Before the court’s decision, many states across the nation had mandatory segregation laws, requiring African-American and Caucasian children to attend separate schools.
What does mandatory mean?
What is necessary or has to be done
100
Identify the figurative language used:
He was as sad as a rain cloud.
What is simile
200
To separate people based on their race.
What is segregate
200
A comparison not using like or as
What is metaphor
200
These 9 students were the first African Americans to attend an all-white high school in Arkansas
Who were the "Little Rock Nine"
200
The Arkansas National Guard to prevented the African-American students’ entry to Central High.
What does prevented mean?
What is to stop
200
Identify the figurative language used:
She was so angry her eyes were fire.
What is metaphor.
300
To figure something out based on clues in the text.
What is to infer
300
Exaggeration
What is hyperbole
300
This civil rights leader believed in peaceful protest
Who is Martin Luther King
300
The police escorted the nine African-American students into the school on September 23, through an angry mob of over 1,000 white protesters.
What does escorted mean?
What is to walk them through
300
Identify the figurative language used:
Boom! The cars crashed into each other.
What is onomatopoeia
400
Any kind of writing that is not poetry.
What is prose
400
Sound effects
What is onomatopoeia
400
Malcolm X believed change could only be achieved through this...
What is violent revolution
400
The "Little Rock Nine" experienced routine harassment and even violence throughout the rest of the year.
What does harassment mean?
What is abuse or violence
400
Identify the figurative language used:
The flower liked the feel of the sunshine
What is personification
500
Treating people differently based on their race
What is discrimination
500
Giving a non-human object human-like qualities
What is personification
500
This civil rights leader was targeted as a child by white supremacist groups.
Who was Malcolm X
500
Ms. Lewis was astonished by her students' awesome work.
What does astonished mean?
What is amazed or surprised
500
Identify the figurative language used:
I skipped lunch and I'm starving to death.