"Letter from Birmingham Jail"
"The Hawk Can Soar"
"Cranes"
Academic Vocabulary
Objective Summary
100

The genre of "Letter from Birmingham Jail".

What is a letter?

100

The main struggle that the author is facing in "The Hawk Can Soar". 

What is her physical disability?

100

The genre of "Cranes".

What is a short story?

100

equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.

What is equivalent? 

100

This is the authors message.

What is the theme? 

200

The people that Martin Luther King Jr. was responding to. 

Who are the white clergymen? 

200

The genre of "The Hawk Can Soar".

What is a memior?

200

The author of "Cranes".

Who is Hwang Sunwon?

200

complete; including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something.

What is comprehensive?

200

The theme or central idea (depending on if the text is fiction or nonfiction) of a text should be in these two sentences in a summary. 

What is the topic sentence and the conclusion sentence? 

300

The type of laws that King states we are obligated to break.

What are unjust laws?

300

The authors choice of words.

What is diction?

300

The animal that the two characters caught as children. 

What is a crane?

300

lower in rank or position

What is subordinate?

300
All key details in a summary should support this. 

What is the central idea or theme? 

400

The quote that King used from the woman that refused to ride the segregated bus. 

What is "My feets is tired, but my soul is at rest"?

400

The pattern and arrangement of words and sentence structures. 

What is syntax?

400

The setting of "Cranes".

What is Korea?

400

Pioneer is a synonym for this word.

What is innovate?

400

The meaning of the word "objective" in the context of "objective summary". 

What is factual non-biased information, not including any opinions or personal judgements?

500
The date that King wrote this letter.

What is April 16th, 1963?

500

The feelings that a word evokes.

What is connotation?

500

The name of the border dividing the Korean peninsula.

What is the 38th parallel?

500

This word's Latin origin is "incantare". 

What is incentive?

500

This is what the acronym TSP stands for when finding the central idea of a text. 

What is "Topic, Scope, and Purpose"?

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