A5A Set 2
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Academy110 on April 3, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Foreshadowing | Writer's Use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur later in the story |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | Lived from 1473 to 1543 Gave people Comeuppance Founder of Modern Astronomy, Believed Earth and other planets orbit sun |
| Comeuppance | What people deserve |
| Wage Slavery | Long repetetive simple jobs and workers doing them were easily replaced |
| Soldier Life | Long Boring hours against belief of common short battles. Soldiers gambled with cards or dice bet on horse races or had paper boat races and also invented Baseball |
| April 12, 1861 | The day Fort Sumter was attacked by confederate forces after the south declared all forts and ports in its territory were confederate property |
| Public (rural) Schooling | in the beginning of public school system teachers had small salaries from taxes or parents. Some hated school tax while others though parents should control what children learn. They wanted more to emphasize bible learning |
| Arrogant | Adjective Self important, haughty |
| Authorative | Adjective Official, having an air of authority |
| Hyprocrite | Noun One who professes beliefs, feelings, or virtues he or she does not hold |
| Inevitability | Adverb Unavoidably |
| Strident | Adjective Harsh |
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