vocab 1
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| plot | the sequence of main events
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| climax | turning point of the conflict
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| point of view | type of narrator
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| setting | when and where the story takes place
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| first person | narrator is in the story "I" narrator
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| epiphany | a sudden realization after which a character usually looks at the world differently
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| 3rd person limited | narrator is outside story and they follow thoughts and actions of one character
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| 3rd person omniscient | narrator is outside story but can tell thoughts and feelings of any character. Godlike all knowing
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| cautionary tale | a story that teaches a lesson or provides a warning. "Red riding Hood"
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| foreshadowing | clues about future plot events
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| allusions | a reference to another story, another historical or cultural event (Scary Movie)
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| irony | a twist, the unexpected
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| exposition | usually found in the beginning of the story when the author explains the basic setting, characters, and situation- the introduction.
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| characterization | when an author reveals characters' personalities and physical description
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| tone | attitude/voice of the narrator. It is determined by word choice (diction)
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| trade | the exchange of goods between people or societies
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| artisan | a skilled worker who makes goods by hand
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| clergy | a body of people who perform religious ceremonies
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| nuclear family | parents and siblings
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| extended family | parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins
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| dictator | political ruler given absolute power to make laws and command the army
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| direct democracy | government in which citizens rule directly rather than through representatives
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| hieroglyphics | ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures are used to represent ideas and sounds
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| cuneiform | system of writing with wedge shaped symbols invented by Sumerians
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| Divine Right | belief that monarchs (kings/queens) are God's representatives on Earth
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| Mandate of Heaven | Chinese belief that the divine (Gods) approval is the basis of authority
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| archipelago | large group of islands
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| polygamy | having more than one spouse
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| monogamy | having one spouse
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| market | economy where there are buyers and sellers
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| command | economy where the government controls everything.
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| chloroplast | organel found in plants where photosyntheseis occurs
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| mitochondria | organel in cell that gives it energy
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| respiration | oxygen combines with glucose to produce energy in cell
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| ribosomes | organel in cell where protiens are synthesized
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| cell membrane | semi permiable controlling what goes in and out of cell
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| carbohydrates | simple sugar quick energy
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| proteins | amino acids: control pigments, enzymes, antibodies, hormones, muscles and tissues
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| lipids | fatty acids, stored energy, protect organs
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| nucleic acids | DNA, RNA
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| nutrition | taking in materials from the environment & turning them into usable form
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| transport | materials moving
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| cellular respiration | combining oxygen & nutrients to release energy
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| excretion | removal of cells' waste
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| regulation | maintaining a stable internal environment
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| growth | increasing in size
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| reproduction | making more of your type
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| synthesis | building or making; simple to complex
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| nucleus | brain, controls the cell
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| chromosomes | hereditary information
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| endoplasmic reticulum | transports material through cell
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| vacuoles | storage (water, waste & food)
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| cell wall | protects plant and gives shape
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| commutative property | same forward and backward. Works only with addition and multiplication
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| associative property | grouping and still getting same answer. Works only with addition and multiplication.
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| identity property of addtion | a number can keeps its identity if you add zero
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| inverse property of addition | a number added to its opposite is zero
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| area | length x width
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| perimeter | add all sides
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| proportion | an equation that sets 2 ratios equal
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| volume | length x width x height
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| ratio | comparison of 2 numbers
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| percent of change | %/100=part/whole
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| bubonic plague | """black death"" Spread by fleas that lived on rats. This disease spread across Asia and Europe along trade routes"
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| commercial revolution | the expansion of trade and business that transformed European economies during the 16th and 17th centuries.
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| guild | a group of people who worked at the same occupation
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| capitalism | an economic system based on private rather than government ownership
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| renaissance | period of great creativity and change in Europe from 1300-1600; the word means 'rebirth'
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| humanism | an intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts focusing on human potential and personal achievement
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| patron | someone who financially supports the arts and artists; the church and the wealthy merchant class provided this service during the Renaissance.
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| hypotenuse | the longest side of a right triangle
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| sine | ratio of the length of the opposite side to the hypotenuse o/h
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| cosine | ratio of the length of the hypontenuse with adjacent a/h
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| angle of elevation | an angle from the horizontal up to a line of sight
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| factors | 2,3,6, and 9 are some _________ of 18
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| filial piety | duty and respect children owe their parents
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| mandate of heaven | ruler chosen by heaven
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| confucianism | respect your elders
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| daoism | nature should be respected
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| legalism | harsh style of rule
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| mitosis | 1 cell making 2 twin cells
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| meiosis | production of sperm and egg with 1/2 the number of chromosomes
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| cancer | uncontrolled mitosis resulting in a tumor
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| binary fission | a parent organism divides into 2 identical copies of self
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| sporulation | creation of tiny cells (spores) that grow into an exact copy of parent when conditions are right
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| allusion | "a reference to another story another historical or cultural event"
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| 3rd person omniscent | narrator outside of story but tell thoughts and feelings of any character
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| irony | "a twist; the unexpected"
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| tone | attitude/voice of the narrator it is determined by word choice
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| climax | turning point of the conflict
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| gamete | "egg or sperm; sex cell"
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| haploid | 1/2 the number of chromosomes (23)
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| tetrad | 4 chromosome across
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| homologous pair | pair of chromosomes that are the same size with the same genes in the same places
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| cross over | chromosomes share and switch dna
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| relation | a set of ordered pairs
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| vertical line test | method used to determine if a function is a relation or not. If a line passes through graph more than once it is not a function.
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| continuous data | data where numbers between two data values have meaning.
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| discrete data | data that involves a count of items; represented by points.
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| direct variation | constant of variation: k
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| inverse variation | an equation of the form xy=k
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| arithmetic sequence | a set of numbers created by adding or subtracting.
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| common difference | the fixed number added to each term of an arithmetic sequence.
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| pax romana | a time of 200 years of peace and prosperity in Rome.
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| mentration | shedding of the uterine linning
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| ovulation | releasing of egg
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| differentiation | during the gastrula stage is when the cells start to become different
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| zygote | when sperm meets egg (the cell they create)
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| cleavage | one cell dividing into many more identical cells
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| embryo | first 12 weeks or so of development
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| blastula | hollow ball of cells
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| gastrula | layers of cells
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| fsh/estrogen cycle | make egg/ thicken lining
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| lh/progesterone cycle | release egg/ thicken lining
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| uterus | holds embryo/fetus during development
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| amniotic fluid | protective sac surrounding baby protecting the baby from infection and jostling.
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| umbilical cord | highway that delivers oxygen and nutrients to the baby and takes waste away.
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| placenta | place where oxygen, nutrients and wastes are exchanged from mom to baby or baby to mom.
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