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Unit 1
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English
10th Grade
12/08/2014

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Term
origin myth
Definition
a traditional story that explains how life began.
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theme
Definition
a central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work
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Archetypes
Definition
symbols patterns or character types that repeat across cultures.
Term
The Great Tree
Definition
The tree that the wife saw uprooted in her dream
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Muskrat
Definition
She was able to grab a piece of the earth and bring it back to the turtles back
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The Swanns
Definition
They save the wife when she falls
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Mirage People
Definition
oversaw the first navajo wedding
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Atse Hastin/Atse Estan
Definition
First married couple
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Journals/histories/sermons
Definition
Puritan style writing
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Chacan
Definition
Dry root that Indians eat
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Cibola (Suni)
Definition
Spanish word for seven cities of gold
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Apostrophe
Definition
Example- huswifery
Term
"Hunger is the best pickle"
Definition
Ben Franklin. This is an example of an Apharism
Term
Gustavus Vassa
Definition
Olado Equiano
Term
"Moral Perfection"
Definition
Perfection of Mankind. This was wanted by Ben Franklin and our founding fathers.
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Broadsides
Definition
News. Billboards.
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John Locke
Definition
"Life Liberty and Property"
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"These are the times that try men's souls"
Definition
Thomas Paine
Term
John Winthrop
Definition
Governor that died in the Scarlet Letters
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