2. Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry

3. Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry
Chapter 11:

4. Roll of Thunder,
Hear My Cry
Chapter 11:
By: Claire and Neal

6. Setting

7. Setting
• Logan’s house (Granger field)
• Avery’s house

9. Themes

10. Themes
• land - cotton on fire needs to be put out. It
is up to them to do it.
• land - dad wants them to have their own
land.
• family/friends - T.J. got hurt, Stacey has to
help him. Logan family helps too!!

12. Events

13. Events

14. Events
• T.J. hurt - R.W. and melvin hurt him
with pearl pistol
• Cotton on fire - that is their money for
taxes
• Avery family - solders knocked down
door and dragged family out

16. Vocab

17. Vocab
• recitation - the act of reciting
• finality - the fact of impression of being an
irreversible ending
• akimbo - with hands on hips and elbows
bowed out ward
• crescendo - music getting softer

19. Characters

20. Characters
• T.J. - brave, mischievous,naughty,steels,
cheats, sly, AM
• R.W. - makes T.J. steal gun, breaks into the
lock of case, mean, naughty, white
• Melvin Simmes - with R.W. and T.J. when
they stole the gun
• Stacey - has to be a friend to T.J. to help
him, AM, oldest child, 12 years old
• Mr. Barnett (Jim Lee) - owner of store
where the pearl pistol was stolen

21. Characters Cassie -
AM, 9 years
• T.J. - brave, mischievous,naughty,steels, old, 4th
cheats, sly, AM grade, head
• R.W. - makes T.J. steal gun, breaks into the strong,
wants to do
lock of case, mean, naughty, white
what stacey
• Melvin Simmes - with R.W. and T.J. when does, willing
they stole the gun to help
• Stacey - has to be a friend to T.J. to help other black
people,
him, AM, oldest child, 12 years old
doesn’t like
• Mr. Barnett (Jim Lee) - owner of store white
where the pearl pistol was stolen people

23. Simile/Metaphor

24. Simile/Metaphor

25. Simile/Metaphor
David Logan
perspective

26. Simile/Metaphor
David Logan
perspective

27. • Poem - Simile/Metaphor
Roll of thunder
hear my cry
Over the water
bye and bye
Ole man
comin’
down the line
Whip in hand
to
beat me down
But I ain’t
gonna let him
David Logan
Turn me ‘round
perspective

28. • Poem - Simile/Metaphor
Roll of thunder
hear my cry
Over the water
bye and bye
Ole man
comin’
down the line
Whip in hand
to
beat me down
But I ain’t
gonna let him
David Logan
Turn me ‘round
perspective

29. • Poem - Simile/Metaphor
Roll of thunder
hear my cry Ole man = white men
Over the water
bye and bye
Ole man
comin’
down the line
Whip in hand
to
beat me down
But I ain’t
gonna let him
David Logan
Turn me ‘round
perspective

30. • Poem - Simile/Metaphor
Roll of thunder
hear my cry Ole man = white men
Over the water
bye and bye
Ole man
comin’
down the line
Whip in hand
to
beat me down
But I ain’t
gonna let him
David Logan
Turn me ‘round
perspective

31. • Poem - Simile/Metaphor
Roll of thunder
hear my cry Ole man = white men
Over the water
bye and bye
Ole man
Whip in hand to beat me down = if they hurt you
comin’
down the line
Whip in hand
to
beat me down
But I ain’t
gonna let him
David Logan
Turn me ‘round
perspective

32. • Poem - Simile/Metaphor
Roll of thunder
hear my cry Ole man = white men
Over the water
bye and bye
Ole man
Whip in hand to beat me down = if they hurt you
comin’
down the line
Whip in hand
to
beat me down
But I ain’t
gonna let him
David Logan
Turn me ‘round
perspective

33. • Poem - Simile/Metaphor
Roll of thunder
hear my cry Ole man = white men
Over the water
bye and bye
Ole man
Whip in hand to beat me down = if they hurt you
comin’
down the line
Whip in hand But I ain’t gonna let him Turn me ‘round =
to not going to let the white people tell him what to do
beat me down
But I ain’t
gonna let him
David Logan
Turn me ‘round
perspective

35. Dialect

36. Dialect
• ‘cause I was gonna tell what happened
• He say I stay ‘way from that house...
• “Hey Cassie wouldja keep it down!”
• You don’t owe him nothin’, ‘specially after
what he done to Mama.