english j+c final

what is a social identity wheel

a wheel showing national origin, ethnicity, gender, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical mental (dis) ability, age, race

inner dimension

we have no control over, born with, can change over time

external dimension

we have more control over, WILL change over time

single story and representation

simplified, stereotypical representation of a group, culture, or individual

community

group of people living in the same place, or with something in common

empathy, sympathy, pity

empathy - feeling with someone

sympathy - feeling for someone

pity - feeling bad for someone

implicit bias

implicit social cognition, attitudes/stereotypes affecting our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner

explicit bias

individuals are aware of their attitudes/stereotypes towards certain groups

prejudice

preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

discrimination

treating some people differently from others

using privilege to be an ally

advocating on behalf of others that can’t

intersectionality

connected nature of society like race, class, and gender that creates overlapping systems of discrimination and disadvantage

marginalization

dismiss to an unimportant or powerless position

Six Categories of Justice

social, distributive, environmental, restorative/corrective, retributive, procedural

four principles of social justice

human rights, access, participation, equity

equality vs equity

equality - equal tools, everyone gets exactly the same

equity - considers people’s differences, people get support they need

roles of social activism

citizen, rebel, change agent, reformer

plot chart

exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

setting

time, context, place

types of conflict

person vs…. self, nature, person, society, supernatural, machine

connotation

meaning a word invokes based on emotional association with the word

denotation

literal definition of a word

protagonist

main character

antagonist

the villain

symbolism

something with literal + symbolic meaning

imagery

visual, creates a picture, description

simile

comparison using like or as

metaphor

comparison without like or as

personification

giving human traits to non-human things

onomatopoeia

sound words

theme

subject or lesson of a story

mood/tone

tone - attitude a writer takes towards audience, a character, or a subject

mood - certain feelings/vibe a reader gets

bleed

images run through borders, towards end of page

gutters

spaces between panels, unseen stories

splash

panel filling width of page

main character of house on mango street

esperanza

esperanzas family

parents

brothers - Carlos and kiki

sister - nenny

esperanzas friends

rachel and lucy

family in they called us enemy

George, his parents, his brother Henry, his sister nancy

plot of “shame”

Richard is in love with Helene, wants to impress her, but is embarrassed by his teacher when he tries, this shame follows him

plot of “hello my name is”

jason is ashamed of his Korean name, and ashamed of being korean

he stops eating Korean food and feels embarresed, but when he moves out of the Midwest his differences are celebrated

term for a person born in the U.S with parents that were immigrants from japan

nisei

term for a japanese immigrant to north america

issei

term for a person with grandparents that immigrated to the U.S from japan

sansei