Unit Prompt: Thoughtful acts can take many forms, such as unexpected help or even just a kind word. Explain how a thoughtful act can benefit those involved. Use specific details and examples in your response.

Unit 3 Vocabulary

1. Benign (adj) having no significant effect; harmless
2. Ceaseless (adj) never stopping; continual
3. Intolerant (adj) not able or willing to accept something, especially other people’s beliefs and opinions
4. Valid (adj) convincing; logical or reasonable
5. Turmoil (n) condition of great confusion or anger
6. Beacon (n) a light used to signal a warning or celebration
7. Deciphering (v) convert into normal language to better understand; trying to figure out a complicated thing
8. Barren (adj) empty; bare
9. Simile (n) a comparison that uses “like” or “as”

A famous simile example is ‘life is like a box of chocolate.’

10. Theme (n) the central message, concern, or purpose

The theme of A Retrieved Reformation is that love can inspire people to change.

11. Reflect (v) to cast back; to give back an image or likeness

12. Organize (v) to put in order

13. Journal (n) a brief account of daily events; diary

14. Identify (v) to recognize or establish as a particular person, place, or thing

15. Evidence (n) the material used to prove or disprove something; proof

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