Math
the distance a number lies from zero on a number line
What is absolute value?
words author’s use to emphasize the importance of a specific object, person or place in a text
Figurative language
The act of banning slavery. A person who is fighting to end slavery in the U.S.
Abolition/abolitionist
the basic unit of life; smallest living part of any organism; make tissues in multicellular organisms
What is a cell?
a hierarchical system used for classifying organisms to the species level. The eight taxonomic levels are domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
What is Taxonomy?
two numbers that are opposites and whose sum is zero
What is additive inverse
comparing two things using the words “like” or “as”
Simile
The art of negotiating with other countries. A person who peacefully negotiates.
Diplomacy/diplomat
the average pattern of weather that occurs in a certain location or region over many years
Climate
the use of details and descriptions words to create an image in the reader’s mind
What is Imagery?
numerical constant placed before the variable
coefficient
Giving something that is not a human, human-like qualities
Personification
The belief that the U.S. was destined to control all of the land in North America and it was a divine right to do so.
Manifest Destiny
the movement, or transport, of weathered material from one location to another
Erosion
paragraphs in a poem
What is a stanza?
deposit adds to your account while a withdrawal subtracts
deposit/withdrawal
appeals to credibility, ethics, or moral principles
Ethos
To make a law or contract valid. To officially put a law into effect; usually by signing a document.
Ratification/ratify
the movement of heat energy from one object to another by the process of conduction, convection, or radiation
What is heat transfer?
To formally surrender territory. An area given up to another person’s control.
What is cede?
parentheses, exponents, multiplication OR division (left to right), addition OR subtraction (left to right)
order of operation
appeals to emotion
Pathos
An agricultural system where a landowner rents out his or her land to a tenant farmer. The tenant farmer uses the owner’s land in exchange for giving the owner a percentage of the crops.
Sharecropping/sharecropper
the energy of a moving
What is Kinetic energy?
The fight for the right to vote. A person who is fighting for voting rights to be extended to more groups; especially women.
What is Suffrage/suffragist