| A | B |
|---|
| on the lam | to run away |
| riding the rails | jumping on trains without a ticket, and riding in the empty cars |
| hopping a train | getting on a train when it is moving |
| cardboard jungle | a place where hobos go to hide out when they get off of trains |
| hobo | a homeless person who travels |
| "There are Hoovervilles all over the country" | Cardboard jungle communities that formed along the railroad |
| "everybody pitches in" | Figurative language that means everyone helps provide food or does work |
| KP duty | to work in the kitchen |
| orphanage | a home for children who have no family |
| hypnotized | focused so carefully on one thing that you can't see anything else |
| sequence of events | to put events in order they way they happened in time |
| fables | stories that teach a lesson |
| shantytown | an area outside of town with crude housing |
| taste | a sense; but also means what you like |
| devoured | ate really quickly |
| flashback | remembering something from the past |
| "ideas are like seeds" | Figurative langue that means if you nurture, love, and work hard on an idea it will grow into a business |
| racist | a person who discriminates against another because of their race |
| motivation | the reason for acting a certain way |
| Writing style | the voice or word choice of an author |
| What is the writing style of the author when he writes the paragraph on page 98 that starts with, "Out here in the country."? | sensory description |
