My Dungeon Shook

Baldwin is using which writing strategy with this line?

"You must accept them and accept them with love. . . ."

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

• Repetition

What is the best definition for the underlined word?

"Like him, you are tough, dark, vulnerable, moody—with a very definite tendency to sound truculent because you want no one to think you are soft".

• soft, mild, meek

• loud, boisterous, animated

• short, to-the-point, succinct

• eager for a fight; fierce

By referencing

1. described . . . by Charles Dickens: a British novelist whose works frequently described the hardships suffered by the poor in London.

2. E. Franklin Frazier: African-American sociologist (1894–1962) who studied the structure of black communities.

and 3. "the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon." (The Emancipation Proclamation In 1863, Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the Confederate States

What strategy has he implemented?

• Logos

• Allusion

• Pathos

• Connotation

Which is a synonym of "strive"?

• important

• scenery

• agree

• struggle

What year is the letter written?

• 1863

• 1963

• 1985

• 2005

Who is the author of our letter?

• Martin Luther King

• Abraham Lincoln

• Seth MacFarlane

• James Baldwin

How old is the person that this letter is written to?

• 35

• 25

• 15

• 8

The author writing the letter to

• his nephew

• his father

• his daughter

• the President of The United States

The references to "innocence" in the letter have a negative connotation.

• True

• False

Where does the person in the letter live?

• Harlem, NY

• Chicago, IL

• Los Angeles, CA

• Boston, MA