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23 Cards in this Set
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amicable
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friendly
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amity
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friendship
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enamored
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in love with
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inimical
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harmful, unfriendly
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odious
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hateful
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bibliophile
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lover of books
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philanthropy
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goodwill to fellow human beings; charitable girft, act, organization
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phobia
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strong, irrational fear
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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hydrophobia
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fear of water
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xenophobia
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fear or hatred of what is strange or new, foreigners
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appease
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to calm by offering something in return
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pacific
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peaceful, serene
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pacify
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to make quiet or calm, end war or violence
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direct object
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found by asking the question "who?" or "what?" after the subject and the verb have been found & is never the noun or pronoun at the end of a prepositional phrase
example: adam walked home (adam walked where?=home) |
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indirect object
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answers the question "to whom?" or "for whom?" & never follows the word "to" or "for" it is a noun or pronoun that appears with a direct object and names the person or thing that something is given to or done for. it is a noun, proun, or group of words acting as a noun that receives the action of a transitive verb
example: rebecca made adam a card. (rebecca made a card for who?=adam) |
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objective complement
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an adj, noun, or groupd of words acting as a noun that follows a direct object and describes or renames it.
example: the gift made me happy. (made me what?=happy) |
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subject
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to find the subject, ask "what word is the sentence telling about?"
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verb
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to find the verb, look for a word or word group that expresses action, existence, or a linking relationship.
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raymond's run by toni cade bambara
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theme=be real and be yourself, instead of something you are not
setting= 1941 in harlem main characters=raymond, squeaky, gretchen |
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marigolds by eugenia collier
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theme=look for the good in a bad situation and embrace it
setting=september in maryland during the depression characters=miss lottie, joey, lizabeth, john burke, mother, father |
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the garden party by katherine mansfield
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theme=have your priorities straight about what is important in life.
setting=early summer, good weather, australia characters=laura, laurie, mother, josie |
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bernice gets a bob by f. scott fitzgerald
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theme=when someone is mean to someone, they should expect payback
setting=near a country club and a golf course characters=bernice, marjorie, warren, otis, charley |
