Vocabulary
AP Survival Guide
Rhetoric
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X 2
100

A person stating their claim that goes against someone else's claim.

What is argument?

100

A question that doesn't need to be answered.

What is a rhetorical question?
100

The art of using words effectively in writing or speaking so as to influence or persuade.

What is rhetoric?

100

Malcolms homeboy.

Who was Shorty? 

100

"Me Colored Too"

What did the Chinese have listed on their sign during the riot?

200

State of accusing someone.

What is accusatory?

200

You need to have correct grammar to perform a great sentence structure.

How is grammar related to sentence structure?

200

Ethos, Logos, Pathos

Can you identify the modes of persuassion?

200

Attallah Shabazz.

Who wrote the foreword in the Autobiography of Malcolm X?

200

Malcolm was separated from his family for seven years.

How long was Malcolm separated from his family?

300

When someone is trustworthy and can be believed.

What is credibility?

300

Rhetorical purposes, modes, and strategies.

What might you include in an analysis essay?

300
You could apply your knowledge of tone and syntax to ridicule and use sarcasm. 

How would you you apply what you learned to use satire?

300

She changed from caring about education to becoming a less respectful version of herself.

What can you say about Laura's behavior once she met Malcolm?

300

It was inferred that black people were more sexually fluent.

What was inferred about black individuals by white people?

400

State of being truthful, straightforward, and blunt.

What is candid?

400

Subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker, and tone.

What is the formula for SOAPSTone?

400

Imagery is used to describe certain things which in return builds a tone for the text.

How is imagery related to tone?

400

He chose Sophia over Laura because of the social status that came with her. 

Can you elaborate on the reason you believe Malcolm chose Sophia over Laura?

400

Malcolm notices that white woman were never touched by white men, they went for black prostitutes instead.

How does Malcolm explain the white woman prostitute and the white man?

500

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor.

What is facetious?
500

Preparation, structure, and review.

What are the steps to survive and succeed?

500

You use this to emphasize on a central idea. It i a incongruity between what is said and what is understood. 

How would you use irony in a text?

500
Malcolm changes a lot when he moves to Harlem. He learns the way of the streets and begins to survive off of stealing and other hustles.

What do you notice about Malcolm when he lives in Harlem?

500

This was how he described white women and their preferences. It relates back to how people thought black individuals had more sexual knowledge.

How can you relate "negro-happy women" to Malcolm X?

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