inference can be made about the impact of Khalil's death on the community based on these chapters?

• It has caused widespread apathy and disengagement.

• It has united the community in a fight against injustice.

• It has led to increased violence within the community.

• It has had no significant impact on the community.

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How do Starr's interactions with her family in these chapters help to develop her character?

• They show her growing independence and desire to make her own decisions.

• They highlight her reluctance to confront her feelings.

• They reveal her deep-seated anger towards her family.

• They demonstrate her diminishing respect for her parents.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

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What can readers infer about the author's perspective on activism through Starr's development?

• Activism is an effective tool for social change.

• Activism often leads to more problems than solutions.

• Activism is only for those who are directly affected.

• Activism should be left to adults rather than teenagers.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a Theme?

• The action or choice of a character

• The written account of a character

• A plot twist

• An idea or topic that reoccurs in a work of literature

Answer explanation

Merriam- Webster Dictinary defines a theme as:

"1 a

: a subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation

guilt and punishment is the theme of the story

b

: a specific and distinctive quality, characteristic, or concern

the campaign has lacked a theme"

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What theme(s) did you find in Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston ( click all that apply)

• Death

• Happiness

• Fear

• Power

Answer explanation

There are many themes. Fear, death, power, opression and human desire, are a few that continued to be presented in her research.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Although Hurston was writing folklore, what underlying theme was she trying to convey in 'Tell My Horse'

• Third world problems

• The real possibilty of an Apocalypse

• The struggles of oppression

• The heroes in cultish secret societies

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

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How do the different themes relate to each other and shape the story? (NCCS, RL11-12.2, p.68)

Answer explanation

Death and fear intertwine. Haitians have a fear of dying and being brought back to life to serve with out their soul. This fear allows criminals to keep the people opressed and they get a way with murder, literally.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Analyze: what theme did the "Ba Moun" convey and how does it keep the cycle of zombifying ongoing?

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