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  • A category or type of literature (or art, music,etc.) characterized by a particular form, style, or content.
    Genre
  • The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
    Gravity
  • Having the same value
    Equivalent
  • A symbol used to represent a quantity that can change
    Variable
  • A character or force in conflict with the main character.
    Antagonist
  • A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.
    Exponent
  • The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
    Civil Rights
  • Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
    Figurative Language
  • A particular system of faith and worship
    Religion
  • The branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption and transfer of wealth
    Economics
  • A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
    Community
  • A group of atoms bonded together
    Molecules
  • A measure of the amount of matter in an object
    Mass
  • A quantity to be divided
    Dividend
  • A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
    Inference
  • Evidence from the text that support your ideas/answers
    Text Evidence
  • An amount
    Quantity
  • A fraction in which the numerator is greater or equal to the denominator
    Improper Fraction
  • Main character of a story
    Protagonist
  • The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group
    Culture
  • The set of whole numbers and their opposites
    Integers
  • The stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced
    Civilization
  • The natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity.
    Environment
  • Is used as a direct/indirect object in a sentence; example: Rebecca gave ME a gift.
    Object Pronoun
  • Power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines.
    Energy
  • Used as the subject or as part of the subject of a sentence (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
    Subject Pronoun
  • A small portion of matter
    Particles
  • A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
    Constitution
  • Sequence of events in a story
    Plot
  • The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
    Biodiversity
  • The dependence of two or more organisms on each other
    Interdependence
  • A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem
    Algorithm