Unit 3 Vocabulary
What is a democracy
A government where the people rule
A person who advocates for the protections of the environment or wild life.
What is personification?
give human characteristics to non-human objects
Which text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different?
Compare and contrast
What is a monarchy?
A type of government where the power to rule is passed down by birthright
What is a synonym of the word preserve?
To save or to protect
Which type of figurative language is the following:
She is feeling blue today
Metaphor
I didn't do my homework, so I got a bad grade
cause and effect
What do you call a moral or legal obligation?
A responsibility
Define impact
To cause change or to affect
What type of figurative language?
The sun was smiling down on me
Personification
because, since, as a result, effects of, resulting in
these are signal words for which text structure?
Cause and effect
What is a community of people with common traditions, institutions, collective activities and interests.
A society
Give an example of a natural resource
water, trees, grass
Her sister is a fish in the water
Compare and contrast monarchy and democracy
etc..
Free and fair elections are considered what of a democracy?
A principle
Marjory Stoneman Douglas worked hard to preserve which ecosystem?
The Everglades.
The fire swallowed the forest
personification
First I woke up, then I got dressed, Lastly I drive to school.
What text structure is this? *HINT* we have not learned this one yet this year.
Sequence