W O R L D L I T E RAT U R E S E C T I O N D

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VOCABULARY

• Please be able to spell, write, define, and use all the vocabulary words in a sentence.

GENETIC

• of relating to genes or heredity, of or relating to genetics.

PERSEVERANCE

• steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state; especially in the spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.

CEREMONIAL

• relating to or used for formal events of a religious occasion.

PRODIGY

• a person, especially a child or person having extraordinary talent or ability; something marvelous, wonderful or remarkable.

TRIBAL

• of or characteristics of a tribe or tribes.

SUBVERTED

• to overthrow (something established or existing) to cause the downfall, or ruin, or destruction of; to undermine the principles of.

FLOAT

• rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.

SUBMISSIVELY

• inclined or ready to submit; unresistingly or humble obedient.

BIOGRAPHIES

• an account of someone’s life written by someone else.

EPICS

• a long poem, typically derived from oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of.

SULLEN

• bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy.

COMPLICATED

• make (something) more difficult or confusing it to be more complex.

EXTRINSIC

• not part of the essential nature of someone or something coming or operating from outside; comes from outside an individual; motivating external factors that provides rewards or satisfaction.

EXPLICATE

• to analyze and develop (an idea or a principle) in detail; to analyze (a literary work) in order to reveal its meaning; to give a detailed explanation of.

SCOWL

• an angry or bad-tempered expression; to contrast the brow in an expression of displeasure; to exhibit a threating aspect.

AMBIGUOUS

• capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways; open to more than one interpretation; having double meaning.

INCITE

• to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action.

COMPOSURE

• a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance; self-controlled state of mind.

INTELLECTUAL

• appealing to or engaging the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; the capacity for knowledge.

IMPEDIMENT

• any physical defect that obstructs the progress of easy speech by the means of an obstacle.

SEMILITERATE

• able to read and write on an elementary level; able to read but unable to write; having limited knowledge or understanding.

MERIT

• claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth something that deserves or justifies a reward or commendation.

SUPERMAN AND ME

• Title • Author • When it appeared in The Los Angeles Times • Summarize the essay • I might give you quote and ask you to explain

what was the purpose of it.

9/11

• What is it referring to and describe what happened. • The Man Who Saw It Coming Clip • Rick Rescorla • Who was he, what did he do, what did he predict,

and how did he come to this conclusion.

IN PRAISE OF THE F WORD

• Title• Author• When was it published • Summarize

EDUCATION

• Be able to answer questions about your own education.

ACTIVELY READ

• What are Quack Marks • Be able to actively read something using Quack

Marks.

THE JOURNEY OF HUMAN SELF DISCOVERY

• Be able to answer questions about your own journey.