To cut off

The process of getting someone to join a group

prefix meaning against, opposite

to affect directly 

 Northern states that stayed under a single government

Southern states that separated from the United States 

to do hard work

The message or lesson the author is trying to tell you; an important unifying idea often answering the question”What lesson have I learned?”

 The organization of something, the organization of parts and how they are related

also called the main idea, is a brief, overall summary of what the entire story is about.

The character or narrator's perspective. Who tells the story

to make known