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Vocab 1st Unit
8th Grade Vocab Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| forestall | to prevent |
| petulant | annoyed;irritated |
| meticulous | extremely careful about detail |
| odyssey | a series of adventures, filled with notable experiences and hardships |
| heritage | something handed down from generation to generation |
| resolute | having strong determination |
| stereotype | a simplified conception that has special meaning and is held by members of a group |
| deplorable | causing grief |
| genre | a type of literature |
| dissentient | differing from the majority |
| narrator | the person telling the story. this person may or may not be in the story |
| second person | narrator addresses the reader as if he or she is a part of the story |
| inference | a reasonable conclusion that you draw from details or clues an author provides |
| third person | the narrator is detached from the story. they only report the events occurring, and the reader must discover the meaning |
| annotate | add notes (to a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment |
| dramatic irony | when the words and actions of the characters have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters |
| supporting facts | details or statements that support the main ideas |
| omniscient | the narrator still uses the pronouns he,she, and they but they are outside of the story, they are all knowing |
| point of view | the narrator's position in relation to the story being told |
| first person | the narrator is part of the story, explaining the events from his or her own view |
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