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persona
"My persona is as much a conscious rejection of my mother's armored features as it is an attempt" not to give in to cultural expectations. p.16 |
definition: the person someone pretends to be in public instead of his or her real self
meaning parts: comes from "person" own sentence/new context: |
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replica
The author is her mother's replica. She has her mother's hips, her mouth, her strong chin, etc. p. 14 |
definition: a copy of something
meaning parts: re=back; plic=fold (to fold back again and again like paper dolls to make repeated copies of something) own sentence/new context: |
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lesbian
Dorothy Allison's first collection of short stories won an award for lesbian fiction. p. 11 |
definition: a homosexual woman, a woman who is sexually attracted to other women.
meaning parts: don't help own sentence/new context: |
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obsessions
In college, the author thought that women who were taken seriously didn't have obsessions about their weight or hairstyle or breasts. p. 15 |
definition: something someone is overly concerned about and can't avoid thinking about
meaning parts: ob=on; sess=to sit (an obsession is something you "sit on" and can't move away from) own sentence/new context: |
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cliche
The photographer thinks taking pictures of the author sprinkled with powdered sugar would be great; the author thinks it would be cliche. p. 12 |
definition: an over-used, tired, worn-out idea or saying
meaning parts: don't help own sentence/new context: |
