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Class Dictionary & Glossary


SPRING 2011

You will find here terms we used or defined in class that I could not easily place somewhere else on the website or could not easily be found in any of our class books.

For To Kill a Mockingbird dictionary click here

If we talked about a term in class that I have not mentioned here and you believe is worth mentioning, please let me know.



Terms you could find in a dictionary
boarding school a school where students live (not college) College Reading, "La Gringuita"
chaparone one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people College Reading, "La Gringuita"
     

 

 

 

 




Idioms & Phrasal Verbs
thrown into the deep end of the pool to be thrown into a situation for which you are not prepared and simply have to survive

College Reading, "La Gringuita"

 

rein in

to control

(rein (n) = strap used to control a horse)

College Reading, "La Gringuita"
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






Reading Skills

theme the lesson learned or the change in the main character ; should never be confused with the plot or the storyline of a book; theme can be described in one word or one phrase, for example, ambition or "no pain, no gain"  
 

 

 


Laurie Miller
Email:llmiller@gmu.edu
Last Update: February 2011