Martin Luther King Jr. Nonfiction Text Features

What is the title of of this article?

King was a social​ ​ ​ (a)   that led the Civil Rights Movement​

• activist
• gentleman
• pioneer
• rural
• pastor

Martin Luther King Jr.'s name was ______ not Martin.

• Matthew

• Michael

• Luther

• Laythen

The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964 which outlawed discrimination based on ​ (a)   or ​ (b)   .

• color
• race
• gender
• hair color
• clothing
• expression

Match the following dates with the event.

• 1944

• King became a pastor

• 1955

• Completed his Doctorate’s degree

• 1954

• Entered Morehouse College

• 1929

• MLK was born

Why do you think the author included a map with Montgomery, Alabama?

• It is a nice place to vacation.

• It is named after Martin Luther King Jr.

• It was an important city in MLK Jr's life.

• It was the city MLK Jr. was born.

The author's purpose for using the timeline is to display important ​​ (a)   and ​ (b)   in order.

• dates
• events
• times
• names
• captions
• photographs

The author's purpose for using the text box Did You Know? is to...

• describe an event in MLK Jr.'s life.

• explain how he got his name.

• provide extra information about his name.

• inform the reader of why he changed his name.

The keyword rural means:

• city

• urban

• suburban

• countryside

The caption under the third visual says:

• The bus boycott took place in Montgomery, Alabama

• King’s birth name was Michael not Martin.

• King was a social activist that led the Civil RightsMovement

• The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964 which outlawed discrimination basedon color or race.