Vocabulary
(v) to unite or become united for a special purpose; (n) a person, friend, or nation bound to another for a purpose
What is ally?
The motivation or reason someone writes about something for readers is referred to as ______________
What is the author's purpose?
As a judge, Mary cannot let her personal _______ lead to her making an unfair ruling.
What is bias?
To increase is a synonym for __________
What is amplify?
The purpose of the Say Her Name movement.
What is to inform people about the black women who are also affected by police brutality and to persuade people to pay more attention to these women.
(adj) having the same of similar meaning
What is synonymous?
"The sun smiled down on the people" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
The ________ of the scene in the text was hopeful as the girl looked ahead at her future in America.
What is mood?
To discern or recognize is a synonym for ____________
What is perceive?
What is introduce the setting, characters, and topic?
(adj.) implied or understood though unexpressed or not clearly stated
What is implicit?
"Laughter is the best medicine" is an example of a _________.
What is metaphor?
The girl's ____________ on police brutality was biased because her father was a police officer.
What is perspective?
What is ally?
This means being an active participant in spreading awareness and combatting racial injustice in society.
What is being an ally for racial justice?
(Adj) having mixed or conflicted feelings about something/someone.
What is ambivalent?
We examine these five things in a text to understand the perspective of a character or narrator.
What is expression, emotion, action/reaction, dialogue, and thoughts?
What is disproportionate?
Astonished or amazed is a synonym for __________
What is dumbfounded?
This suggests that people act on the basis of prejudice and stereotypes with really intending to do so. A person's environment often shapes these beliefs.
What is implicit bias?
(adj) lacking experience, wisdom, or judgment; innocent
What is naive?
What is colloquial language?
While the suspect never openly threatened to kill the woman, there was an ___________ warning in the way he spoke to her.
What is implicit?
What is ambivalent?
This is the purpose of the Black Lives Matter movement. Use the word disproportionate in your answer.
It is to raise awareness and protest against how the police disproportionately inflict violence on black people. It is not saying that other lives DON'T matter. It is to say that in this moment black lives are the ones in immediate danger.