Vocabulary and Literary Devices

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War

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Violent conflict between groups or nations, often involving armies and destruction. Cultural wars can also take place, often erasing cultural identity of a community.

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Shrapnel

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small pieces of metal from an exploding bomb or shell, often causing injury.

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Wreckage

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the broken pieces left after something has been destroyed.

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Memory

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Something remembered from the past, especially something meaningful or emotional.

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Displacement

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being forced to leave your home, usually because of war, violence, or colonization.

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Removal

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a policy or action forcing people (like Native tribes) off their land.

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Survivance

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survival + resistance + active presence; refusing to disappear, preserving culture, and asserting voice and identity in the face of erasure, colonization, and violence.

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Settler colonialism

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when outsiders take land and stay permanently, often pushing out or harming the original people.

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Colonial

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related to when a country controls and settles in another land forcefully.

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Erasure

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the act of removing, deleting, or obliterating something—whether it be words, identities, histories, or people.