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* * * “Ribbons”by Laurence Yep Vocabulary Words… harassed (participle) - troubled, bothered laborious (Adjective) - hard; difficult exotic (Adjective) -foreign; strange in a fascinating way. exertion (noun) -hard work or effort exile (noun) -living away from one’s country, usually not by choice “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”by Walter Dean Meyers Vocabulary words… impromptu (Adjective) -unplanned; made or done without preparation tenatively (Adverb) -in an uncertain or hesitant way intently (Adverb) -with close attention brittle (Adjective) -having a sharp, hard quality. -easily damaged or destroyed; fragile; frail Brittle also means “lacking warmth, sensitivity, or compassion; aloof” ominous (Adjective) -threatening, seeming to indicate that something bad will happen octave (Noun) -eight whole notes “The Green Mamba” by Roald Dahl Vocabulary words… autobiography (Noun) -the biography of a person narrated by himself. veranda (Noun) - A usually roofed open gallery or portico attached to the exterior of a building malevolent (Adjective) -wishing to harm others * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *