Transcript The Contender by Robert Lipsyte Vocabulary and Literary Terms

The Contender
by Robert Lipsyte
Vocabulary and
Literary Terms
contend
•To strive against
difficulty; struggle
contender
•One who
competes
ghetto
• A section of a city occupied
by a minority group who
live there especially
because of social,
economic, or legal
pressure.
transistor radio
marquee
• A rooflike
structure,
often with a
signboard,
projecting
over an
entrance
spar
• To fight with an opponent
in a short bout or
practice session, as in
boxing.
sheepish
•Embarrassed
because you did
something wrong
linoleum
• a floor covering
• Originally a
• trademark
wino
•A poor alcoholic
with no home
Boardwalk
• A walkway, especially of planks, along a
beach or waterfront.
jab
•To punch (someone)
with short punches
catcall
• A harsh word, phrase, or
whistle expressing
disapproval or making
fun of someone.
knead
•To squeeze, press, or
roll with the hands, as
in massaging
whimper
• To cry or sob with soft
sounds; whine
• To complain
canvas
• The floor of a ring in which
boxing or wrestling takes place
clinch
• To hold a boxing
opponent's body with
one or both arms to keep
him/her from punching
probation
• A period in which a
person's fitness, as for
membership in a social
group, is tested
narcotic
• An addictive drug, such
as heroin, that reduces
pain, alters mood and
behavior, and brings on
sleep
addict
•One who is addicted,
as to narcotics
emblem
•An object or a
representation that
functions as a symbol
unanimous
•complete agreement
shallow
•Lacking depth of
intellect, emotion, or
knowledge
Literary Terms
Plot
•Sequence of events
Setting
•Time and place of a
novel
Irony
•The outcome is not
what is expected
Narrator
•Person telling the
story
Conflict
• Struggle between opposing
forces in a novel
• Conflict can be between two
people or a character can
be in conflict with
him/herself.
Foreshadowing
•The author’s use of
hints to show the
reader what events
will follow
Theme
• Main idea; central
message in a novel