Figures of Speech
comparing old or moldy bread with extremely negative feelings
What is "the stale bread of hatred"?
effort made over time to sign up many people to vote
What is a voter registration campaign?
Something possessed by particular people, as opposed to something that is due to all people
What is a privilege?
to stand in for something; to represent something
What is to symbolize?
coming to the highest point of emotion, as in a story or event
What is climactic? (adjective)
What is "the spoiled meat of racism"?
people coming from a different region or state to stir up trouble.
What is outside agitation?
people who are willing to fight
What are militants?
to stand against something
What is to resist (as in resistance)?
someone or something that is born in or belongs to an area or community
What is indigenous? (adjective)
to make fun of something or to not take it seriously
What is "to make a mockery of"?
breaking the law for a good reason, to draw attention to a problem; protesting
What is civil disobedience?
when one person or group acts against another person or group
What is a rivalry?
to have moved or have taken action, as opposed to having stayed in one place
What is mobilized?
someone who attracts a lot of attention and has a lot of influence over others
What is charismatic? (adjective)
comparing a person with something that is able to be stretched, meaning they can be convinced to believe what you want them to believe
What is "who was by that time like a rubber band"?
non-violent acts that were used by Mahatma Gandhi during his protests against British rule in India
What are the classical strategies of Gandhi?
someone who is against having people of separate races interacting in a community
What is a segregationist?
to hold back
What is to restrain?
close to exploding, catching fire, or becoming dangerous in some way
What is volatile? (adjective)
What is "truth pressed to earth will rise again"?
persons who are willing to demonstrate that they agree with and have positive feelings about another group
What are people of goodwill?
someone who wants things to stay the same as they always were, as opposed to someone who enjoys seeing progress
What is a conservative?
to have spoken your beliefs, or to have demonstrated those beliefs to someone who you may have a disagreement with
What is confronted?
an offshoot of an official group, not the group itself, that has limited or no authority
What is auxiliary? (adjective)
comparing "justice" to something that may appear at the end of a long arch, meaning that it often takes a long time and is difficult to see from where you are
What is "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice"?
when the mood or feeling about something changes
What is a change in atmosphere?
a lawsuit, or a ruling by a judge
What is litigation?
to increase in intensity
What is to escalate?
having no courage
What is timid* (as in timidity)?
(adjective)