| A | B |
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| historical fiction | The events and many of the characters are factual and the author has added a story to the real events. |
| sensory details | descriptive words that help us understand what the characters may have seen, heard, felt, tasted, and smelled |
| primary sources | journals and letters written by a person who was at the event |
| Page | a servant who also learns about his master's job |
| prophesy | a prediction of something that will happen in the future |
| prophet | a person who makes prophesies |
| pawnshop | a business where people can sell things when they need money. |
| blight | when all the food crops fail |
| setting | where and when the story takes place |
| challenges | activities or events that you have to work to overcome |
| fleet | a group of ships that are sailing together |
| gallows | a tall wood frame that has ropes tied to it, where a person would be hung to die for a crime |
| commoner | in colonial times it was a person that did not have a lot of money or status |
| orphanage | a place where children lived long ago if all their relatives had died |
| expedition | a group of persons taking a journey to a new place |
| summarize | a short description of the main points |
| infer | to make a guess from the hints that are given |
| discontent | not, or the opposite of, happy |
| slothfulness | describing a person who is acting in a very lazy, slow way |
| 'tween deck | a deck between the upper and lower decks |
