Collection 1: Texts About Flag Burning

As you compare Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan's opinion and Ronald J. Allen's newspaper editorial about burning the American flag, learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 10's Collection 1: What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish?, texts about flag burning, The Lottery
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  1. joust
    a combat between mounted knights tilting against each other
  2. First Amendment
    an amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing freedoms
  3. compulsion
    using force to cause something to occur
  4. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  5. reaffirmation
    renewed affirmation
  6. resilience
    ability of a material to return to its original shape
  7. icon
    a visual representation produced on a surface
  8. modicum
    a small or moderate or token amount
  9. orthodoxy
    a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
  10. rebut
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  11. sanctity
    the quality of being holy
  12. dogma
    a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  13. dissenter
    a person who objects to some established policy
  14. consequence
    the state of having important effects or influence
  15. conscience
    conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
Created on Sun Jun 29 19:28:24 EDT 2014 (updated Wed Jul 02 09:35:48 EDT 2014)

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