Unit 3: Week 4 Vocabulary

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  1. demonstrate
    give an exhibition of to an interested audience
  2. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  3. recall
    bring to mind
  4. appeal
    attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
  5. confide
    confer a trust upon
  6. vivid
    having striking color
    But
    along with his gapped teeth, his bow legs & his first name
    with an A at the end, he gave me the urge to create
    characters with meat on their bones, in flesh-colored tones
    written in words as vivid as a 64-colors box of crayons.
  7. retire
    stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
    I write, he drew. Daddy, thank you!
    & now that you’re
    retired...
    ...what do you want to be?
  8. tremble
    move quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
    Aunty’s brown hand
    trembles with age
    but her voice rings with laughter: Look!
  9. crinkle
    become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
    Aunty holds the photo up
    next to her crinkled cheek.
  10. melodic
    containing or characterized by a pleasing tune or sound
    Brown.
    Spruce brown.
    Rich, melodic spruce brown.
  11. poetry
    literature in metrical form
    Poetry, also called verse, is a form of literature that may feature sound devices.
  12. verse
    literature in metrical form
    Poetry, also called verse, is a form of literature that may feature sound devices.
  13. imagination
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
    Poetry often features
    •Content focused on imagination, ideas, images, and emotions
  14. idea
    a personal view
    Poetry often features
    •Content focused on imagination, ideas, images, and emotions
  15. image
    a mental representation
    Poetry often features
    •Content focused on imagination, ideas, images, and emotions
  16. emotion
    any strong feeling
    Poetry often features
    •Content focused on imagination, ideas, images, and emotions
  17. rhythm
    alternation of stressed and unstressed elements in speech
    Rhythm, a regular or varied pattern of sounds
  18. rhyme
    correspondence in the final sounds of two or more lines
    Rhyme, two or more words with the same ending sound
  19. repetition
    the continued use of the same word or word pattern
    Repetition, use of sounds, words, thoughts, or sentences over and over again
  20. onomatopoeia
    using words that imitate the sound they denote
    Onomatopoeia, words that sound like their meaning
  21. reflexive pronoun
    a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
    Reflexive pronouns reflect the action of the verb back on the subject. Reflexive pronouns end in -self or -selves.
  22. simile
    a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things
    Similes compare unlike things using like or as.
  23. imagery
    the use of vivid sensory language in literature
    Imagery uses words that appeal to the senses to create strong descriptions.
  24. figurative
    not literal
    Figurative language gives words meanings beyond literal definitions.
  25. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
    An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from definitions alone.
  26. mood
    a characteristic state of feeling
    Writers often use sound devices and figurative language to help create an atmosphere or a feeling in a piece of writing. This atmosphere is called mood.
  27. suffix
    a linguistic element that is added at the end of the word
    Suffixes are groups of letters added to a base word to change its meaning.
  28. famous
    widely known and esteemed
    She says she could never have the same opportunity in Hollywood, but in Mexico she dresses all the most famous stars.
  29. courteous
    characterized by politeness and gracious good manners
  30. envious
    painfully desirous of another's advantages
  31. poisonous
    having the qualities of a substance that causes death
  32. context
    discourse that surrounds and helps explain a word or passage
    Context clues are words and phrases around an unfamiliar word that help readers understand the word.
Created on Wed Oct 14 09:47:11 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Oct 15 11:07:12 EDT 2020)

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