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pigmentation

Pigmentation is the natural tint or color of any living thing. The black pigmentation on your dog's tongue is one clue that she may be part chow chow.

Use this fancy word to mean "color," especially when you're talking about plants or animals (including people). The bright green pigmentation of a tree on your block changes to deep orange by mid-October. And the pigmentation in your skin may be slightly darker than your brother's. The word pigmentation comes from pigment and the Latin pingere, "to color or paint," a root it shares with the English word paint.

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"How It Feels to Be Colored Me"

Zora Neale Hurston did not finish high school until her late 20s, and she was closing in on 40 by the time she graduated from Barnard College. Despite her struggles, she went on to success as a writer and anthropologist. Her upbeat spirit is evident in her personal essay. Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 5's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: The Harlem Renaissance, The New Negro, To Usward, Lift Every Voice and Sing, On 'From the Dark Tower' , How It Feels to Be Colored Me, Sweat, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Mother to Son, critical reviews

Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 4

This list covers “How It Feels to Be Colored Me,” "Sweat," and Book Review 4.

Lessons 9–10

Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 11, Unit 6, Lessons 9–10.

Vocabulary from Readings, Unit 5

This list covers "The Harlem Renaissance," Introduction to The New Negro, "To Usward," "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," "Sweat," and excerpt and review of Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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