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HernikCourageVocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amiable | friendly |
| idle | worthless |
| resolute | determined |
| shiftless | lazy |
| solitary | alone |
| courage | the quality of mind that enables a person to face difficulty |
| conflict | the main problem in the story (man vs man, man vs himself, man vs nature) |
| theme | the message about life an author gives through his/her work (lesson) |
| climax | the point of most suspense or turning point in a story |
| antagonist | the bad character in a story |
| protagonist | the good character in a story |
| segregation | the separation of people by race |
| integration | joining people of different races |
| oppression | putting someone down unjustly |
| civil rights | the rights of people to equal treatment |
| mandate | a command by a court |
| moot | of no real meaning |
| epithets | abusive words used to label someone |
| flashback | when an author goes back in time to tell more about the story |
| 1st person point of view | when someone inside the story narrates the story |
| 3rd person point of view | when someone outside of the story narrates the story |
| exposition | the introduction of characters and setting in a story |
| imagery | a vivid description which involves the senses |
| biography | the story of a person's life |
| free verse | a style of poetry with no set rhyme scheme |
| resolution | the wrapping up of a story |
| Mary Oliver | the author of "The Turtle" |
| Rudyard Kipline | the author of "The Elephant" |
| Louis L'Amour | the author of "The Gift of Cochise" |
| foreshadow | when an author gives clues as to what will happen later in a story |
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