"It's All Political" Vocabulary

The practice of an unconventional lifestyle that is free, musical, artistic, or literary and spiritual. The rock band The Beatles led this kind of lifestyle through devotion to experimental music and Indian spirituality.

• Hooliganism

• Bohemianism

• Communism

• Transcendentalism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Expose to public ridicule. Three college presidents were ______ed in Congress for their responses to campus anti-Semitism.

• pillory

• publish

• punish

• pinion

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

A stingy, arrogant, and selfish person. Ebenezer Scrooge is a _______ because he hoards money and exploits his tenants.

• minor

• miner

• miser

• maniac

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Social environment. I find the _______ at IDEA positive and encouraging.

• biosphere

• habitat

• ecosystem

• milieu

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

An imitation that exaggerates the defects of a person or thing. The ______ artist drew President Obama's ears extra big.

• portrait

• caricature

• cartoon

• illustration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Lacking in experience or judgment; innocent. The ________ college student failed her course because she skipped too many classes.

• naive

• knowledgeable

• judgmental

• experimental

To declare or teach publicly. California teachers are _______ing controversial Palestinian history.

• procreate

• promulgate

• profligate

• perseverate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Characterization; tone. Toni Morrison uses subtle _________ to bring her characters to life.

• irony

• hyperbole

• mood

• coloration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B