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Antojos

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Julia Alvarez
About a young Dominican American woman name to Yolanda who is visiting her homeland and family in search of her and toe hose or cravings which leads her to not only cultural confrontation between American in Dominican Waze but being able to reconnect with her native identity

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Everyday Use

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Alice walker
Mama describes her relationship with her daughter Dee, who is An educated young African-American woman, returns to visit her childhood house in the Deep South

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Halley’s Comet

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Stanley Kunitz
A poem about a little boy Who misunderstood that Halley’s Comet Is the end of the world
It is about childhood misunderstandings and loss of someone close

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Mother tongue

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Amy Tan
An essay about the author content pleading how her background affected her life and her education
Helter between two worlds and brought her shame but ultimately she Learns to embrace her background

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For the love of books

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Rita Dove

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In medias res

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“ The middle of things” in Latin
Plot device

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Plot device

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Writers use to grab the readers interest

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Flashback

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Plot device
A scene from the past interrupts the action

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Foreshadowing

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Plot device
The dropping of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur

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Free verse

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Poetry without regular meter or rhyme
Does Contain many formal elements

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end-stopped lines

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Lines that complete a grammatical unit, often with a punctuation mark at the end
such lines create a storytelling quality

Ex. “ Repent, ye sinners!” he shouted, waving his hand-lettered sign

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Enjambed lines

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Those that do not end with a grammatical break and do not make full sense without the line that follows

Ex. They never heard me steal into the stairwell hall and climb the ladder to the fresh night air

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Reflective essay

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The writer describes a personal experience, condition, or event that reflects on its larger meanings
Most writers makes connections between personal experience and a larger or more Universal idea about life

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Theme

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Characterization

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Biopsy

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Examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease

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Terminal

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Of, forming, or situated at the end or extremity of some thing

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Demise

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A persons death

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Insatiable

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Impossible to satisfy

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Aphorisms

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A pithy observation that contains a general truth

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Insidious

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Proceedings in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

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Deferments

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Put off (in action or event) to a later time

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Envious

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Jealous
Feeling or showing envy

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Efficient

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Effective
Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense

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Gingerly
Carefully In a careful or cautious manner
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Pathetic
Emotionally moving Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness
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Serene
Peaceful Calm, peaceful and untroubled; Tranquil
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Lamented
Mourn A passionate expression of grief or sorrow
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Alienation
Estrangement The state or experience of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved
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Atrophied
Withered away Wasted away or having lost effectiveness
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Cynical
Distrustful Believing that people are motivated, purely by self interest; Distrustful of human sincerity or integrity
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Anguish
Pain and suffering Severe mental or physical pain or suffering
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Agitated
Bothered Upset
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Mimicking
Imitating Imitate, especially in order to entertain or ridicule
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Hoisting
Lifting Raised by means of ropes and pulleys
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Clamoring
Insisting A loud and confused noise especially that of people shouting the vehemently
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Nostalgia
Sentiment Sentimental longing for Westfall affection for the past typically for a place with happy personal association
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Imminent
Threatening About to happen
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Ambivalence
Uncertainty The state of having mixed feelings or a contradictory idea about something or someone
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Egotistical
Filled with self importance Excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; Self-centered
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Grapple
To struggle Engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons
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Opiate
Painkilling drug Relating to or resembling or containing opium
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Murky
Dark and heavy Dark and gloomy especially due to thick mist
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Synagogue
A Jewish place of worship
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Bocce
A game like bowling Italian game, similar to lawn bowling, but played on a shorter, narrower Green
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Antidote
A remedy Medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison
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Indecipherable
Incapable of being understood Not able to be read or understood
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Solidarity
Unity Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common mutual support within a group
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Agnostic
A person who is not convinced that God exists
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Transcend
To overcome Be or go beyond the range or limits of
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Excuberance
Extreme joy The quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience
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Quivered
Shook Tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion
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Ambitious
Motivated Having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed
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Deficient
Lacking A lack or shortage
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Materialistic
Characterized by a belief that importance comes from only money and fame Excessively concerned with material possessions; Money oriented
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Lavaliere
Ornaments hung from a chain worn around the neck
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Responsive
Reacting quickly and positively
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Laurels
Any other number of shrubs and other plants with dark green glossy leaves
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Lilting
Pleasant gentle accent Characteristic rising, and falling of the voice, when speaking;
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Inpermanent
Not permanent
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Vulnerability
The quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked her harmed; Either physically or emotionally
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Instinctively
Without conscious thought; Play natural instinct
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Deceptively
In a way or to an extent that gives a misleading impression; To a lesser or greater extent than appears the case
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Exploiting
Make full use of and derive benefit from
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Snarled
Make an aggressive growl with bare teeth
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Deferments
The act of delaying or postponing
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Levitate
Rise or caused to rise and hover in the air typically by means of supposed magical powers
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Inclination
A persons natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; A disposition
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Sultry
Hot and humid
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Inadequacy
Lack of the quantity or quality required The state or quality of being inadequate;
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Manipulating
Handle or control in a skillful manner
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Revel
Being noisy in the festive manner
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Mogul
An Indian Muslim of or descended From a family of Turkish and Mongolian Origen that ruled India from the 16th to the 18th century
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Disillusioned
Disappointed in someone or some thing that one discovers be less good than one had believed
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Comradeship
The company and friendship of others with common aims
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Colleague
A person with whom one works in a profession or business
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Inconsequential
Not important or significant
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Stagnated
Cease to flow or move
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Pilgrimage
The pilgrims journey
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Catheter
Then tube made from medical grade materials Medical device that can be inserted in the body to treat diseases or perform a surgical procedure
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Gargle
A sound Gurgling sound
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Fatigued
Cause to feel exhausted
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Scoffed
Speak to someone about some thing in a scornfully derisive or mocking way
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Ruddy
Having a healthy red color
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Accosted
Approach or address boldly or aggressively
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Corpses
A dead human body
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Intuitive
Instinctive Using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning
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Commode
A toilet a box like structure
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Supplements
Something that completes or enhances something else when adding to it
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Purée
Blended food
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Crescent
A curve shape
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Solidifying
Make or become hard or solid
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Alabaster
Mineral rock that is soft and used for carving usually white
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Calisthenics
Sport Form of strength training consisting of variety of movements that exercise large muscle groups
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Squeamish
Easily made to feel sick or disgusted
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Innately
As an inborn characteristic Naturally
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Tenor
Singing voice between base in alto
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Stoic
A person who can endure pain or hardship Without showing their feelings or complaining
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Coaxed
Gently and persistently persuade (someone ) to do something
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Mantra
A sound word or phrase that is repeated by someone who is praying or meditating
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Patriarch
The male head of the family or tribe
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Estranged
No longer closer affectionate to someone
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Whimsical
Playfully quaint or fanciful especially in an appealing and amusing way
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Reconcile
Restore friendly relations between
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Audible
Able to be heard
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Dwindling
Gradually diminishing in size amount or strength
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Raspy
Hoarse or a harsh sound
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Grapple
Wrestle Engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons
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Negotiate
Obtain or bring about by discussion
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Facade
The front of the building
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Observant
Quick to notice or perceive things
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Buoyant
Cheerful and optimistic
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Serenely
In a calm peaceful and untroubled manner
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Memoir
Takes one specific times throughout the authors life and write about it
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Flashback
Author goes back into a time different than the main story
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Juxtaposition
Is the placement of two dissimilar items, people, thoughts, places, etc. next to one another to emphasize the differences or heighten the similarities
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Ethos
Rhetorical device Gives the reader/listener a chance to trust the speaker/writer Can be done through credentials, similar experiences, knowledge of subject matter
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Logos
Rhetorical device Author will use this technique in order to give evidence and proof that what he or she is saying is right Referencing studies, giving known comparisons, and demonstrating a knowledge of the subject matter outside of themselves
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Pathos
Rhetorical device Emotional factor where the author tells stories, uses figurative language, and vivid/emotional language to grab at the reader/listeners heartstrings
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Dramatic irony
When the audience or reader knows more about a character situation than the character doesn’t knows that the characters understanding is correct
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Structural irony
The use of a Naïve hero, whose incorrect perceptions differ from the readers correct ones
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Verbal irony
Sarcasm A discrepancy Between what is said and what is really meant
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Imagery
A descriptive language that paints or creates a picture in our minds
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Motifs
An element, subject, idea or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature
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Aphorisms
Are short statements, sometimes humorous, that attempt to state a general principle about human behavior
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Rhetoric
Is the art of eloquent speech or writing, which employs various techniques in order to persuade one’s audience
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Contemporary literature
Represents many different qualities The goal for modern writers is to focus on universal themes in a new way

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