PPT-Across Five Aprils

Ch 10 12 Vocabulary throes A hard or painful struggle amnesty A decision that a group of people will not be punished or that a group of prisoners will be allowed to go free Across Five Aprils. Ch. 1 – 3 . Vocabulary. imminence. The quality or condition of. s. omething about to occur. melancholy. sadness. oratory. The art of public speaking. tumult. A confused and excited situation or mental state. Ch. . 4 - 6. . Vocabulary. dissipate. To gradually disappear by becoming less strong; dissolve. Copperhead. A person in the northern states. w. ho sympathized with the south during the Civil War. pompous. Ch. . 7 - 9. . Vocabulary. desertion. To abandon . (a military post, for example) . in violation of one’s orders. hoard. To keep hidden or private. credence. Acceptance of a belief or claim as true. CHAPTER 1 . apathy: lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting. . amiable: friendly; sociable. CHAPTER 1 . apathy: lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting. . amiable: friendly; sociable. Irene Hunt.  is the author of many distinguished books for young people. Her first novel, . Across Five Aprils. , was a Newberry Honor Book and received a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. For her second novel, .