Born a Crime Vocab #1

Define: Apartheid

•  the act or returning something stolen to its proper owner

•  inspiring disgust and loathing

• a system of segregation based on race in South Africa from 1948–1991; literally means "apartness" in Afrikaans

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  to possess a certain quality or characteristic

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Define: Restitution

• the act or returning something stolen to its proper owner

• a sum of money paid as compensation

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  to possess a certain quality or characteristic

• to censure or criticize severely

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Define: Propagate

• to censure or criticize severely

• to spread and promote an idea widely

• inspiring disgust and loathing

• a sum of money paid as compensation

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Define: Rhetoric

• 
  a literary device where an author includes vivid sensory details (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch), generally to develop the reader’s understanding of setting

• An author/speaker’s attitude toward a topic or an audience, which is often conveyed through word choice and/or literary devices

• the art of persuasion, including the study of techniques a writer or speaker uses to inform, motivate, or persuade a specific audience in a specific situation

• to grant or bestow

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

Define: amnesty

• 
  an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offense

•  the act or returning something stolen to its proper owner

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  to censure or criticize severely

• to spread and promote an idea widely

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Pick the word that fits the definition: a set of beliefs or philosophies

• apartheid

• confer

• an agreement

• ideology

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Which word does this definition match?

unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor

• inalienable

• pernicious

• imbue

• excoriate

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Which word does this definition match?

inspiring disgust and loathing

• propagate

• restitution

• abhorrent

• covenant

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Which word matches the definition below:

An author/speaker’s attitude toward a topic or an audience, which is often conveyed through word choice and/or literary devices

• Imagery

• Rhetoric

• Tone

• Epistrophe

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Which word matching the definition below:

a Southern African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers first arriving at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652

• Zulu

• Xhose

• Afrikaners

• African Dutch

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4