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House On Mango St.
Vocabulary to aid comprehension
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| crumbling | slowly falling apart, usually by breaking into small pieces |
| elm | a type of tree, usually large |
| flat | an apartment |
| temporary | not lasting a long time, not permanent |
| washroom | a room, often public, with washing and usually toilet facilities |
| annotate | to add notes to a text or drawing to explain it or comment on it |
| deduction | a conclusion or answer arrived at from the evidence |
| emphasis | added stress or force to something written |
| setting | the time and place of a story |
| vignette | a short episode, account, or description |
| visualization | forming images in your mind |
| aspiration | the hope of achieving something |
| baptize | to perform a Christian ceremony through which people are named |
| chandelier | a lamp that hangs from the ceiling |
| Chinese year of the horse, idiom | the Chinese have a twelve-year cycle where each year is named after an animal |
| fancy | nice and probably expensive |
| records | flat discs that store music and can be played aloud |
| sobbing | crying a lot |
| theme | a key subject or idea, usually seen repeatedly in text |
| character | the qualities and personality of someone in the book |
| perception | the way something is seen. People can have different perceptions of the same event. |
| scene | place where an event happens, or a sequence of action in a movie, play, or book |
| Madame Butterfly | a famous opera in which the title character falls in love with a man who betrays her |
| opera | a musical performance in which all the words are sung |
| rosebuds | small young roses before they become full flowers |
| smart cookie | a clever person (idiom) |
| velvety | like velvet, a soft, expensive fabric |
| figurative language | words or phrases that mean more than their dictionary definition; similes, metaphors, personification |
| metaphor | a comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as" |
| personification | describing non-human things as if they had human qualities |
| simile | a comparison using the words "like" or "as" |
| chip in | idiom meaning contribute, help out |
| complicated | difficult to explain |
| crooked | not straight |
| especially | particularly |
| straw brim | a straw hat with a band that casts shade on the face |
| ballerina | a kind of professional dancer |
| brass | a shiny metal that is quite expensive and heavy |
| marimbas | a musical instrument, similar to a xylophone, that you hit in difference places to get different musical notes |
| barely | only just, almost not |
| cinnamon | a kind of spice |
| satin | smooth, shiny fabric |
| selfish | only thinking about oneself |
| marched | walked fast and with purpose |
| trudged | walked with heavy steps |
Created by:
karin_larson