Painstaking- showing diligent care and effort (adjective)
The day we were reading “Coming to an awareness of language Malcolm X”, I read the word painstaking and was not sure what the meaning of it was. I have never heard the word painstaking, I thought painstaking meant to endure the pain. After a few research on the Merriam-Webster engine, I was able to learn the meaning of it and be able to understand what Malcolm X was trying to say. I was able to find synonyms such as “careful” or “meticulous” that were more used in sentences than painstaking, it gave me a better understanding of the word. Painstaking can be found on paragraph 13, it states ” In my slow, painstaking, ragged handwriting, I copied into my table everything printed on that first page..” After reading this paragraph, knowing the meaning I was to tell the hardworking efforts Malcolm X did to improve his ability to read and write.
