Vocab week 10

Lit terms

·         Novella – A work longer than the standard short story, but shorter than a full novel. 

o   Spanish TV is mostly game shows, news, and “telenovelas”

§  Short 6-12 week shows with LOTS of Melodrama.

·         Oxymoron – a combination of contradictory terms

o   Jumbo shrimp, tough love

·         Paradox – A statement that seems contradictory to common sense, yet may in fact, be true.

o   The coach considered this  a good loss.

·         Parody – a form of literature that intentionally uses comic effect to mock a literary work or style.

o   Galaxy quest, Vampires suck, etc.

·         Pathetic fallacy – a form of personification giving human traits to nature

o   Cruel sea, howling wind, dancing raindrops, singing trees, etc.

Spelling words

1.  Dilemma –

2.  dilapidated – run down

3.  discrepancy – mismatch

4.  Dissatisfied – not happy

5.  dyeing – coloring

6.  effervescent – bubbly

7.  embarrass – shame

8.  eminent – very close, nearly here

9.  etiquette – proper manners

10.  foliage – leaves and plants

Grammar link

·         Transitive verbs – A verb that communicates action – something has to follow.

o   The city council passed the new ordinance

o   John blew his nose on his mom’s nice new towell.

o   The boy kicked his skateboard after wrecking for the 15^th time.

·         Intransitive verbs – a verb that is complete on its own.  Doesn’t need anything else to help out with meaning.

o   The boy  flew on his skateboard

o   He jumped and flipped and twisted.

Vocab week 9

vocab Week 9

Spelling words:

Contemptible – Disgust/disgrace/dispicable

Coolly – Without panic or haste

Corroborate – to agree on the facts

Counterfeit – fake

Curriculum -  school lessons

Debtor – Owes you money

Deferred – Put off till later

Deficit – shortfall/insufficient

Desirous – hoping for

Deteriorate – Break down

Lit Terms:  These have nothing to do with each other, so put them on separate lines.

1.  Hubris – Excessive pride.  In Greek literature (usually a tragedy, or sad play) hubris is often viewed as the flaw that leads to the downfall of the tragic hero. 

·         Example:  Achilles Heel.  Achilles was impossible to wound in battle, having been dipped in the river Styx as a baby.  But his heel was vulnerable because that’s where they held him when he was dipped in the river.   Because of this vulnerability, he (and his armies) eventually was defeated.

2.  Impressionism – The recording of events or situations as they have been impressed upon the mind. 

·         Example:  Sharing your childhood memories of winter.  The  soft snow, the biting wind, the frosty air, etc. 

o   “Where the Red Fern Grows” is another very good example of this.  You feel the boy’s aches, pains, joys, and triumphs right along with him as he works to buy and then hunts with his dogs.

3.  Local Color – the use of language and details that are common to a certain region of the country.  We’ve already learned a strong synonym for this word.  Can you remember it?

4.  Malapropism – A type of pun or play on words where two words become jumbled in the speaker’s mind. 

Example:  “Go take a shower” becomes “Go shake a tower.”  This is the kind of thing that happens in poor Mr. Hawley’s head all the time when he tries to speak too fast, and is the reason I often have to sart a stentecne over, I mean start a sentence over.

5.  Melodrama – Extreme  or exaggeerated form of acting.  Think soap operas.  “JOHN!  Your baby is my Uncle’s cousin’s nephew’s dog’s best friend, and I WON’T stand for it anymore!!!” 

·         Playmill Theater in West Yellowstone puts on Melodramas (exaggerated plays) every summer that are extremely hilarious.  I strongly encourage you all to go to one some summer with your family!!!!!

Journal – Write an impressionistic piece about when you learned to ride a bike, skateboard, roller skates, etc.  Try to bring back all the details for others to feel, see, hear, and otherwise experience in general.  

·         High School – 1 full page.

·         8^th grade – ¾ page

·         7^th grade – ½ page

·         Due Wednesday.

Vocab 8

Week 8

Figure of Speech – a literary device used to create a special effect or feeling by making some type of interesting or creative comparison

·         Antithesis – an opposition or contrast, of ideas

·         Hyperbole – Extreme exaggeration or overstatement

·         Metaphor – A comparison of two unlike things NOT using the words “like or as”

·         Metonymy – The substituting of one word for another

o   The White House (It’s really the President) has decided to create a new jobs program.

·         Personification – Describing an object with qualities of people.

o   She’s an ugly old brute, but she gets me there and back everyday.

Spelling 8:

Census – a count

Chimney – Smoke stack

Complexion – Facial health

Concurred – agreed with

Concurrent – happening at the same time

Condemn – To harshly criticize

Condescend – to lower yourself

Conscientious – Thoughtful

Consensus – Agreement among all

Consignment – Shipment or load

Auxiliary Verbs!!! There are ALWAYS two of them!!!!!

Just a fancy way of saying “Helping verbs”  These are used to form some of the tenses, the mood, and the voice of the main verb.

                Am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had, be, been, being

                Will, would, can, could, shall, should

                Must, may, might, do, did, done

Linking Verbs!

NOT used the same as helping (auxiliary) verbs, but can use the same words.  Linking verbs link the subject to a noun or an adjective in the main part of the sentence.

·         Is, are, was, were, be, been, am, smell, seem, grow, become, appear, sound, taste, feel, remain, stay, look, turn, get

o   I am happy.

o   They need to grow up.