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.