Pay Gap Vocab
Having doubts about something (SK);
skeptical
Difficult to believe because it is a surprise (ast);
astonishing
the main character in a story
protagonist
The main point of an essay
thesis
The last part of something (c)
conclusion
devise or invent (CO)
Concoted
The things you study in school (cu)
curriculum
a comparison without using like or as
metaphor
information that supports your thesis
a brief statement or account of the main points of something.
summary
one who says negative things about someone or something else (de)
detractor
Measuring or determining the answer to something (cali)
Fly like a bird is a
simile
To show where you got your information
cite
Really big (en)
enormous
inequality or difference in some respect (d)
disparity
not growing or changing (s)
stagnant
A universal idea like stereotyping, survival, entertainment, or love would be this term
theme
In a body paragraph, the sentence that introduces us to what you are going to be talking about
Topic sentence
important; a big deal (s)
significant
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "
rationalize
When machines are used to do work
industrialization
Usually at the beginning of the story; when you learn about the characters and the world they live in. A description and explanation of something
Exposition
A guess or hypothesis that you make based on the information you have.
inference
What decade did women finallly get a lot of basic rights such as:
Get a credit card
Keep their job if they were pregnant
Talk To Their Doctor
Get Divorced Without Proof (including domestic abuse)
Go to college
Live with a man who wasn’t her husband
Disobey her husband
Get most jobs
Open a bank account
1970's