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The Scarlet IbisBy James Hurst

• The narrator is Doodles older brother. Doodle is
  a child with physical disabilities and severe
  health problems. Predict how the relationship
  between the brothers might affect the story.
• At times I was mean to Doodle. One day I took
  him up to the barn loft and showed him his
  casket, telling him how we all believed he would
  die (Hurst 557).

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The Scarlet IbisVocabulary and Literary
Terms

• Define each term using a circle map.
• Dynamic character
• Static character
• Imminent
• Iridescent
• Infallibility
• Precariously

• Guiding Question-How would you define this word?
• Frame of Reference-How do you know this
  definition?