Esperanza Rising - Key Vocabulary

Esperanza Rising - Key Vocabulary

By Alec Muller

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Strike

• A person who is strategic

• Refuse to work in an effort to get better pay or working conditions

• To hit the ball in baseball

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Humiliation

• To be publicly embarrassed

• The amount of humidity in the air

• To have a good sense of humor

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Accustomed

• Making an assumption

• When something feels normal or routine

• To do a reading assessment

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Meek

• Vegetables on a menu

• A type of orange cat

• Easily scared, gentle, quiet, submissive

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Immunized

• Something that is very important

• To have a good imagination

• To be protected against an infection. Usually by a vaccine

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Repatriation

• To be a loyal patriot

• To return someone to their home country

• To repeat something many times

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Pneumonia

• A new type of new money

• A lung infection

• A painting of the Mona Lisa

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Lush

• Growing richly or abundantly

• To be in a rush

• An area with no trees

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My hands are as cold as ___________.

• ice

• rock

• thunder

• melon

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Jane can easily lift the box. It is as light as _________.

• a feather

• an elephant

• a rabbit

• a star

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Bryan rescued the cat. He is as brave as a __________.

• coward

• stranger

• lion

• rat

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Mance is a good runner. He runs as fast as a ____________.

• turtle

• cheetah

• thunder

• rock

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My mother always has lots of work. She is always as busy as _____________.

• an octopus

• a fish

• a bee

• an alligator

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A simile.....

• tells what a person likes
• compares two unlike things using the words like or as
• compares two similar things 
• tells what a person is doing

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I am as quick as a fox.

• simile
• not a simile

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The house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• not a simile

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What is a metaphor?

• A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"

• A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"

• An adverbial phrase that compares one thing to another

• A type of poem in which two things are compared

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"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

-Muhammad Ali

• Simile

• Metaphor

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"We will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. "

--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

(From his "I Have a Dream" speech)

• Simile

• Metaphor

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What is the meaning?
The football player was as strong as an ox as he tackled the quarterback. 

•  He was extremely strong.
• He smelled like an animal.

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She ran like the wind across the field.

• Her hair blew in the breeze.
• She ran fast.

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Accosting

• The amount that something costs

• A type of insect sting

• To talk to someone aggressively

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Pneumonia

• To breathe out

• To smell something new

• An infection of the lungs

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Indignation

• To begin a new nation

• Anger at unfair treatment

• To dig a deep hole

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Corrupt

• Willing to be dishonest for money or personal gain

• To be part of a corporation

• When a volcano erupts

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The shark was as big as a ___

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Phoenix

• To say farewell

• A new fashion

• A mythical bird that rises from the ashes

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Renegade

• To do something in reverse

• A person who goes against a government or organization

• A person who does scientific research

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The word Campesino means

• A camper

• A casino

• A farmer

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The word condolences means

• When something is convenient

• To express sympathy for someone's loss

• To think about the context of a sentence

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The word tormented means

• A type of tornado

• To mention something

• To experience physical or emotional suffering