Setting: The book, Whatever Happened to Megan Marie?, is set in the United States at Cascade High School. The time of this book is modern times.
Exposition:This book is talking about an American history teacher's student is missing. The teacher is so worried about the girl, Megan, because she is her best student.
Main characters: Main characters is Cathy and her student, Megan. Megan is a wonderful girl, she has good marks and has a good family. The teacher's name is Cathy, she is very young but she is a responsible teacher. Cathy loves teaching, and she is everybody's favorite teacher at the Cascade High school.The teacher is suspected for turning children against their parents.
The problem in this book is Megan Marie went missing and Cathy believes that Megan is alive. Cathy must find Megan because Megan's parents are sure Cathy taught some bad things to their daughter and they are going to sue the teacher. So Cathy and her boyfriend, Jeff, decide to find Megan and bring her back.
Rising actions:They get some information from Megan's neighbors. They get to know that Megan's father is violent towards his wife. Megan's mom would plead to Megan keep her mouth shut, she doesn't want to lose her things, Megan's mom's family is poor so they very need Megan's mom's money. Megan get trips, car, and great clothes from her father, she feels contradicted. Finally she can't stand her father, and she chooses to leave.
The climax is when Cathy and Jeff go to a new shelter to find Megan, they finally find her.Megan tells them, she wants to her father to change, but her father puts rebellious ideas in Cathy 's head.
The resolution is when Megan decides to go back and tell everyone the whole story. And she never goes back to her father's house.
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junior
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younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
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P5.Cathy was just a few year older than her junior student.
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"He joined the firm as a junior clerk, and finished up a director."
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responsible
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having an acceptable credit rating
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P15.It's sure good of you girls to spread your germs around to everyone else. Now that's responsible.
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He denied that he was responsible for the accident.
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annoyed
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troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
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P16. Cathy said, a little annoyed by his flippant attitude.
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He was quite, annoyed, and went off muttering threats under his breath.
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flippant
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showing inappropriate levity
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P16. Cathy said, a little annoyed by his flippant attitude.
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He encouraged her to speak her mind, to be flippant and daring.
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victim
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a person who is tricked or swindled
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P19.I'm afraid Megan Marie could be this victim of a crime
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The victim's skull had been stove in by a heavy instrument.
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Evil
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morally objectionable behavior
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P.26. She wants revenge on her mean, evil parents.
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Now this evil in Macbeth propels him to an act absolutely evil.
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kidnapped
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(of persons) seized and detained unlawfully, often for ransom
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P27. I think Megan was kidnapped.
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The parents went through a terrible ordeal when their child was kidnapped.
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muscular
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having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures
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P30. Mr.Kan was tall and muscular.
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He was tall, dark, athletic, straight, muscular.
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satisfaction
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the contentment you feel when you have done something right
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P.35. ''well, I didn't expect any satisfaction here.''
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He recounted with satisfaction the compliments paid to him.
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except
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prevent from being included or considered or accepted
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P.41. That would explain everything ---except the strange phone call Cathy had received from the squeaky-voiced girl.
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Also he masters Russian except English.
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speculation
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continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
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P.43. Her friends joined in the speculation.
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The speculation must be based upon sound scientific principles.
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especially
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in a special manner
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P.48.'' But isn't it true that you urge your student--especially the girls--to be more assertive?
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However, this trend does not ultimately serve user goals, especially in productivity applications.
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prominently
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in a prominent way
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P.52.A large framed photograph of Megan Marie was prominently displayed on an end table.
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It was curious to observe some faces which stood out prominently from among the group.
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opportunity
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a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
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P53 She's been undermining the authority of parents and encouraging rebellion among these kids.
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There is ample opportunity later in the process to tame a particularly extreme visual style.
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sobbing
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convulsive gasp made while weeping
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P64. She can't stop shaking and sobbing.
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The sobbing of that girl because of grieved news
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When I read page12, Megan was missing class. I thought of when I was in primary school, there was a boy, he was missing. When it was lunch time, he went home but in the afternoon he didn't come back. The teacher called his parents, they said the boy didn't go home. That afternoon his parents went to find him. He was just hiding in the woods. So I think Megan will come back soon, and she is a good student, she may just be having some trouble.
When I read page65, I thought of my father who is richer than my mom's family, and my mom's family needed money. my father always helps them, and my father never uses violence against my mom. Megan's mom's family is poor so Megan's mom needed her husband to help her family. Her husband often uses violence against her. I feel that is so unfair to Megan. She should live in a good family where she can feel safe.
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