Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will analyse what Sweetness is like as a mother figure for Lula Ann. We will also revise some of the key terms we have learnt throughout the unit so far.

Content guidance

  • Contains depictions of discriminatory behaviour.

Supervision

Adult supervision suggested.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
'[He] looked at the baby like she was from the planet Jupiter.'
'[He] treated Lula Ann like she was a stranger—more than that, an enemy.'
'I told her to call me “Sweetness” instead of “Mother” or “Mama.”'
Correct answer: 'It broke our marriage to pieces'
Q2.
Why does Louis feel a sense of fear when he first sees Lula Ann?
He is easily frightened.
He is scared of small children.
He looks at her like she is from 'the planet Jupiter' and thinks she has come to attack him.
Correct answer: He sees Lula Ann as an 'enemy' meaning she could be a threat.
Q3.
What does 'Sweetness' want her daughter to call her?
Mama
Mother
Sweetie
Correct answer: Sweetness
Q4.
What is irony?
A moment where our expectations are proved correct.
Correct answer: A moment where our expectations are reversed.
A moment where our expectations are shown to be partly correct.
Q5.
Why is Sweetness' name ironic?
We expect someone called Sweetness to be kind and caring and she is.
We expect someone called Sweetness to be kind and caring and Sweetness is to some people but not others.
Correct answer: We expect someone called Sweetness to be kind and caring but Sweetness is not.

5 Questions

Q1.
A moment where our expectations are reversed is called what?
Correct answer: Irony
Metaphor
Perspective
Simile
Q2.
Why does Sweetness want Lula Ann to call her 'Sweetness'?
She believes 'mother' and 'mama' are informal terms.
She does not think that Lula Ann is her own daughter.
She feels she should be recognised for her kind and caring characteristics.
Correct answer: She thinks people will be surprised if they hear a black child with dark skin call a black parent with light skin, 'mother'.
Q3.
Which term is defined as 'prejudice or discrimination against individuals who are dark skinned, typically, but not exclusively, among people of the same ethnic or racial group'?
Correct answer: Colourism
Discrimination
Prejudice
Racism
Q4.
What is 'the practice of discriminating against people based on their race or ethnic background' called?
Discrimination
Prejudice
Correct answer: Racism
Segregation
Q5.
Instead of a motherly figure to Lula Ann, Sweetness is more of a what?
Aunt
Enemy
Friend
Correct answer: Teacher

Lesson appears in

UnitEnglish / Contemporary Short Stories (2/2): Sweetness by Toni Morrison

English