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Unit 2 Vocabulary
Vocabulary words from stories in unit 2 of WONDERS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cascading | falling quickly |
| Placid | peaceful |
| Prolonged | lasting a long time |
| Seamstresses | people who sew for a living |
| Coiffeurs | people who cut and style hair for a living |
| Emblem | a symbol that represents something |
| Deserted | empty |
| Barren | lifeless |
| Ripe | fully grown |
| Harvest | to pick crops |
| Ambitious | to have a strong desire to succeed at something |
| Memorized | to learn something by heart |
| Satisfaction | feeling pleased when you accomplish something |
| Repetition | a poet uses the same words, phrases, or lines more than once to make a point |
| Free Verse | a type of poetry that makes up its own rules instead of following a set pattern |
| Rhyme | identical or similar sounds at the end of words |
| Narrative | a story that has characters, a setting, and a sequence of events that unfold |
| Shurddered | to tremble from fear or cold |
| Motivate | the feeling or drive that makes you want to work toward a goal |
| Theme | the big, central message or lesson an author wants you to learn from a story |