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WorksheetsQ2 Final MC Power of Lit
Total questions: 97
Worksheet time: 55mins
"She at first lacked the depravity indispensable to shutting me up in mental darkness"
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
"Slavery proved as injurious to her as it did to me."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
"Slavery soon proved its ability to divest her of these heavenly qualities. Under its influence, the tender heart became stone, and the lamb-like disposition gave way to one of tiger-like fierceness."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"...education and slavery were incompatible."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"...in return, would give me that more valuable bread of knowledge."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"It is almost an unpardonable offence to teach slaves to read in this Christian country ."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"I read them over and over again with unabated interest. They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own soul."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"The moral I gained from the dialogue was the power of truth over the conscience..."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"The reading of these documents enabled me to utter my thoughts, and to meet the arguments brought forward..."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"The reading of these documents enabled me to utter my thoughts, and to meet the arguments brought forward..."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"...learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing... Anything, no matter what to to get rid of thinking!"
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"I saw nothing without seeing it
I heard nothing without hearing it.
I felt nothing without feeling it
I found myself regretting my own existence and wishing myself dead"
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"The light broke upon me by degrees."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"Thus, after a long and tedious effort for years, I finally succeeded in learning how to write.."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"I became increasingly frustrated at not being able to express what I wanted to convey..."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"I had commanded attention when I said something. But now, trying to write simple English, I not only wasn't articulate, I wasn't even functional."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"Bimbi had always taken charge of any conversation he was in, and I tried to emulate him."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"When I just skipped those words [I didn't know], of course, I really ended up with little idea of what the book said."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"I woke up the next morning, thinking about those words - immensely proud to realize I that not only had I written so much at one time, but I'd written words that I never knew were in the world."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"...it was inevitable that as my word base broadened, I could for the first time...understand what the book was saying."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life"
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"When white men had written history books, the black man simply had been left out."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"I never will forget how shocked I was when I began reading about slavery's total horror."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"Nat Turner wasn't going around preaching pie-in-the-sky and "non-violent freedom for the black man."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"I read the histories of various nations, which opened my eyes gradually, then wider and wider..."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"Reading had changed forever the course of my life."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
"I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Kelly Gallagher
"Readicide"
W.E.B.
DuBois
Booker T. Washington
How did things turn out?
How did the protagonist grow or change?
Exposition
Conflict
Complication
Turning Point
Climax
Resolution
The moment the conflict is resolved
Exposition
Conflict
Complication
Turning Point
Climax
Resolution
A significant or decisive moment when the course of events changes and causes change in the character.
Exposition
Conflict
Complication
Turning Point
Climax
Resolution
Things that makes it more difficult for the protagonist
Exposition
Conflict
Complication
Turning Point
Climax
Resolution
Main problem afflicting the protagonist:
Exposition
Conflict
Complication
Turning Point
Climax
Resolution
Setting + Characterization = ?
Exposition
Conflict
Complication
Turning Point
Climax
Resolution
Place each element in proper order on the Plot line.
Exposition
Conflict
Complication
Turning Point
Climax
Resolution
Focuses on the protagonist, who they are, why they act as they do, and how they change.
Story
Plot
Narrative
Focuses on the sequence of events.
Story
Plot
Narrative
How the the story is told.
Story
Plot
Narrative
The time, place, and mood of the story are all part of the
(a)
The main character in the story is called the...
(a)
The person that causes the conflict for the protagonist is called the...
(a)
Undeveloped characters placed in the story to set the scene or drive the action.
(a)
A character in the story created to highlight certain important traits in the protagonist.
(a)
A complex and well developed character in a story is called...
(a)
An undeveloped and uncomplex character in the story is called...
(a)
A character that changes of the course of the story is called...
(a)
A character that does NOT change of the course of the story is called...
(a)
Match the following
Main Idea
What the story is mostly about.
Theme
The lesson we learn from the story.
motif
A reoccurring idea used to create theme
Topic
One idea or subject in a story.
Conflict
Complications
Turning Point
Climax
Resolution
Which word is synonym for compel?
Exonerate
Rob
Detest
Force
Which word is synonym for emancipate?
Liberate
Rob
Detest
Force
Which word is synonym for divest?
Liberate
Rob
Detest
Force
Which word is synonym for hate?
Liberate
Rob
Abhor
Force
Which word is synonym for injurious?
Begin
Transformed
consider
Harmful
Which word is synonym for commence?
Begin
Transformed
consider
Harmful
Which word is synonym for contemplate?
Begin
Transformed
consider
Harmful
Which word is synonym for converted?
Begin
Transformed
consider
Harmful
Which word is synonym for unabated?
Exonerate
Unstoppable
Saintly
Unhappy
Which word is synonym for discontent?
Exonerate
Unstoppable
Saintly
Unhappy
Which word is synonym for vindicate?
Exonerate
Unstoppable
Saintly
Unhappy
Which word is synonym for pious?
Exonerate
Unstoppable
Saintly
Unhappy
Which word is synonym for apprehension?
Fear
Condemnation
Brat
Conforming
Which word is synonym for compliance?
Fear
Condemnation
Brat
Conforming
Frederick Douglass was born...
before the civil war
during the civil war
after the civil war
Synonym for collect
Acquire
Articulate
Functional
Emulate
Synonym for coherent
Acquire
Articulate
Functional
Emulate
Synonym for practical
Acquire
Articulate
Functional
Emulate
Synonym for imitate
Acquire
Articulate
Functional
Emulate
Synonym for inescapable
Inevitable
Broadened
Emphasis
Astonished
Synonym for unavoidable
Inevitable
Broadened
Emphasis
Astonished
Synonym for expanded
Inevitable
Broadened
Emphasis
Astonished
Synonym for awestruck
Inevitable
Broadened
Emphasis
Astonished
Synonym for focus
Inevitable
Broadened
Emphasis
Astonished
Synonym for understood
Perceived
Initiated
Devour
Isolation
Synonym for started
Perceived
Initiated
Devour
Isolation
Synonym for consume
Perceived
Initiated
Devour
Isolation
Synonym for solitude
Perceived
Initiated
Devour
Isolation
Synonym for captivating
Engrossing
Fascinated
Atrocities
Eloquent
Synonym for enthralled
Engrossing
Fascinated
Atrocities
Eloquent
Synonym for heinous crime
Engrossing
Fascinated
Atrocities
Eloquent
Synonym for sophisticated
Engrossing
Fascinated
Atrocities
Eloquent
Synonym for humiliated
Degraded
Carnage
Exploitation
Dormant
Synonym for pretend
Feigned
Convey
Arrogant
Vicious
Synonym for proud
Feigned
Convey
Arrogant
Vicious
Synonym for conceited
Feigned
Convey
Arrogant
Vicious
Synonym for cruel
Feigned
Convey
Arrogant
Vicious
"...I not only wasn't articulate, I wasn't even functional"
- Malcom X (p.257).
Power of Literature
The power of truth over conscience
"I suppose it was inevitable that as my word-base broadened, I could for the first time pick up a book and read and now begin to understand what the book was saying."
- Malcom X (p.259).
Power of Literature
The power of truth over conscience
Hard work is required
"It went a lot faster after so much practice helped me to pick up handwriting speed"
- Malcom X (p.259).
Power of Literature
The power of truth over conscience
Hard work is required
"I woke up the next morning, thinking about those words - immensely proud to realize that not only had I written so much at one time, but I'd written words that I never knew were in the world"
- Malcom X (p.258).
Power of Literature
The power of truth over conscience
Hard work is required
"In my slow, painstaking, ragged handwriting, I copied into my tablet everything printed"
- Malcom X (p.258).
Power of Literature
The power of truth over conscience
Hard work is required
"I'd never realized so many words existed! I didn't know which words I needed to learn"
- Malcom X (p.258).
Power of Literature
The power of truth over conscience
Hard work is necessary
"I'd never realized so many words existed! I didn't know which words I needed to learn"
- Malcom X (p.258).
Power of Literature
The power of truth over conscience
" When I just skipped those words, of course, I really ended up with little idea of what the book said"
- Malcom X (p.258).
Power of Literature
The power of truth over conscience
"Bimbi had always taken charge of any conversations he was in, and I had tried to emulate him"
- Malcom X (p.258).
Power of Literature
The power of truth over conscience
"I became increasingly frustrated. at not being able to express what I wanted to convey..."
- Malcom X (p.257).
Power of Literature
The power of truth over conscience
"...I not only wasn't articulate, I wasn't even functional"
- Malcom X (p.257).
Power of Literature
The power of truth over conscience
