Literary Devices
A statement that contradicts itself
What is a paradox?
Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense.
What is absurd?
While describing his family wealth he talks about eating the blank out of a doughnut.
What is the hole out of a doughnut?
The name of the boxer who beat James J. Braddock.
Who is Joe Louis?
The hairstyle Malcolm changed to during this chapter.
What is a conk?
Attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
What is personification?
Containing or expressing blame
What is accusatory?
The name of the currency that Malcolm mother used in the chapter "Nightmare"
What is credit?
The extra-curricular activity Malcolm decided to go for in the chapter "Mascot".
What is boxing?
The nickname of the train Malcolm worked on in New York.
What is the Yankee clipper?
A recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
What is a motif?
Acknowledging or regretting an offense or failure.
What does it mean to be apologetic?
Killed on a railroad track.
How did Malcolm X's father died in this chapter?
The people who thought of Malcolm as their own kid.
Who are the Lyonses?
This is the person who helped Malcolm discover what exploring a city is really for in chapter 4.
Who is Laura?
Repetition of a word or phrase to begin successive clauses
What is anaphora?
Serious examination and judgment of something
What does it mean to be critical of someone?
The name of the white-hooded costume men that attacked Malcolm's family in the chapter "Nightmare".
Who is the Ku Klux Klan?
The name of Malcolm's brothers named in the chapter "mascot"
Who are Wilfred and Philbert X?
He was the friend to introduce Malcolm into pimping in the chapter "Harlemite"
Who is Shorty?
The word that defines the subject of the story; sometimes used to reference music.
What is a theme?
Openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
When someone is candid towards the other person,they are being?
In the chapter "Nightmare" Malcolm's parents are arguing, the reason for this happening is...
What is cooking squirrel?
The people who were racist in front of Malcolm when he was a pool boy.
Who are the Swerlins?
He was known as the master of wearing a special kind of suit "the zoot suit"
Who is Cab Calloway?