Immigration literature - recap

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Immigration literature - recap

The New Collosus: about which landmark is this poem?

1. The Eiffel Tower
2. The Colosseum
3. The Statue of Liberty

What kind of poem is the New Collosus?

1. Sonnet
2. Romantic
3. Immigration

Explain what a sonnet is

I like my tongue
it says what feels right
I like my tongue
it says what feels right

Which literary device is used here?

1. Rhyme
2. Repetition
3. Personification

"words jumping out of my mouth
stepping on each other"
This is an example of:

1. Simile
2. Personification
3. Hyperbole

My tongue is divided into two
a border patrol runs through the middle
frisking words
asking for proper identification
checking for pronunciation
What does the author want to say here?

Immigrant Picnic: "the plastic forks and knives
are laid out like a parade".
This is an example of a:

1. Metaphor
2. Comparison
3. Simile

"You're running around," my mother says,
"like a chicken with its head loose." // "He's on a ball," my mother says.
These are examples of?

In the poem America, the family is celebrating:

1. 4th of July (independence day)
2. Thanksgiving
3. Christmas

Why is this poem divided into five parts?

1. different stages in their lives as immigrant
2. different courses of the Thanksgiving meal
3. five weeks before Thanksgiving

What is intertextuality?

In the story written by Fatima Mirza, a tweet by Trump compares immigrants to ....

1. a visa program
2. drugs dealers
3. poisonous Skittles

How do these people respond to the racism they experience?

Fatima

Fatima's parents

Ignore

Apologise

Protest

Get angry

Why is it easy for Maeve Higgins to stay in the US?

Maeve Higgins feels at home in the US + enjoys it, Fatima Mirza does not. Why is that and why is it ironic?

What is the genre of the novel American Street?

1. Romantic novel
2. Magical realism
3. Immigration

Explain what magical realism is: