Excerpt from "Persepolis"

Persepolis is the name of the ancient capital of the Persian Empire; "Persepolis" is the title of an autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi that shows what her life was like during and after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (which led to years of war between Iran and Iraq).

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 10 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Where I'm From, Funny in Farsi, Kaffir Boy, Pick One, If You Are What You Eat, Persepolis, poems about parents, Hunger of Memory, Thanksgiving: A Personal History, Time to Assert American Values, Rough Justice, On Civil Disobedience, On Surrender at Bear Paw Mountain, On Women's Right to Vote, Declaration of the Rights of the Child, School's Out for Summer, One Word of Truth, Hope, Despair, and Memory
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  1. poverty
    the state of having little or no money and possessions
    The shah's father took everything we owned. I lived in poverty.
  2. notice
    discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
    I was so ashamed that I pretended to cook so that the neighbors wouldn't notice anything.
  3. dynasty
    a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
    You know, my child, since the dawn of time, dynasties have succeeded each other but the kings always kept their promises.
  4. splendor
    the quality of being magnificent or grand
    The shah kept none; I remember the day he was crowned he said: I am the light of the Aryans. I will make this country the most modern of all time. Our people will regain their splendor.
  5. frivolity
    something of little value or significance
    All the country's money went into ridiculous celebrations of the 2500 years of dynasty and other frivolities.
  6. demonstration
    a public display of group feelings
    My father had gone to take some photos of the demonstration but this time he was very late.
  7. forbidden
    excluded from use or mention
    He took photos every day. It was strictly forbidden.
  8. cadaver
    the dead body of a human being
    Then there was another cadaver, an old man carried out on a stretcher.
  9. slogan
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
    Those who didn't follow the first one went over to the old man, shouting revolutionary slogans and calling him a hero.
  10. martyr
    one who voluntarily suffers death
    Here is another martyr.
Created on Fri Oct 10 22:31:07 EDT 2014 (updated Mon Oct 13 15:07:47 EDT 2014)

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