English Flashcards
Who testified that Roy Bryant had confessed to kidnapping Emmett?
Sheriff George Smith confessed
What did Emmett’s mom do with her time before college?
Emmett’s mother traveled the country & gave speeches about her son.
” a gust drove through the tops of the trees like a wave” what lit device is being used
Simile/Imagery
What did crooks’ bunk look like?
Crooks bunk was a little shed that leaned off the well of the barn: square four-penned window, a long box filled with straw.
A symbol is something that _____ something else.
represents
True or False
Malcolm X believed that criticism was meant to encourage personal growth.
True
What happened to the protestors at the sit-in that Anne Moody attended
Fled as white people threw things & people made death threats against them
Black and white people not being allowed to use the same drinking fountains is an example of?
Jim Crow Laws
True or False
Brown vs.Board of education ruled that public schools would be desegregated.
True
Emmett Till’s body was found____ and was identified by _____
Tallahatchie River; his father’s ring
Which magazine used Till’s mutilated face as a cover?
Jet magazine
Meaning of root words: The zoologist said that the lion would be there temporarily
Zo: animal; Tempor: time
Reptiles are ectotherms, so they must get heat from an external source.
Ecto:Outer
How do you properly provide a date and page number in MLA Format
13 March 2023/Bozynski 1
what did Malcom x encourage
He encouraged violence and he thinks its the only way to solve segregation.
