Judy's Appalachia
What is an antonym for supported used in the text?
Many coal miners were not opposed to the mountaintop removal mining. They supported it because they needed jobs...
opposed
What is a synonym for serve used in this text?
On one shopping trip, the saleswoman would not serve them until after all the white customers had been helped.
helped
What is the synonym used for method in the text?
The process was quicker than the old method of digging for coal underground, but it caused many problems.
process
What synonym is used for segregated in the text?
Most of the time, they were kept segregated from whites. Westley went to a separate school for black children.
separate
What does the text say dangerous means?
No longer a safe place to live, it had become dangerous.
No longer a safe place to live.
What does the author tell us a sit-in means?
Young black people there staged a sit-in at the lunch counter in a local store. They had refused to leave until they were served.
refusing to leave
What synonym for preserve is used in the text?
Judy may not have been able to stay in her home, but her work will help preserve and protect the Appalachian Mountains and help others remain in their homes.
protect
What phrase does the text use to help us understand what "thunderous sound" means?
All the voices singing together made a thunderous sound. And the mighty noise made people think that perhaps working together, they could really make something happen.
mighty noise
The text discusses mountaintop mining removal, what is another name used to describe the same method?
strip mining
What antonyms are used in the text to contrast how the saleswoman treated different people?
Westley had heard the saleswoman politely call the white women customers "Miss and "Mrs." But she treated his grandma as if she were a child, a nobody.
politely; child, nobody