Sociopath : a person with a personality disorder
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Psycopath : A person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal
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Telepath : a person with ability to communicate telepathy
VOCABULARY
1 “…Rolihlahla literally means “pulling the branch of a tree,” but its colloquial meaning more accurately would be “troublemaker.” (Mandela, Pg.20)
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What is the actual definition?
used in ordinary or familiar conversation
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2. “…It is a beautiful country of rolling hills, fertile valleys, and a thousand rivers and streams, which keep the landscape green even in winter” (Mandela, Pg.20)
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What is the actual definition?
producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops
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yes
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Productive
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Abundant
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Lush
3 “…Although the role of chief was a venerable and esteemed one, it had, even seventy-five years ago, become debased by the control of an unsympathetic white government.” (Mandela, Pg.20)
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What is the actual definition?
accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character
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yes
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bad, discreditable, disgraceful
4 “When the magistrate received my father’s response, he promptly charged him with insubordination.”
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defiance of authority; refusal to obey orders
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yes
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Calm
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Harmony
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Peace
5. “One day one of my father’s subjects lodged a complaint against him involving an ox that had strayed from its owner.” (Mandela, Pg.20)
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move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place
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yes
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Lost
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Absent
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Disappeared
6. “Troops of sanitary workers in white uniforms hosed down the city streets.” (Jacobs, Pg.14)
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relating to the conditions that affect hygiene and health, especially the supply of sewage facilities and clean drinking water
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infectious, miasmic, pathogenetic
7. “New York was a city under siege.” (Jacobs, Pg.14)
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a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside
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yes
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Aid
Assist
8. “Street cleaners worked overtime to collect garbage and cleanse tenement halls and stairwells.” (Jacobs, Pg.15)
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What is the actual definition? a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
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9. “When the fever broke, he appeared to be recovering—a deceitful interlude as poliovirus left the bloodstream and invaded the nervous system.” (Jacobs, Pg.15)
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guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others
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yes
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Actual
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Genuine
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Honest
10. “Poliomyelitis seemed to have a predilection for striking infants and toddlers.” (Jacobs, Pg.15)
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What is the actual definition?
a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something
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SCREAM MOVIE RHETORIC
Murder is everwhere. And you cannot escape murder. And so you gotta be careful to yourself and others. The situation is in the city, also school life. These days, people can blackmail you easily. In the scream movie they used, unknown cellular phone number. Which most people can buy a private number. I personally had got called by an unknown cellular. Which is scary, people can get your phone number anywhere. phone number is a privacy thing to give, only your closet friends and family can have it. The purpose of this is, we need to be careful for people who got blackmailed. We need to be sure, and don’t ever panic. If you are panic, it will go worse. The audience is the society. For whoever who has phones. Mostly all the part of society. I also do have the relationship to the society because myself is the part of it. And I need to be careful.