Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Literature and Poetry
Early American History
Elements of an Argument
Characters in The Jungle
100
Someone or something that is a danger to you or is threatening you.
What is a menace?
100
A large crowd.
Una gran multitud. 
What is a throng?
100
These are the people in a story or narrative.
Estas son las personas en una historia o narración.
What are characters?
100
This is the person often credited with "discovering" America.
Esta es la persona a la que a menudo se le atribuye el "descubrimiento" de Estados Unidos.
Who is Columbus?
100
The controlling idea of an argument essay.
La idea controladora de un ensayo argumental.
What is the thesis?
100
"She wore a muslin dress, conspicuously white, and a stiff little veil coming to her shoulders. There were five pink paper roses twisted in the veil, and eleven bright green rose leaves. "
Who is Ona?
200
An act that is bold, without shame, or very daring.
Un acto atrevido, sin vergüenza o muy atrevido. 
What is brazen?
200
To be kicked out of your home country and told you can not return.
Ser expulsado de su país de origen y decirle que no puede regresar.
What is exiled?
200
Words and phrases that appeal to any of your 5 senses.
Palabras y frases que atraen a cualquiera de tus 5 sentidos.
Example:
His words felt like a dagger in my heart.
What is imagery?
200
When Columbus landed on Hispanola, he believed he was in this place.
What is India?
200
The part of an argument that supports claims.
La parte de un argumento que respalda las afirmaciones.
What is evidence?
200
When the musicians quit, she yelled, ""Palauk! isz kelio! What are you paid for, children of hell?" And so, in sheer terror, the orchestra would strike up again,
Who is Marija?
300
Intense joy or delight; extreme happiness.
Alegría o deleite intensos; Felicidad extrema. 
What is ecstacy?
300
A loud, angry argument.
Una discusión fuerte y airada. 
What is an altercation?
300
A mention of a person, place, character, or event that adds meaning.
Una mención de una persona, lugar, personaje o evento que agrega significado.
Example: If I'm not home by midnight, my car might turn into a pumpkin.
What is an allusion?
300
These people are the original and true Americans.
Estas personas son los estadounidenses originales y verdaderos.
Who are Native Americans?
300
This part of the essay restates the thesis and important ideas in a new way.
Esta parte del ensayo reafirma la tesis y las ideas importantes de una manera nueva.
What is the conclusion?
300
"Little one," he said, in a low voice, "do not worry—it will not matter to us. We will pay them all somehow. I will work harder."
Who is Jurgis
400
To yell at someone for doing something wrong.
Gritarle a alguien por hacer algo mal. 
What is scold?
400
A mixture of things that are related; an assortment.
Una mezcla de cosas relacionadas; un surtido.
What is a medley?
400
The pattern of rhyming in a poem's stanza.
El patrón de rima en la estrofa de un poema.
Example:
The people along the sand (A)
All turn and look one way. (B)
They turn their back on the land. (A)
They look at the sea all day. (B)
What is rhyme scheme?
400
These "schools" were used to assimilate Native American children to white culture.
What are residential or industrial schools?
400
These are the steps in process writing.
Estos son los pasos del proceso de redacción.
What are prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing?
400
The new emigrants were still tasting it, lost in wonder, when suddenly the car came to a halt, and the door was flung open, and a voice shouted—"Stockyards!"
What is the setting of the story?
500
If something is really out of place, or seems really inappropriate to the situation. Something that just doesn't fit.
Si algo está realmente fuera de lugar o parece realmente inapropiado para la situación.
What is incongruous?
500
Something that comes first.
Algo que viene primero.
What is preliminary?
500
A poem with 14 lines, 10 syllables per line, a rhyme scheme of abba abba cdcdcd.
Un poema con 14 líneas, 10 sílabas por línea, un esquema de rima de abba abba cdcdcd.
What is a sonnet?
500
The traditional system for keeping history in most Native American cultures.
What is oral tradition?
500
This gives a different perspective than the author's, and explains why that different perspective is wrong.
Esto da una perspectiva diferente a la del autor y explica por qué esa perspectiva diferente es incorrecta.
What is the counter argument or the concession / refutation?
500
This, too, like the color, was a thing elemental; it was a sound, a sound made up of ten thousand little sounds. You scarcely noticed it at first—it sunk into your consciousness, a vague disturbance, a trouble. It was like the murmuring of the bees in the spring, the whisperings of the forest; it suggested endless activity, the rumblings of a world in motion.
What is the sound of tens of thousands of cows?