Characters
Plot
Vocabulary
Part I
Vocabulary
Part II
Elements of Literature
100
The state where Richard lived.
What is Mississippi?
100
Richard wrote his story for this reason.
What is he was bored in class?
100
Strange, foreign.
What is alien?
100
Manner or way
What is mode?
100
The setting of the story "Black Boy".
What is Jackson, Mississippi in early 1900s?
200
She's the one who said that Richard's story was "Devil's work".
Who is Granny?
200
When Richard's story was published, he was in this grade.
What is 8th grade?
200
Avoid giving a direct answer
What is hedge?
200
Unmindful; careless, unaware
What is heedless?
200
The conflict in the story.
What is people didn't approve of Richard's writing?
300
Richard thought that this person was taking advantage of him.
Who is the newspaper editor?
300
This is what the villain in Richard's story wanted to do.
What is to have a widow's house?
300
Become less harsh, strict, or stubborn.
What is relent?
300
Smother, hold back
What is stifle?
300
The genre of "Black Boy"
What is non-fiction/autobiography?
400
The one who suggested breaking the story into three installments.
Who is the editor?
400
The effect of the story on the relationship between Richard and his classmates.
What is they didn't understand why anyone would want to write a story; they became more distant.
400
Simple in a natural or foolish way; unsophisticated
What is naive?
400
Clear and effective in speech
What is articulate?
400
At least 2 character traits that describe Richard.
What is creative, persistent, logical, independent, intelligent, goal-driven?
500
The person who said that people might think Richard was weak-minded after reading his stories.
What is Richard's mother?
500
The dream that Richard had.
What is to go North and write books?
500
In a way that involves knowing something without having learned it consciously
What is intuitively?
500
Guess
What is speculate?
500
Author's purpose for writing "Black Boy"
What is to share his experience (to inform)?
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