Glossaries

Find glossaries and word banks from around Knowitall.

Find glossaries and word banks from around Knowitall.

Gullah Glossary | GullahNet
Gullah Glossary | GullahNet

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benne wafer (ben.ne wa.fer) n. - a cookie made with sesame seeds and eaten for good luck; introduced by slaves from West Africa. / cast (cast) v. - to throw or fling. chaff (chaff) n. - lightweight...
Civil Rights Glossary  | Road Trip!
Civil Rights Glossary | Road Trip!

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CIVIL RIGHTS - The rights of individuals to be free from unfair or unequal treatment (discrimination) in a number of settings, when that negative treatment is based on the individual's race, gender...
Music Word Bank | Artopia
Music Word Bank | Artopia

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pitch – the highness or lowness of a tone rhythm –a pattern of long and short sounds and silences in music improvisation – composing music as it is being performed tempo – the speed or pace of a piece...
Media Arts: Film and TV Word Bank | Artopia
Media Arts: Film and TV Word Bank | Artopia

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composition – the arrangement of the elements (subject and other objects) in a scene or photograph contrast – the range of difference between highlights and shadow areas in an image focus – the clear...
Media Arts Word Bank | Artopia
Media Arts Word Bank | Artopia

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line – a long thin continuous mark or stroke color – a component of light, the sensation of primary and secondary hues, tints, and shades as created by light and pigments, reflecting or absorbing...
Media Arts: Photography Word Bank | Artopia
Media Arts: Photography Word Bank | Artopia

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composition – the arrangement of the elements (subject and other objects) in a scene or photograph contrast – the range of difference between highlights and shadow areas in an image focus – the clear...
Dance Word Bank | Artopia
Dance Word Bank | Artopia

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space – where the body is moving body – what the body is doing time – how the body moves in relation to time dynamics – how the body is moving relationship – with whom or what the body is moving motif...
Revolutionary War Names | Southern Campaign

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Americans opposed to the British were known as “patriots,” “Whigs” “rebels,” or “partisans.” Americans on the British side were called “loyalists,” “royalists,” “Tories,” “the King’s men,” or “Crown...
Holocaust Glossary | Holocaust Forum
Holocaust Glossary | Holocaust Forum

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Learn key terms from the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism. Acts or feelings against Jews; takes the form of prejudice, dislike, fear, discrimination, and persecution. Aryan. A term used by the Nazis to mean a...