Unit 3: Genre Study 2 – Narrative Nonfiction

This list covers The Pot That Juan Built and "A Box of Ideas."
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  1. windswept
    open to or swept by wind
    When he was one year old, his family moved to Mata Ortiz, a village of dirt roads and adobe houses on the windswept plains of Chihuahua.
  2. sharecropper
    a tenant farmer who owes a portion of each harvest for rent
    Before that he worked as a farm laborer, a railroad hand, a sharecropper, and even a boxer.
  3. impoverished
    poor enough to need help from others
    Juan's discovery changed Mata Ortiz from an impoverished village of poorly paid laborers into a prosperous community of working artists.
  4. abundant
    present in great quantity
    Animal bones are abundant because of the deer hunting and cattle ranching that help feed the people of Mata Ortiz.
  5. unearth
    recover through digging
    So Juan dug a hole near the anthill and unearthed a vein of white clay, the finest clay he had ever seen.
  6. solitude
    the state or situation of being alone
    In spite of his fame and wealth, Juan cherishes most of all the time he spends in solitude, exploring the hills above Mata Ortiz in search of minerals and clay.
  7. ingenuity
    the property of showing inventiveness and skill
    Very clever. I'm really impressed by your ingenuity.
  8. productivity
    the amount of work each worker can complete in a set time
    Maybe you can increase your productivity and make a few more to sell at next month's fair.
  9. drama
    the literary genre of works intended for the theater
  10. inspiration
    arousal of the mind to unusual activity or creativity
Created on Wed Nov 18 16:37:13 EST 2020 (updated Wed Nov 25 13:07:48 EST 2020)

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