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Chapter XXXVIII
THE RECKONING So it was war. We drew apart into hostile camps. By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union. There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond. As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We drew apart into hostile camps.”
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond.
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From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond.
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From this reading We drew apart into hostile camps.
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From this reading There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
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From this reading We drew apart into hostile camps.
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From this reading There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond.
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From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
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From this reading There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We drew apart into hostile camps.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond.
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From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
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From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
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From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
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From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
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From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
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From this reading There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
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From this reading We drew apart into hostile camps.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We drew apart into hostile camps.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE RECKONING So it was war.
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From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
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From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
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From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
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From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
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From this reading There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond.
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From this reading THE RECKONING So it was war.
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From this reading There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond.
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From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE RECKONING So it was war.
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From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
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From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RECKONING So it was war.
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From this reading There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond.
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From this reading There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond.
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From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
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From this reading THE RECKONING So it was war.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE RECKONING So it was war.
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From this reading There arose two capitals, each claiming a government, each planning war: Washington and Richmond.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We drew apart into hostile camps.
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From this reading As for me, I had seen the flag on our far frontiers, in wide, free lands.
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From this reading By midwinter South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, had withdrawn from the Union.
