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Vocabulary Word: narrative writing
Definition: writing that entertains (tells a story)
Root: narrate (to tell)narration (re-telling)
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Vocabulary Word: archetypeDefinition:
Is a character, symbol, story pattern, or other element that is common
across cultures and that occurs frequently in literature.
Synonyms:Common impression or belief
Graphic Representation:Examples: damsel in distress; mad scientist; the wise old man; the hero; ill-
fated or star-crossed lovers (Romeo and Juliet)
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Vocabulary Word: stereotypeDefinition:
Commonly held belief about a particular group of individuals
Synonyms:judgments; labelsGeneralizations
Examples:gender stereotypes
age stereotypesracial/ethnic stereotypes
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Vocabulary Word: imageryDefinition:
Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures in a
reader’s mind
Synonyms:Mental image
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Vocabulary Word: detailsDefinition:
Words that describe a character, setting, or event
Synonyms: Specifics, fine points,
technicalities
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Vocabulary Word: ContextDefinition:
the circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or
situation
Synonyms:background
situationsurroundings
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Vocabulary Word: settingDefinition:
Time and place in which a narrative occurs
Examples:England 1506
NYC 2004
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Vocabulary Word: point of view Definition:
The perspective from which a story is told
First person: story told from character’s own perspective
Third person: story is told by a narrator
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Vocabulary Word: conflictDefinition:
A struggle between opposing forces, either internal or external
Common Examples:man vs. selfman vs. man
man vs. societyman vs. nature
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Warm up 9/12/14
Write four sentences using four different vocabulary words from your VCNB and/or Word Wall. • Use context clues to show me you
know the meaning of the words.• Use a minimum of 3 different
coordinating conjunctions throughout your sentences.
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Vocabulary Word: technique Definition:
A way of carrying out a particular task
Synonyms: approach, manner, mode
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Vocabulary Word: visual technique
Definition: Ways images can be used to convey
narration
Types of visual techniques:framing, angles, point of view, and
lighting
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Vocabulary Word: moodDefinition:
the overall emotion, which is created by the author’s language and tone
and the subject matter
Synonyms:feeling,Emotionattitude
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Vocabulary Word: protagonistDefinition:
the leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel,
or other fictional text
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Vocabulary Word: plotDefinition:
the sequence of related events that make up a story
Five main elements:Exposition, rising action, climax,
falling action, resolution
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Vocabulary Word: pacingDefinition:
A narrative technique that refers to the amount of time a writer gives to
describing each event and the amount of time a writer takes to
develop each stage in the plot
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Vocabulary Word: epicDefinition:
a long narrative about the deeds of heroes or gods
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Vocabulary Word: conciseDefinition:
to be brief and to the pointSynonyms:
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Vocabulary Word: ToneDefinition:
a writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward the subject
Synonyms:Attitude, feeling, mood
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Vocabulary Word: DictionDefinition:
refers to the writer’s choice of words & use of language
Synonyms:Vocabulary, writing style, word
choice
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Vocabulary Word: ConnotationDefinition:
the emotional or imaginative meaning of a word or words
Synonyms:meaning, association
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A stubborn person may be described as being either strong-willed or pig-headed. Although these have the same literal meaning (i.e. stubborn),
• strong-willed suggests admiration for the level of someone's will , while
• pig-headed suggests frustration in dealing with someone .
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Vocabulary Word: DenotationDefinition:
the direct or dictionary definition of a word or words
Synonyms:Definition, literal meaning
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Vocabulary Word: nuanceDefinition:
A subtle difference or distinction in meaning
Synonyms:variation
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DOVE
denotation:
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DOVE
denotation: a small, white bird
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DOVE
denotation: a small, white bird
connotation: peace
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HOME
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HOME
denotation: a building where you live
connotation:
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HOME
denotation: a building where you live
connotation: a place of warmth& comfort
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SUNSHINE
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SUNSHINE
denotation: the sun’s rays
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SUNSHINE
denotation: the sun’s rays
connotation: cheerfulness & happiness & warmth
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RAT
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RAT
denotation: a rodent, larger than a mouse
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RAT
denotation: a rodent, larger than a mouse
connotation: disgusting, dirty, sneaky, etc.
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Negative Positive Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Negative Positive Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Challenging
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Negative Positive Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ChallengingCheap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Negative Positive Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ChallengingCheap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inexpensive
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Negative Positive Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ChallengingCheap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . InexpensiveStubborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Negative Positive Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ChallengingCheap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . InexpensiveStubborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Determined
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Negative Positive Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ChallengingCheap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . InexpensiveStubborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeterminedPicky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Negative Positive Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ChallengingCheap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . InexpensiveStubborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeterminedPicky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Particular
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Negative Positive Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ChallengingCheap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . InexpensiveStubborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeterminedPicky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ParticularLoud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Negative Positive Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ChallengingCheap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . InexpensiveStubborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DeterminedPicky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ParticularLoud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outspoken
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Vocabulary Word: definition essay
Definition: a type of expository writing that explains, or defines, what a topic
means
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Vocabulary Word: functionDefinition: Synonyms:
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Vocabulary Word: negationDefinition: Synonyms:
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Vocabulary Word: allegoryDefinition:
Allegory is an extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, & actions in a narrative have meanings outside
the narrative itself
Synonyms:Extended metaphor
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Vocabulary Word: oxymoronDefinition:
A figure of speech in which the words contradict each other
Examples:Jumbo shrimpFriendly fireCold sweat
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Vocabulary Word: rhyme schemeDefinition:
A consistent pattern of rhyming words at line endings throughout a
poem
Example:There once was a big brown cat a That liked to eat a lot of mice. b He got all round and fat a Because they tasted so nice. b
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Vocabulary Word: free verse
Definition: Poetry without a fixed pattern of
meter and rhyme
Example:Heroes Aresometimes
courageous collaborators,sometimes
originators of opportunities,sometimes
champions of coincidence or circumstance.
Sometimesheroes act through intelligence
and at other timesthrough ignorance.
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Vocabulary Word: formal styleDefinition:
school or academic writing that shows care and appropriate language
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Vocabulary Word: informal styleDefinition:
less formal language used in texting or conversation
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Vocabulary Word: coherenceDefinition:
the clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay
Roots and Affixes:Coherence contains the Latin root –
her-, meaning “to stick” and the prefix co- meaning “together.”
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