Unit 1: Week 1 Vocabulary

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  1. insight
    clear or deep perception of a situation
  2. wander
    move about aimlessly or without any destination
  3. passage
    a way through which someone or something may go
  4. adventure
    a wild and exciting undertaking
  5. curious
    eager to investigate and learn or learn more
  6. citizen
    a native or naturalized member of a state
    The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prohibited Chinese laborers from sending for their families to join them in the United States. But merchants and U.S. citizens were allowed to do so.
  7. immigration
    the group of people coming to a country
    So each time a member of those groups returned to China for a visit, they often reported the birth of a son or two to the immigration authorities when they came back. The claim created immigration slots, which could be used to bring another Chinese to America.
  8. opportunity
    a possibility from a favorable combination of circumstances
    With the city’s birth records destroyed, some Chinese saw an opportunity. They claimed that they had been born in San Francisco and that they had a wife and so many sons in China.
  9. process
    deal with in a routine way
    When a “paper son” bought an identity, he also purchased a coaching book or notes that provided both the questions and answers that might be asked during immigration processing.
  10. admit
    allow to enter
    He received his Certificate of Identity, which stated he was admitted as the “son of a native.”
  11. informational
    relating to or conveying facts and knowledge
    Informational texts develop a main idea and support it with details.
  12. detail
    a single fact considered separately from the whole
    Informational texts develop a main idea and support it with details.
  13. simple sentence
    a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
    A simple sentence tells one complete idea. It has one independent clause,
    or a subject and a verb. A simple sentence begins with a capital letter and
    ends with an end punctuation mark.
  14. declarative
    relating to sentences that express simple statements
    Declarative tells something
    Ana plays soccer every Saturday.
  15. interrogative
    relating to sentences that ask a question
    Interrogative asks a question
    Are you playing soccer this Saturday?
  16. exclamatory
    (of a sentence) expressing strong emotion
    Exclamatory shows strong feeling
    I love soccer!
  17. imperative
    relating to verbs that express a command
    Imperative gives a command or makes a request
    Go to soccer practice on Saturday.
  18. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
    Use evidence to support your understanding.
  19. suffix
    a linguistic element that is added at the end of the word
    A suffix is a word part that can be added to the end of a base word. A suffix changes a word’s part of speech.
  20. narrator
    someone who tells a story
    The narrator is the author, the person the personal narrative is about.
  21. topic
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
    A topic is what the author is writing about.
  22. setting
    facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
    The setting is when and where the events happened.
  23. sequence
    a following of one thing after another in time
    Outline the sequence of events, or what happens and in what order.
  24. task
    a specific piece of work required to be done
    Task What are you being asked to do?
  25. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
    What is the purpose of your personal narrative: to inform, entertain,
    or persuade?
  26. audience
    the part of the general public interested in something
    Audience Who will read your personal narrative? What questions might your
    readers have? How do you want readers to react?
  27. brainstorm
    try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it
    One way to gather ideas is by brainstorming.
  28. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
    Context clues are words that surround an unfamiliar word and help you understand its meaning.
Created on Tue Oct 13 11:49:58 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Mar 29 09:15:11 EDT 2021)

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