Monday, April 30, 2012

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 15th 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.

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