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| extended metaphor | (noun) – a comparison that is made or implied throughout an entire piece of literature (e.g. In Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son,” he compares a staircase and various parts of life throughout the entire poem, so this comparison would be called an extended metaphor) |
| vacant | (adj.) (page 24) – empty, unoccupied, deserted |
| activist | (noun) (page 28 for an example of something an activist might do) – a person who uses their voice and actions to protest a cause, usually a political cause |
| genesis | (noun) (page 24) – 1. an origin, creation, or beginning; 2. Genesis – The first book in the Bible that tells the story of Creation, Adam and Eve, and the Garden of Eden |
| paradise | (noun) (page 29) – 1. a place of perfection, pure delight, bliss, happiness; 2. Paradise – heaven |
| haphazard | (adj.) (page 61) – characterized by a lack of order or planning; in a state of disarray |
| refuge | (noun) (page 64) – a place of safety, protection, or shelter |
| exploit | (noun) or (verb) (used as a noun on page 79) – 1. (noun): a notable feat or deed, often a heroic 2. (verb): to take advantage of (a person, a situation, etc.), especially unjustly and for one’s own gain |
| seedfolks | (noun) (page 83) – a slang term for an older generation of people in your family who first moved to a particular area and settled there |
| blight | (noun) or (verb) (used as a noun on page 54) – 1. (noun): decay, total destruction or ruin 2. (verb) to destroy or ruin entirely |
| oblige | (verb) (page 60) – to require; to make necessary or obligatory |
