Vocab 1
Sonia Nazario
Sebastian Junger
Complete Sentences
Vocabulary 2
100
An Outpost
What is the station outside of a main camp?
100
This was considered Nazario's "get out of jail free" card:
What is the golden letter?
100
To avoid using any military supplies, Junger made sure to carry his own...
What are medical supplies?
100
Why was boredom actually a bad thing for soliders?
AT TEACHER'S DISCRETION
100
A reporter who writes or photographs newsworthy events.
What is a journalist?
200
A witness
What is a person who observes an event?
200
This young man was the inspiration for Nazario's articles:
Who is Enrique?
200
Junger spent many years writing articles about THIS topic before reporting from Afghanistan.
What are people with dangerous jobs?
200
Enrique decided to call the train "Iron Hope" because...
TEACHER'S DISCRETION
200
To persuade or have an effect on.
What is to influence?
300
Adrenaline
What is a chemical release due to stress or excitement?
300
What are the two nicknames given to the freight train?
What is "Train of Death" and "Iron Hope"?
300
Brendan O'Byrne suffered from this disorder upon his return home after being deployed for over a year.
What is PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)?
300
How did Junger's experience compare to the soldiers? (Difference and Similarity)
Teacher's Discretion
300
A well-thought out plan
What is strategic?
400
Intervene
What is to interfere or come between?
400
The migrant children referred to a dangerous area of Mexico as this.
What is "The Beast"?
400
The name of the outpost where Junger and the troops were stationed was called THIS
What is Restrepo?
400
Why did the soldiers feel uncomfortable with Junger at first?
Teacher's Discretion
400
Reporting while under the protection of the military
What is embedded?
500
Platoon
What is a group of 30-40 soldiers from two or more units?
500
Nazario described herself as a reporter who usually stood off to the side and observed. She called herself this phrase.
What is a "fly on the wall"?
500
Junger's reason for reporting live from Afghanistan was to gain information on this topic.
What is to find out what it is like for soldiers/ or what goes on in the minds of soldiers?
500
Explain why the authors added so much detail in Chapter 1 of Nazario and Junger's stories.
Teacher's Discretion
500
To go over again
What is retrace?
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