Synonyms
evidence
The police needed _____ to solve the crime.
evidence
What is the definition for the word era?
a period of time
It's raining cats and dogs
hyperbole
What is the name of the black high school in AMLW?
Dunbar High School
synonym for quoting something
cite
The teacher said _____ a quote from the text.
cite
What is the definition for the word cite?
to quote or give an example
She singed like a bird!
simile
What is the name of the white high school in AMLW?
synonym for time period
era
Asian is my heritage and _________ background.
cultural
What is the definition for the word cultural?
ideas and behaviors related to a persons' ethnic background
Issa was a breath of fresh air.
Metaphor
Day and month Carlotta integrated Central High School?
September 25th
synonym for words meant to be taking seriously
literal
Segregation was in the ____ of the 1950's.
era
What is the definition for the example, I could eat a cow?
figurative language
The bee danced around the flowers.
Personification
Encourages Carlotta to be calm
her mother
synonym for examining something
analysis
figurative
What is the definition for the word literal?
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Alliteration
Never stoop to their level