Unit 6 Lesson 13: Brown Girl
Dreaming
Discussion Guide
1. Woodson uses lots of negative phrasing to describe her sister Dell: "never learns to jump rope",
"never learns to sprint", "doesn't learn to hide the belt". Why might she have chosen to structure
this poem with so many descriptions of Dell from a neciative point of view?

Which of the following is not a part of plot? exposition falling action rising action conflict i believe its conflict

Read these lines from denise levertov's poem "in thai binh (peace) province": it is that life, unhurried, sure, persistent, i must bring home when i try to bring the war home. child, river, light. here the future, fabled bird that has migrated way from america, nests, and breeds, and sings, common as any sparrow. which statement best interprets the author's use of metaphor in these lines? a. the metaphor of home suggests that american foreign policy should turn inward. b. the metaphor of the river suggests that life moves ear forward. c. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that the war has left americans divided. d. the metaphor of the fabled bird suggests that vietnam will rise to fight again.

Which is it? the desert is than the mountains? 1. drier 2. more dry