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nonfiction unit
Question | Answer |
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essay | a short piece of nonfiction in which a writer expresses a personal view of a subject |
narrative essay | a nonfiction piece that tells a story |
persuasive essay | an essay that presents and supports an opinion |
reflective essay | an essay that reveals a writer's feelings about a topic of personal importance |
forebears | ancestors |
rancor | spite |
obstinacy | stubborness |
pious | showing religious devotion |
aloofness | a state of being removed or distant |
perplexes | confuses |
permeate | spread throughout |
epiphany | a moment of sudden understanding |
Gentiles | any non-Jewish persons |
cheder | religious school |
vagrants | jobless people who wander from place to place |
esthetically | artistically |
inexplicably | a condition that cannot be explained |
fiestas | celebrations |
pueblo | village or town |
gringos | foreigners |