Vocab #1
Feeling isolated and rejected
What is ALIENATED?
What is the name of the memoir MISTY COPELAND wrote about her life?
Who is LIFE IN MOTION?
The ability to understand something immediately; something one knows from a feeling or instinct
What is INTUITION?
Persistence; determination
What is TENACITY?
Care for and encourage the growth or development of something or someone
What is NUTURE?
In a state of confusion and disorder
What is CHAOTIC?
Where was MISTY COPELAND raised?
What is CALIFORNIA?
To affect drastically or radically; to overturn
What is UPEND?
The presence or appearance of someone/something; the act of presenting someone/something in a particular way
What is REPRESENTATION?
Be greater than; do or be better than ever before
What is SURPASS?
Something that is given or supplied
What is CONTRIBUTION?
What role did MISTY COPELAND dance in at the height of her career?
What is a FIREBIRD?
A pioneer; someone who is the first to do
something significant
What is TRAILBLAZER?
Something that is given or supplie
What is CONTRIBUTION?
The comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as" to indicate what is being compared in order to provide the reader with a deeper understanding of one of those things
What is SIMILE?
Not truly representing facts or reality
What is DISTORTED?
What is MISTY COPELAND the 1st to be?
What is "SHE IS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BECOME A PRINCIPAL DANCER FOR THE AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE (ABT)"?
Very respected and admired
What is PRESTIGIOUS?
A young person with exceptional skill or ability
What is PRODIGY?
A character, setting, object, or event that represents a larger, more complex concept or idea
What is SYMBOL?
Refine or perfect something over a period of time
What is HONE?
Where did MISTY COPELAND take her first ballet class?
What is THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB?
Refine or perfect something over a period of time
What is HONE?
Causing great interest and excitement
What is SENSATIONAL?
To restate an author's words in one's own words
What is PARAPHRASE?