Mr. Hawley - Burlington School Daily English Lessons

Monday - March 11, 2013 - Sorry for the late post. 

7th & 8th Grade Spelling and Lit terms:

Vocab week 8

Endemic – adjective (Ehn-dém-ick)

·         very common, prevalent

·         restricted to a particular field or location

Liable – Adjective (Ly-ah-ble)

·         obligated or required by law

·         responsible

·         Exposed or subject to some action

Libation – Noun (Lie-báy-shun)

·         An alcoholic drink

·         An act of pouring a drink as an offering for a sacrifice

Poignant – Adjective (Poy-nynt)

·         Deeply affecting the feelings

·         Touching or emotional

·         Designed to make an impression

Hyperbole – noun (Hi-Pér-Bole-ee)

·         Excessive or extravagant exaggeration

·         Really really really trying to prove a point

Spelling week 8

Intricate – detailed

Transatlantic – Across the ocean

Chastise – Scold

Succumb – Give in

Sufficiently – Enough

Authoritative – Convincing

Transience – Briefness

Contrivance – Artificial

Incoherently – Can’t understand

Perfectionism – Thoroughness

 

Literary Terms for the Week: 

7th Grade through Biography. 

8th grade through entire list. 

Assonance – The repition of vowel sounds in words that are close together. 

·         Opposite of alliteration

Atmosphere – The overall feeling of a work of literature.  The mood

Author – Writer

Autobiography – life story – written by yourself

Ballad – Song or poem set to music

Biography – Life story – written by others

Character – Person, or animal in a story.  Can even be objects – Rings in LOTR series

·         Static Character – Doesn’t change or grow

·         Dynamic Character – changes or grows as a result of events in the story 

·         Character’s motivation – Any force that drives the character to action

Characterization – The way a writer reveals the personality of a character

·         Direct characterization – Author tells us exactly what to think

·         Indirect characterization – Author implies and we have to put the pieces together

Chronological Order – First to last

Climax – High point of a story.  Most interesting

Comedy – A story that ends happily

Tragedy – A story that ends unhappily

 

7th Grade only:  Journal – Describe a time you had a blast with your friends and/or family.  Please use 5 spelling words from week 8 in your response. 

 

 

10th Grade: 

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

                do, did, done, Must, may, might,

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 are students.

Intransitive Verbs!!!

Communicates action that is complete in itself.  It does not need an object to receive the action . . . (Huh?  Don’t worry, I’ll explain)

The boy Flew down the street

He jumped and flipped and twisted

She screamed

Transitive Verbs! (Think about Direct Objects, Objects of a Prepostion, etc.)

Communicates action that is recieved by an object (Huh???)

The city council passed a strict noise ordinance.

The boy thought the punishment was excessive

The cat climbed up the fence