Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Anthology Vocabulary

This is our new vocabulary for the story, Sing to the Stars.
Key Vocabulary
Definition
Sentence
Boycott
(p.542)
A refusal to buy from a company
“That was the Montgomery Bus Boycott.  And the boycott worked.  We finally won- without fighting.”
Civil rights (movement)
(p.544)
Referring to the legal privileges every American citizen is guaranteed
“Dr. King became a great leader of the civil rights movement.”
Fare
(p.541)
The money a person must pay to travel, as on a bus or subway
“First, we’d get on at the front of the bus, pay our fare, and get off.”
Protest
(p.542)
To express strong feelings against something
“We wanted to protest her arrest and get the same rights that white people had.”
Stupendous
(p.547)
Amazing
“What you were a kid, did you ever do something really stupid that turned out to be stupendous instead.”

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