A wiki is a collaborative writing tool, and in English 306 it will allow us to work together on defining a set of terms, concepts, and definitions. In this class, we'll use a wiki to define unfamiliar or interesting terms. As you do your reading for this class, you will no doubt come upon terms that are used in different ways for different reasons (rhetoric!). When this happens, you can create a wiki entry. Throughout this class, you will be required to write one wiki entry per week.

To add to our definitions, please click on the term below. First, tell us where you came across this term. Make sure to include the author, book, and page number. Then, write two to three complete sentences in which you derive the meaning of the term based on this context. What is the word's connotation? What did you learn about the word that you did not know before reading the word in this context? Do you buy this definition? Does it make sense to you?

1. Illegal

2. Immigrate

3. Emigrate

4. Legal Immigrant

5. Illegal Immigrant

6. Illegal Alien

7. Undocumented Worker

8. Refugee

9. Asylum

10. Sanctuary

11. La Migra

12. NAFTA

13. Maquiladoras

14. Aztlan

15. El Norte

16. La Frontera

17. Border Patrol

18. Coyote

19. Guias

20. Polleros