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Unit 4 Week 17
"Dreaming of America"
Term | Definition |
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corridor | a hallway |
parcel | a small package |
steward | a worker who manages the food and water on a ship |
suffocated | deprived of air |
wharf | a place on land where ships load and unload |
character | a person or animal in a story |
compare | tell how two things are alike |
contrast | tell how two things are different |
evaluate | to decide the value or worth of after study |
event | something that happens or happened |
setting | when and where a story takes place |
theme | central message of a story |
bureau | department |
memento | an object that reminds someone of a person, place, thing, or experience |
grievance | complaint |
immigration | the entering of a person to a new country |
steerage | the part of a ship where passengers pay a low fare for their journey, usually with poorer accomodations |
vessel | ship |
gangplank | board used to get on or off a ship |