Vocab 8 1 disruptive loss 2 adaptation 3

Vocab 8

1. disruptive loss 2. adaptation 3. generation gap 4. cultural gap 5. discrimination 6. resiliency 7. sense of identity 8. interrupt 9. dependency reversal 10. atrocities

6 th hour only 11. bibliographic information 12. diction 13. human vs. self 14. human vs. society 15. redundancy

1. disruptive loss: an event that happens that has the potential to change an individual.

2. adaptation: the process of changing to fit some purpose or situation

3. generation gap: differences between people of younger generations and their elders

4. cultural gap: any systematic difference between two cultures which hinders mutual understanding or relations

5. discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

6. resilient: able to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens :

7. sense of identity: the collection of all notions relating to who you perceive yourself to be.

8. interrupt: to cause (something) to stop happening for a time

9. dependency reversal: when parents come to rely on their children. (role reversal)

10. atrocity: a horrible act or situation

11. bibliographic information: All the information necessary to describe a publication. For a book, this is the author, title, place of publication, publisher, and year of publication

12. diction: The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

13. human vs. self: A conflict in which the protagonist struggles within himself or herself.

14. human vs. society: A conflict in which the protagonist is in conflict with the values of his or her society.

15. redundancy: The use of words or data that could be omitted without loss of meaning or function; repetition of information or words