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What does Imagery mean?

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  • The sensory details of a work; see, smell, touch,…….
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What does Metaphor mean?

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  • Comparison in which one thing is said to be another.
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What does Simile mean?

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  • Figure of speech involving a comparrson between unlike things using like, as or as though.
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What does Line mean?

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  • SIngle row of text in a poem.
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What does Verse mean?

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  • Stanza
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What does Rhyme mean?

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  • Word that corresponds with another in terminal sound.
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What does Rhythm mean?

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  • Pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a verse.
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What does Alliteration mean?

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  • The repetition of the initail consonant. There should be at least 2 repetition in a row.
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What does Onomatopoeia mean?

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  • Use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.
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What does Assonance mean?

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  • Repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence.
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What does Personification mean?

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  • Giving human aualities to animals or objects or ides.
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What is Symbolism mean?

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  • Something that represents a completely different thing or idea.
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What does Propaganda mean?

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  • Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
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What does Tone mean?

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  • Quality or character of sound.
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What does Wharf mean?

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  • A place to park a boat.
    1. Like a dock
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What does Foredeck mean?

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  • A place you stand at the front of a boat.
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What does Canneries mean?

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  • A factory that stores things.
    1. Like fish in a can.
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What does Armada mean?

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  • A fleet of ship.
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What does Aerial mean?

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  • An antenna.
    1. Like on a car or T.V.
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What does Futile mean?

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  • Useless
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What does Unmarred mean?

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  • Untouched
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What does Horizon mean?

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  • Imaginary line where earth meets sky.
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What does Fedora mean?

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  • Black felt hat.
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What does Interrogation mean?

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  • Interview
  • Question
  • Examine
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What does Independent mean?

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  • not relying on another or others for aid or support.
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What does Duty mean?

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  • a mutal, ablagation, or responsiblity.
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What does Vigil mean?

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  • A devotional watching.
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What does Alien mean?

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  • a noncitizen born in another country
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What does Saboteur mean?

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  • Someone who destross or amages.
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What does Dignity mean?

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  • a sign or tiken of respect
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What does Barracks mean?

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  • A shack that is no more than a place with 4 walls and a ceiling.
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What does Mess Hall mean?

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  • Cafeteria
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WHat does Chow Lines mean?

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  • Food Lines
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What does Mess Kits means?

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  • Tools to eat with.
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What does Block mean?

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  • 15 barracks

(Barracks: a shack that is no more than

a place with 4 walls and a ceiling.)

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What does Unit mean?

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  • With in a block 16 x 20 barracks
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What does Migrant mean?

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  • A person who moves from place to place like a migrant worker.
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What does Refugee mean?

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  • A person who flees for refuge or safety,

especially to a foreign country, as in time of

political upheaval, war, etc.

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What does Interment mean?

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alone, Isolated

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What does Tolerance mean?

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  • The power of enduring or resisting to do something.
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What does Isolated mean?

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  • Secluded
  • Remote
  • Solitary
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What does Boisterous mean?

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  • Unruly
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What does Reign mean?

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  • Control
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What does Humiliating mean?

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  • Degrading
  • Crushing
  • Embarrassing
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What does Shiver mean?

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  • To shake with cold, fear, excitement.
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What does Heap mean?

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  • To put in a pile
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What does Scan mean?

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  • To survey
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What does Scrounge mean?

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  • To find by looking.
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What does Assert mean?

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  • To defend.
50
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What does Lath mean?

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  • scraps
  • Leftovers,thin
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What does Mischievous mean?

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  • To be bad by being sneaky.
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What does Dimmest mean?

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  • Slightest
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What does Surplus mean?

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  • Leftovers
  • extra stuff
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What does Marooned mean?

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  • Straned
  • Stuck
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What does Modest mean?

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  • Having or showing regard for the decencies of behavior, speech, dress, etc.; decent: a modest neckline on a dress.
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What does Abundant mean?

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  • Over flowing
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What does Edicts mean?

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  • a rule
  • a direction
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What does Filial mean?

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  • Your connection with your parents.
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What does Grunion mean?

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  • Type of fish
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What does Promenade mean?

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  • Kind of like a parade with ppl walking around.
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What does Astounded mean?

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  • surprised
  • could be amazed
62
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What does Reptilian mean?

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  • A type of lizard like or snake like.
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What does Catechism mean?

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  • Class people take to learn Catholicism
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What does Reverent mean?

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  • respect
65
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What does Derision mean?

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  • ridicule
  • mockery
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What does Buxom mean?

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  • healthy
  • plump
  • cheerful
  • lively
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What does Perilously mean?

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  • involving
  • full of grave risk
  • peril
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What does Desolate mean?

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  • solitary
  • lonely
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What does Defer mean?

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  • to put pff action
  • delay
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What does Remnants mean?

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  • a trace
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What does Wield mean?

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  • To use effectively

(like swing a stick)

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What does Virtue mean?

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  • Conformity of one’s life and conduct to moral and ethical principles
  • uprightness
  • rectitude
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What does Metamorphosis mean?

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  • a form resulting from any such change
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What does Feudal mean?

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  • pertaining to ….
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What does Magistrate mean?

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  • a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
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What does Emigrate mean?

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  • to leave one country or region to settle in another
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What does Patriarch mean?

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  • Male figurehead
  • Father

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