Panem Vocabulary
Tributes who’ve been well prepared for combat who often join together in a truce during the Hunger Games.
Careers
This animal represents the rebellion.
Mockingjay
A sentence that contains a subject and a predicate.
Independent clause
District 4
A black market trading facility in District 12 wherein goods (both legal and illegal) are bartered.
The Hob
This baked good represents home and safety.
Bread
A word used to connect clauses or sentences.
Conjunction
The last request Rue made to Katniss before she died.
To have Katniss sing to her
Birds created by the Capitol during a time of rebellion in order to spy upon district citizens.
Jabberjays
This gesture represents unity and goodbye.
The three-finger salute
A sentence that is missing its subject or its main verb.
Sentence fragment
The person who gave Katniss her mockingjay pin.
Madge
A person who has been convicted of treason against the Capitol and subsequently punished by forcible removal of his or her tongue.
Avox
This lethal berry represents deception.
Nightlock Berry
A group of words that contain both a subject and a predicate that are part of a main independent sentence but is detached from it with a period so it stands by itself.
Dependent-clause fragment
The score received by Peeta following his 3 days of evaluation in the Tribute Center.
8
An optional exchange ticket in which a district citizen who is eligible for entry into the Hunger Games can receive extra food for his or her family in return for additional name entries into the reaping lottery.
Tessera
This plant represents power and knowledge.
Roses
A phrase placed beside a noun in the preceding sentence, clarifying that noun’s meaning.
Appositive Fragments
The tribute unable to be rescued from the Capitol in The Mockingjay novel.
Enobaria