The Giver Review-JM
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jmarszalek on February 22, 2012
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Use these flashcards to review before the unit test on The Giver.
Classes:
Advanced Content Reading, Mrs Marszalek
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Jonas | became the new receiver of memory |
| The Giver | the most important member of the Community |
| Lily | Jonas's younger sister |
| Jonas's Mother | worked for the Department of Justice as a judge |
| Fiona | Jonas's friend who was assigned to be a caretaker of the Old |
| Asher | Jonas's friend who was assigned to be the Assistant Director of Recreation |
| Roberto | one of the Old who was released |
| Jonas's Father | worked in the Nurturing Center as a Nurturer for newchildren |
| Committee of Elders | leaders of the Community |
| Rosemary | the Giver's daughter who chose Release rather than receiving memories |
| Benjamin | person who devised equipment for the Rehabilitation Center |
| Chief Elder | person in charge of Ceremonies |
| Caleb | child who drowned in the river |
| Ceremony of Ones | receive their name and their family |
| Ceremony of Threes | begin precision of language and dream telling |
| Ceremony of Fours | receive jacket with back buttons |
| Ceremony of Sevens | receive jacket with front buttons |
| Ceremony of Eights | receive jacket with pockets and start volunteer hours |
| Ceremony of Nines | receive bicycles |
| Ceremony of Tens | receive haircuts |
| Ceremony of Elevens | receive calculators, boys-trousers, and girls-undergarments |
| Ceremony of Twelves | receive assignments or job |
| condemn | to say something is wrong |
| phenomenon | a rare event |
| warfare | military fighting between enemies |
| astonished | amazed or surprised |
| predictable | being able to figure out what someone is going to do by what they have done in the past |
| anguish | extreme pain of the body or mind |
| isolation | to be separate from others |
| assuage | to make easier to handle |
| dejected | gloomy and feeling sad |
| ordinary | the regular course of things |
| admonition | a gentle criticism |
| exuberant | a feeling of great joy and excitement |
| inconsiderate | careless of the rights or feelings of others |
| climate | weather conditions in a certain region |
| rage | extreme anger |
| insensitive | not caring about other people's feelings about something |
| aptitude | the ability to learn |
| reluctant | showing doubt |
| humiliation | loss of self-respect |
| jeering | making fun of someone or something |
| share feelings | the family did this at the end of each day |
| dream tellings | the family did this at the beginning of each day |
| kill | to release someone is to ______ them |
| stirrings | the adults took a pill every day to stop feelings or _____ |
| release | the only celebration for an individual is done for the Old before their _______ |
| childless adults | parents who have grown children |
| December | the month of the Ceremonies |
| spouse or child | adults must apply for |
| bicycles | method of transportation in the Community |
| sunburn | first memory of pain given to Jonas |
| rainbow | first memory of colors given to Jonas |
| 1 year | Jonas received memories for _______ |
| lie | Jonas could, but Community members were forbidden to |
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