The Way to Rainy Mountain

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The Way to Rainy Mountain

• By M. Scott Momaday

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Words to Know The Way to Rainy Mountain

• Engender
• Part of Speech Verb
• Definition to produce bring about
• Usage Could refer to offspring or simply a
  situation
• Sentence His smiles and handshakes engendered a
  good feeling among all of us.
• Sentence According to the Bible, Adam and Eve
  engendered the entire human race

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• Inherently
• Part of Speech Adverb
• Definition essentially
• Usage Refers to being an essential part of
  something the basic characteristics
• Sentence He is inherently a good person, but
  sometimes he can be mean.
• Risk is inherently a part of buying and selling
  stocks and bonds

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• Linear
• Part of Speech Adjective
• Definition resembling or arranged in a line
• Usage Commonly used in geometry, but also can
  refer to anything in a straight fashion
• Sentence The streets in some neighborhoods are
  curvy, but ours are linear.
• Two lines that never touch must be truly linear.

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• Luxuriant
• Part of Speech Adjective
• Definition characterized by abundant growth
• Usage Generally refers to plant life that is
  plentiful, but can also refer to things that grow
  or increase
• Sentence My yard is luxuriant with all of its
  bushes, plants, and trees.
• Her head was covered with a luxuriant display of
  bright red hair that grew to her waist

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• Nomadic
• Part of Speech Adjective
• Definition without a fixed home wandering
• Usage Typically refers to people, especially
  natives, but can also describe things that roam
• Sentence The natives were nomadic because they
  had to follow the food source.
• Teachers who do not have their own room have to
  travel from room to room in a nomadic way.

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• Opaque
• Part of Speech Adjective
• Definition not allowing light to pass through
• Usage Often involves a window or other normally
  transparent material that has been painted over
  or covered with something.
• Sentence My window is so dirty it has become
  virtually opaque.
• The opaque shades make the room completely dark.

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• Preeminently
• Part of Speech Adverb
• Definition above all most importantly
• Usage Describes when something is highly
  distinguished or outstanding
• Sentence For serious athletes, good diet and
  exercise is preeminently a matter of success.
• I am preeminently a man of my word, because I
  always follow through.

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• Profusion
• Part of Speech Noun
• Definition abundance lavishness
• Usage Can mean a large amount of something or an
  excessive quality
• Sentence The profusion of flowers coming from
  the magicians sleeve amazed us.
• He excitedly explained his story in a profusion
  of vivid and colorful words

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• Servitude
• Part of Speech Noun
• Definition the condition of one who is subject
  to a master lack of freedom
• Usage Generally used to describe the life of
  slaves, but can refer to work imposed as
  punishment
• Sentence A prisoner lives a life of servitude in
  jail.
• The old man was covered in marks of servitude,
  welts and bruises caused by an unkind master.

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• Unrelenting
• Part of Speech Adjective
• Definition not stopping or weakening
• Usage Often refers to strength or determination
  sometimes to an annoying quality
• Sentence The storm was unrelenting and caused
  more damage than any other hurricane.
• My mother is so unrelenting when it comes to her
  rules I never get away with anything.

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Story Telling Elements - Setting

• Setting the time and place in which the action
  occurs in a literary work
• Setting can be time, place, or situation
• Time time of day, time of year, decade, century
• Place Physical place house, city, country etc
• Situation Storm, Wedding, etc