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Chronological
The Sequence of events
debate
a formal public discussion about specific issues
beckoned
signaled in some way, often with a gesture
geographers
people who study geography
Infer
to understand something that is not directly stated
inflated
filled with air
prodded
territories
areas of land that are under a country's control & protection
predict
Use clues to make guess about what happens in the future
gradually
slowly over a period of time
realistic fiction
genre where characters & events are like real life
decompose
to take numbers apart
compare/contrast
to show likenesses & differences
scanned
quickly looked over
narrative nonfiction
genre where a story is told that really happened
inter-
among, between
idioms
phrases with meanings unlike the literal meanings of words
stalled
delayed, stopped
foreshadow
when the author gives you hints about what will happen later on in the story.
-ion
action, quality, condition, the state of