Vocabulary
The holy book of Islam
What is the Qur’an?
The region where Malala grew up
What is the Swat Valley?
The introduction at the beginning of a book
What is a prologue?
A life story written by someone else
What is a biography?
What Malala values most throughout the book
What is education?
Information used to influence people in a misleading way
What is propaganda?
The group that tried to control Swat using fear
Who are the Taliban?
Hints about events that will happen later
What is foreshadowing?
A life story written by the person about their whole life
What is an autobiography?
The main emotion people feel as Taliban gain power
What is fear?
A mass leaving of people from their homes
What is an exodus?
The name Malala uses when writing her diary for safety
What is Gul Makai?
A sentence that shows emotion without naming it
What is an iceberg sentence?
A story focusing on important memories and lessons
What is a memoir?
What the “magic pencil” represents
What is the wish to fix problems?
What is an exodus?
What is sharia?
What students did to continue learning after girls’ schools were closed
What is attend school in secret?
Why authors include small details in narratives
What is to show deeper meaning?
The test used to determine if a source is reliable
What is the CRAAP test?
What Malala means by “one girl among many”
What is many girls share her struggle?
A required action by law or rule
What is compulsory?
Why the day of the bus attack is described as “normal”
What is to make the attack more shocking?
Why Malala includes stories from before the Taliban in her memoir
What is to show what her normal life was like before it changed?
Why checking the date of a source is important
What is to make sure the information is still accurate?
How Malala changes from the beginning to the end of the book
What is from a normal student to a global voice for education?