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Malcom X Vocabulary (Chapters 1 - 3)

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 4hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which style of writing is a written work (fiction or non-fiction) that tells a story?

a)

Narrative

b)

Informational

c)

Argumentative

2.

What is the literary term for, "intended readers of a text"?

a)

Audience

b)

Point of View

3.

What is the literary term for, "reason for writing the text the way that the author did"?

a)

Rhetoric

b)

Author's Purpose

4.

Which literary term means, "The information that the author provides about the characters in the text. Includes the physical aspects of the character, their actions, their environment, and their words or thoughts"?

a)

Audience

b)

Character Development

5.

______ means to scatter widely, as though sowing seed

a)

Disseminate

b)

Dissention

6.

Which vocabulary word means, "Strong disagreement; A contention or quarrel; Discord"?

a)

Prevailed

b)

Dissention

7.

Which vocabulary word means, "to have been or proven superior in strength, power, or influence"?

a)

Disseminate

b)

Prevailed

8.

A black person who is eager to win the approval of white people and willing to cooperate with them is often called a(n) _____

a)

Uncle Tom

b)

Zoot

9.

____ means made believe or pretended.

a)

Feigned

b)

Gawked

10.

Which vocabulary word means, "of vital or critical importance"?

a)

Profound

b)

Pivotal

11.

Which vocabulary word means, "Of deep meaning; Of great and broadly inclusive significance"?

a)

Profound

b)

Pivotal

12.

____ means lowly and sometimes degrading.

a)

Feigned

b)

Menial

13.

To ___ is to stare stupidly or gape.

a)

Arrange

b)

Gawk

14.

Which vocabulary word means, "stepping or walking on, about, in, or along"?

a)

Treading

b)

Conking

15.

Which vocabulary word means, "walked in a casual manner, strolled"?

a)

Harbored

b)

Sauntered

16.

___ means overly restrained

a)

Prestige

b)

Inhibited

17.

A(n) ____ is a memorably important or happy occasion.

a)

Red-Letter Day

b)

Adornment