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Title: Perseverance: (noun)


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Perseverance (noun)
  • Definition
  • the quality that allows someone to continue
    trying to do something even though it is
    difficult

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Perseverance
Pronunciation
perseverance
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Perseverance
  • Related Forms
  • Adverb - perseveringly
  • Adjective - perseverant

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Perseverance
  • Synonyms
  • endurance
  • carry on
  • stamina
  • tenacity
  • ability

Antonyms
  • give up
  • quit
  • surrender
  • give in
  • submit

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Perseverance
One underlying theme in the book, The Lightning
Thief by Rick Riordan, is perseverance. In many
instances Percy has to be brave and self
sacrificing in order to be successful.
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Perseverance
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Perseverance
At the end of the book, A Long Walk to Water,
there is a letter from Salva that says Stay
calm when things are hard or not going right with
you. You will get through it when you persevere
instead of quitting. (page 117)
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Perseverance
Thanhha Lai's novel "Inside Out and Back Again"
is a story of one girl's year of change, dreams,
grief, perseverance, and healing as she journeys
from one country to another and one life to the
next.
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Perseverance

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believes that
perseverance is the will to hold on a little
longer when most would have given up a long time
ago.
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Put Perseverance into action 3rd Quarter
  • When something starts to bother you, wait
  • as long as you can before you express
  • frustration.
  • When something doesn't work right, try
  • again and again.
  • Don't lose your temper when something
  • upsets you.
  • Always finish what you start.
  • Keep working at something that is difficult
  • until you complete it.
  • Don't give up on difficult jobs or situations.
  • Work a little harder or a few minutes longer

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