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Unit 4 Week 17
"Dreaming of America"
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |