Unit 4: Week 4 Vocabulary

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  1. limitation
    an act of restricting (as by regulation)
  2. grace
    elegance and beauty of movement or expression
  3. noble
    having high or elevated character
  4. empower
    give or delegate authority to
  5. resist
    express opposition through action or words
  6. segregation
    a social system that provides different facilities for minority groups
    The landmark court case Brown v. Board of Education established that school segregation was unconstitutional.
  7. mistreat
    treat badly
    Sometimes Westley got angry that black people were mistreated and that no matter how hard his mother worked, they were still poor.
  8. qualified
    meeting the proper standards and requirements for a task
    The postal service hired qualified people, regardless of their color.
  9. demonstrator
    someone participating in a public display of group feeling
    One day a large, burly white man punched one of the demonstrators in the face and broke his jaw.
  10. sympathize
    share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of
    They saw how peaceful and committed to change the protesters were. Little by little, more and more white people began to sympathize with the protesters.
  11. biography
    an account of the series of events making up a person's life
    A biography is the story of a real person’s life written by another person.
    •The author gives facts and details to create a portrait of the person’s life.
    •The author analyzes the relationships between major events in the person’s life.
    •The author uses third-person point of view.
  12. fact
    a statement of information about something that is the case
    The author gives facts and details to create a portrait of the person’s life.
  13. detail
    a single fact considered separately from the whole
    The author gives facts and details to create a portrait of the person’s life.
  14. analyze
    consider in detail in order to discover essential features
    The author analyzes the relationships between major events in the person’s life.
  15. relationship
    a state involving dealings between people, parties, or ideas
    The author analyzes the relationships between major events in the person’s life.
  16. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
    The author uses third-person point of view.
  17. problem
    a question raised for consideration or solution
    One way the author of a biography can show the relationships between major ideas in the life of a person is to use a problem -and-solution structure in the text.
  18. solution
    the successful action of solving a problem
    One way the author of a biography can show the relationships between major ideas in the life of a person is to use a problem-and- solution structure in the text.
  19. question
    a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
    Asking questions before, during, and after reading will help you identify key details and better understand relationships between major events in a text.
  20. adage
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
    Adages and proverbs are traditional sayings about common observations or truths. “The early bird gets the worm,” for example, is an adage that means whoever arrives first has the best chance to succeed.
  21. proverb
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
    Adages and proverbs are traditional sayings about common observations or truths. “The early bird gets the worm,” for example, is an adage that means whoever arrives first has the best chance to succeed.
  22. root
    the form of a word after all affixes are removed
    Related words are forms of a word that share roots or word parts but can have different meanings based on how the word is used.
  23. preposition
    a word before a noun or pronoun connecting to another word
    A preposition is a word that introduces a prepositional phrase, which modifies another word or element in the sentence.
  24. prepositional phrase
    a phrase beginning with a preposition
    A preposition is a word that introduces a prepositional phrase, which modifies another word or element in the sentence. The prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun called the object of the preposition.
  25. object
    (grammar) a noun or noun equivalent that is acted upon
    The prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun called the object of the preposition.
  26. irregular
    contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
    An irregular verb has a different form for the past tense and the past participle.
  27. collective noun
    a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things
    A collective noun names a group of persons or things. A collective noun is singular in form, but it refers to a group or collection.
  28. collective
    done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
    Use a singular verb and a singular pronoun when you use a collective noun to mean the group as a whole.
  29. subordinating conjunction
    a conjunction that introduces a dependent clause
    Subordinating conjunctions connect an independent clause and a subordinate clause.
  30. subordinate clause
    a section in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone
    A subordinate clause does not express a complete thought by itself. A subordinate clause joined with an independent clause creates a complex sentence.
  31. independent clause
    a section in a complex sentence that can stand alone
    A subordinate clause joined with an independent clause creates a complex sentence.
  32. complex sentence
    a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
    A subordinate clause joined with an independent clause creates a complex sentence.
  33. comma
    a punctuation mark (,) indicating the separation of elements
    Commas can be used to:
    •separate items in a series
    •set off an appositive phrase
  34. quotation mark
    a punctuation mark showing that words were said or written by someone else
    Quotation marks are needed for:
    •dialogue and direct quotations
    •titles of articles, short stories, and poems
Created on Wed Oct 14 10:16:44 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Jun 21 16:28:47 EDT 2021)

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