Just Mercy Vocabulary

to free from suspicion; to clear someone of blame or guilt

• ambivalence

• marginalized

• exonerate

• torrent

having the necessary skills and ability; capable

• ambivalence

• transgression

• mitigate

• competent

having mixed feelings about something or someone

• incompetent

• ambivalence

• torrent

• indignant

Who is the author of Just Mercy?

• Walter McMillian

• Bryan Stevenson

• Tom Chapman

• Brian McMillian

What type of book is Just Mercy

• non-fiction

• fiction

• serious

• reference

The legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime

• 2nd degree murder

• 1st degree murder

• manslaughter

• capital punishment

The funeral was a somber event.

• joyful

• entertaining

• boisterous

• serious; grave or even gloomy

put in prison

• incarceration

• marginalized

• adjudicate

• mitigation

What is the definition of "theme"?

• The overall message of a book or story

• The author's feelings towards a topic

• The time and place a book or story takes place

• The feeling the reader gets from a book or story

What is the definition of "tone"?

• the author's feelings towards a topic

• the time and place of the book

• the feeling a reader gets from a book

• the overall message of the book