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  1. revise
    make changes to
  2. dub
    new sounds added to a soundtrack
    Because of his marked southern accent he is soon dubbed “the Hick,” and he becomes the school’s newest object of ridicule, joining Skinny Bones as an...
  3. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  4. revised
    improved or brought up to date
    Revised Edition) Judith Ortiz Cofer (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition) Judith Ortiz Cofer (Identities & Issues in Literature) American History PrintPDFCite .At a glance: First Published: 1993 Type of Plot: Coming of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Teenagers, Love or romance, Race, Inner
  5. adapt
    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
    Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Teenagers, Love or romance, Race, Inner cities or inner-city life, Women's issues, Acculturation, Assassination, Names, Puerto Rico or Puerto Ricans Locales: United States, New Jersey, North America, Paterson, New Jersey The Story Skinny Bones is a teenage Puerto Rican girl struggling to adapt
  6. inhabit
    live in; be a resident of
    She lives in a former Jewish neighborhood that is now inhabited mostly by Puerto Ricans and African Americans.
  7. ridicule
    language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
    Because of his marked southern accent he is soon dubbed “the Hick,” and he becomes the school’s newest object of ridicule, joining Skinny Bones as an...
  8. publish
    prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
    Cofer (Identities & Issues in Literature) American History PrintPDFCite .At a glance: First Published: 1993 Type of Plot: Coming of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Teenagers, Love or romance, Race, Inner cities or inner-city life, Women's issues, Acculturation, Assassination, Names, Puerto Rico or Puerto
  9. attract
    exert a force on
    As a loner, Skinny Bones is attracted to marginalized individuals like herself.
  10. identity
    the characteristics by which a thing or person is known
    Cofer (Identities & Issues in Literature) American History PrintPDFCite .At a glance: First Published: 1993 Type of Plot: Coming of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Teenagers, Love or romance, Race, Inner cities or inner-city life, Women's issues, Acculturation, Assassination, Names, Puerto Rico or Puerto
  11. edition
    the form in which a text is published
    Edition) Judith Ortiz Cofer (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition) Judith Ortiz Cofer (Identities & Issues in Literature) American History PrintPDFCite .At a glance: First Published: 1993 Type of Plot: Coming of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Teenagers, Love or romance, Race, Inner cities or
  12. survey
    determining opinions by interviewing people
    Survey of Short Fiction, Second Revised Edition) Judith Ortiz Cofer (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition) Judith Ortiz Cofer (Identities & Issues in Literature) American History PrintPDFCite .At a glance: First Published: 1993 Type of Plot: Coming of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism,
  13. issue
    some situation or event that is thought about
    Cofer (Identities & Issues in Literature) American History PrintPDFCite .At a glance: First Published: 1993 Type of Plot: Coming of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Teenagers, Love or romance, Race, Inner cities or inner-city life, Women's issues, Acculturation, Assassination, Names, Puerto Rico or Puerto
  14. theory
    a belief that can guide behavior
    Theory of Short Fiction (Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Second Revised Edition) Judith Ortiz Cofer (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition) Judith Ortiz Cofer (Identities & Issues in Literature) American History PrintPDFCite .At a glance: First Published: 1993 Type of Plot: Coming of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects:
  15. marked
    easily noticeable
    Because of his marked southern accent he is soon dubbed “the Hick,” and he becomes the school’s newest object of ridicule, joining Skinny Bones as an...
  16. struggle
    strenuous effort
    of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Teenagers, Love or romance, Race, Inner cities or inner-city life, Women's issues, Acculturation, Assassination, Names, Puerto Rico or Puerto Ricans Locales: United States, New Jersey, North America, Paterson, New Jersey The Story Skinny Bones is a teenage Puerto Rican girl struggling
  17. glance
    take a brief look at
    Cofer (Identities & Issues in Literature) American History PrintPDFCite .At a glance: First Published: 1993 Type of Plot: Coming of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Teenagers, Love or romance, Race, Inner cities or inner-city life, Women's issues, Acculturation, Assassination, Names, Puerto Rico or Puerto
  18. individual
    being or characteristic of a single thing or person
    As a loner, Skinny Bones is attracted to marginalized individuals like herself.
  19. published
    prepared and printed for distribution and sale
    Cofer (Identities & Issues in Literature) American History PrintPDFCite .At a glance: First Published: 1993 Type of Plot: Coming of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Teenagers, Love or romance, Race, Inner cities or inner-city life, Women's issues, Acculturation, Assassination, Names, Puerto Rico or Puerto
  20. author
    a person who writes professionally
    Authors, Fourth Revised Edition) Judith Ortiz Cofer (Identities & Issues in Literature) American History PrintPDFCite .At a glance: First Published: 1993 Type of Plot: Coming of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Teenagers, Love or romance, Race, Inner cities or inner-city life, Women's issues, Acculturation,
  21. object
    a tangible and visible entity
    Because of his marked southern accent he is soon dubbed “the Hick,” and he becomes the school’s newest object of ridicule, joining Skinny Bones as an...
  22. former
    the first of two or the first mentioned of two
    She lives in a former Jewish neighborhood that is now inhabited mostly by Puerto Ricans and African Americans.
  23. character
    a property that defines the individual nature of something
    Cofer (Identities & Issues in Literature) American History PrintPDFCite .At a glance: First Published: 1993 Type of Plot: Coming of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Teenagers, Love or romance, Race, Inner cities or inner-city life, Women's issues, Acculturation, Assassination, Names, Puerto Rico or Puerto
  24. story
    a record or narrative description of past events
    a glance: First Published: 1993 Type of Plot: Coming of age Time of Work: 1963 Setting: Paterson, New Jersey Characters: Skinny Bones, Eugene, Skinny Bones’s mother, Eugene’s mother Genres: Social realism, Short fiction Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Teenagers, Love or romance, Race, Inner cities or inner-city life, Women's issues, Acculturation, Assassination, Names, Puerto Rico or Puerto Ricans Locales: United States, New Jersey, North America, Paterson, New Jersey The Story
Created on Wed Feb 20 10:26:54 EST 2013 (updated Wed Feb 20 10:28:05 EST 2013)

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