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Quotes From 'Open Mike's Bronx Masquerade'

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"Find where the title is used later in the book, quote it (#); explain its meaning. “Open Mike, Bronx Masquerade”(32). The meaning of Bronx Masquerade is that especially in high school, always be yourself and don’t change for other people. Bronx Masquerade refers to New York where the story takes place and the 18 students that are trying to express who they truly are. Find an example of alliteration, quote it (#); explain its meaning. "That girl in the mirror, daughter of San Juan made of sunshine and sugarcane, looks like me"(14). This alliteration of letters is about how Gloria's friend reminds her of how she used to be before having a kid because she is positive and sweet. The words sunshine and sugarcane give a sound of smoothness and a …show more content…

This simile is saying that Chankara jumped off the sofa after her boyfriend touched her inappropriately in a very swift way as if the sofa was on fire. The fire on the sofa reference is explaining how quickly she jumped up. If she never jumped up then she would have got hurt from the fire just like how her boyfriend could have hurt her if she didn’t stop him. Find an example of an internal conflict for the main character, quote it(#); explain its meaning. “I wish a few more of the brothas would step up to the mike”(57). This is an internal conflict because it is happening inside of Tyrone’s head since he is wishing. Tyrone wants more guys to read poems to the class since it is all mostly girls that only express their emotions. He knows his guy friends would be able to dig deep by writing poems, but all of them think they are too cool for that. Find an example of an external conflict for the main character, quote it(#); explain its meaning. “He was doing okay ‘til he got blown away on a Saturday”(1). This shows that one external conflict for Tyrone is that his dad died so he doesn’t have a father figure to look up to. He has no one to depend on when he’s in tough situations or just in …show more content…

The repeating of the tick-tick-tick helps you hear what a clock sounds like every time it ticks. It shows the pattern of the ticks of time and it says this next to the word music that makes noise. The tick is talking about the good sounds in life like music and the tick of time. We all use time to experience the good things in life as it goes by. Find an example of personification, quote it(#); explain its meaning. “Can’t hop on the subway without thinkin’ of Tokyo— we all know poison gas does not discriminate(3)”. This personification is giving discrimination a human feature such as poison gas. The poison gas is being thrown by people who are discriminating because it can not discriminate by itself. Look up 3 vocabulary words, multisyllabic, and note synonym and tone (#).Why might the author choose these words? A synonym for aggravated (23) is infuriated and the tone of the word is negative. “Your categories are too confining”(7). Detaining is a synonym for confining and it has a negative connotation. “We all thought Miss Fifth Avenue was self-confident with a capital S”(21). A synonym for confidence is assurance and it has a positive

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