Terms
Vocabulary
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Prespositions
Why When Where
100
Part of speech that expresses action.
What is a verb?
100
An extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something.
What is rabid?
100
*He was invited there *He has organized ties there *Injustice is there
What are reasons for being in Birmingham?
100
I sat in my room for almost two hours.
What is for?
100
That is the house ____ I grew up.
What is where?
200
An indirect reference to something.
What is an allusion?
200
Joined in close association.
What is affiliated?
200
1. Collection of Facts 2. Negotiation 3. Self Purification 4. Direct Action
What are four steps to non-violent direct action?
200
My best friend lives across the street.
What is across?
200
I don't understand ___ she is sad.
What is why?
300
Links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence.
What is a preposition?
300
Self-contradictory.
What is paradoxical?
300
*Segregation *Waiting for integration *Being denied Justice
What are the three injustices described in MLK's letter?
300
We planted an azalea between the two oaks.
What is between?
300
Emily doesn't know ____ the final is.
What is when?
400
Marks and signs used to separate words into sentences, clauses, and phrases in order to clarify meaning.
What is punctuation?
400
Sparkling.
What is scintillating?
400
Critical clergymen
Who is MLK's audience in his letter?
400
It took us a whole day to get over the mountain.
What is over?
400
President Hoover was president ____ the Great Depression happened.
What is when?
500
Effective or persuasive speaking or writing. Language intended to influence people.
What is rhetoric?
500
Temporary stoppage or waiting period.
What is moratorium?
500
*Breaking unjust laws *Accepting the penalty
What is MLK's definition of civil disobedience?
500
Everyone must complete a final essay, excepting the new exchange student.
What is excepting?
500
California is the state ____ the "Okies" migrated to.
What is where?
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