Unit 1: Genre Study 2 – Realistic Fiction

This list covers Little Blog on the Prairie and "The Writing on the Wall."
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  1. threshold
    the entrance for passing through a room or building
    "Don't go out to explore yet," Mom called before Gavin crossed the threshold.
  2. phobic
    suffering from irrational fears
    "You can't all be phobic. Farm kids need to be tough, and you two are farm kids now. Those chickens are more afraid of you than you are of them."
  3. glimmer
    a flash of light
    I would have stepped into the yard and asked her what she was giving them, but when she looked up, there was a glimmer of something in her eyes that made me afraid to talk to her.
  4. sarcastic
    expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
    He had a kind of sarcastic expression on his face.
  5. consolation
    the comfort you feel when soothed in times of disappointment
    My one consolation is that last night Gavin got a mosquito bite on his eyelid, and it's swollen so bad he can't open that eye.
  6. heinous
    extremely wicked or deeply criminal
    I was able to text again when it was my turn to fetch water, and that's how it went over the next few days—heinous chores, stolen moments to text, lots of singing and calling out to bears who may or may not have been listening.
  7. perception
    a way of conceiving something
    My perception of the city was that it was loud and crowded and kind of unfriendly.
  8. indispensable
    essential
    What I learned that summer in New York was indispensable to me, for now I know that inspiration is different for everyone.
  9. realistic
    representing what is; not abstract or ideal
  10. personal
    concerning an individual or his or her private life
Created on Wed Nov 18 16:07:29 EST 2020 (updated Tue Nov 24 17:33:42 EST 2020)

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