Farewell to Manzanar Vocab Flashcards
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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?
* not relying on another or others for aid or support.
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What does _Duty_ mean?
* a mutal, ablagation, or responsiblity.
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What does _Vigil_ mean?
* A devotional watching.
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What does **_Alien_** mean?
* a noncitizen born in another country
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What does Saboteur mean?
* Someone who destross or amages.
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What does _Dignity_ mean?
* a sign or tiken of respect
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What does **_Barracks_** mean?
* A shack that is no more than a place with 4 walls and a ceiling.
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What does **_Mess_** **_Hall_** mean?
* Cafeteria
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WHat does **_Chow_** **_Lines_** mean?
* Food Lines
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What does **_Mess Kits_** means?
* Tools to eat with.
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What does **_Block_** mean?
* 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?
* With in a block 16 x 20 barracks
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What does **_Migrant_** mean?
* A person who moves from place to place like a migrant worker.
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What does Refugee mean?
* 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?
alone, Isolated
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What does **_Tolerance_** mean?
* The power of enduring or resisting to do something.
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What does **_Isolated_** mean?
* Secluded
* Remote
* Solitary
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What does Boisterous mean?
* Unruly
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What does **_Reign_** mean?
* Control
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What does Humiliating mean?
* Degrading
* Crushing
* Embarrassing
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What does Shiver mean?
* To shake with cold, fear, excitement.
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What does Heap mean?
* To put in a pile
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What does Scan mean?
* To survey
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What does **_Scrounge_** mean?
* To find by looking.
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What does **_Assert_** mean?
* To defend.
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What does **_Lath_** mean?
* scraps
* Leftovers,thin
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What does **_Mischievous_** mean?
* To be bad by being sneaky.
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What does Dimmest mean?
* Slightest
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What does Surplus mean?
* Leftovers
* extra stuff
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What does **_Marooned_** mean?
* Straned
* Stuck
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What does **_Modest_** mean?
* 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?
* Over flowing
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What does **_Edicts_** mean?
* a rule
* a direction
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What does **_Filial_** mean?
* Your connection with your parents.
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What does **_Grunion_** mean?
* Type of fish
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What does **_Promenade_** mean?
* Kind of like a parade with ppl walking around.
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What does Astounded mean?
* surprised
* could be amazed
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What does **_Reptilian_** mean?
* A type of lizard like or snake like.
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What does **_Catechism_** mean?
* Class people take to learn Catholicism
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What does **_Reverent_** mean?
* respect
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What does **_Derision_** mean?
* ridicule
* mockery
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What does **_Buxom_** mean?
* healthy
* plump
* cheerful
* lively
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What does Perilously mean?
* involving
* full of grave risk
* peril
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What does Desolate mean?
* solitary
* lonely
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What does **_Defer_** mean?
* to put pff action
* delay
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What does **_Remnants_** mean?
* a trace
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What does **_Wield_** mean?
* To use effectively
(like swing a stick)
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What does **_Virtue_** mean?
* Conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles
* uprightness
* rectitude
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What does **_Metamorphosis_** mean?
* a form resulting from any such change
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What does **_Feudal_** mean?
* pertaining to ....
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What does **_Magistrate_** mean?
* a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
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What does **_Emigrate_** mean?
* to leave one country or region to settle in another
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What does **_Patriarch_** mean?
* Male figurehead
* Father
