Unit 3: Week 5 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. radical
    markedly new or introducing extreme change
    Many consider Wright to be the greatest architect of the twentieth century, and his Prairie Style jewel, the home built for Frederick C. Robie, to be a house that radically changed the domestic architecture of the United States.
  7. embody
    represent in physical form
    Many believe that the house embodies his unique spirit and vision in a timeless form.
  8. indivisible
    impossible to split into parts
    A house like that needs light and air, and is one indivisible piece—the idea of carving up the structure and preserving chunks of it in museums!
  9. revolutionary
    markedly new or introducing radical change
    Things that are normal to us now were revolutionary then, like rooms that flowed into each other; living space that moved easily between inside and outside; a hidden front entrance; deep, overhanging eaves; an attached three-car garage.
  10. ironic
    displaying incongruity between what is expected and what is
    “I wish we could, but they haven’t allowed visitors inside for more than a year, and no family has lived there since 1926. This is deeply ironic, of course, since the house was built for children.”
  11. realistic
    representing what is; not abstract or ideal
    Realistic fiction tells believable stories to entertain readers.
  12. theme
    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary work
    Theme is the main idea or central meaning of a fictional text. A theme is not usually stated in a text. Instead, readers consider several factors and ask themselves, “What does it all mean?”
  13. character
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction
    The characters’ actions and goals can help readers determine theme.
  14. plot
    the story that is told, as in a novel, play, movie, etc.
    The plot also helps develop a text’s theme.
  15. adverb
    a word that modifies something other than a noun
    Adverbs tell where, when, or how an action happens.
  16. conjunctive
    serving or tending to connect
    A conjunctive adverb shows a relationship between ideas within a sentence.
  17. prediction
    a statement made about the future
    Before you read, make predictions about themes in the text based on the text features and genre.
  18. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
    While reading, readers make inferences, or figure out information that is not stated directly in the text.
  19. confirm
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
    After reading, go back to the text to confirm, or make sure, that your predictions were correct.
  20. part of speech
    a class of words distinguished by its function in a sentence
    Parts of speech are categories of words.
  21. noun
    a content word referring to a person, place, thing or action
    Nouns name a person, place, thing, idea, or feeling.
  22. verb
    a word denoting an action, occurrence, or state of existence
    Verbs can show action, either physical or mental.
  23. adjective
    the word class that qualifies nouns
    Adjectives describe people, places, things, ideas, or feelings.
  24. syllable
    a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
    A syllable is a word part that contains a single vowel sound. Words with
    multiple syllables contain different syllable patterns.
Created on Wed Oct 14 09:48:25 EDT 2020 (updated Thu Oct 15 11:01:05 EDT 2020)

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