Unit 1
Vocabulary: What does the word expound mean?
To explain in detail
Vocabulary: What is a promontory?
A geographical feature or a high point
Vocabulary: What does arduous mean?
Extremely difficult to achieve
Vocabulary: What is cuisine?
A method of cooking from a country or region
Vocabulary: What does diffidence mean?
A demonstration of timidity or a lacking of confidence
Reading Skill: What is an implicit meaning?
A message that is not clearly stated
Reading Skill: What is an explicit meaning?
A message that is directly stated
Reading Skill: How do you find a character's perspective?
By analyzing context clues given by the characters when they interact with their environment
Reading Skill: How do you make an inference?
By using what you know from the text in order to make a guess about what will happen
Reading Skill: What are context clues?
Clues that help a reader figure something out about a text
Writing Skill: What is Connotation?
The feeling a word gives you
Writing Skill: What is Denotation?
The literal meaning of the word
Writing Skill: What is foreshadowing?
When an author gives clues as to what will happen in the future of a text
Writing Skill: What is framing?
When an author presents exposition in a certain manner that places a story's plot in a structured manner
Writing Skill: What is flash forward?
When an author goes forward in time to give exposition as to what is going to happen
Application of a Reading Skill: Everyone turned to see that Emily finished her meal first which was unusual considering she was always a fussy eater.
What is the implicit meaning of Emily's meal?
That it was very good and she liked it
Application of a Reading Skill: Joe screamed when his favorite team had lost the match, not to mention the remote that flew half-way across the room.
Is this an example of explicit meaning?
No, it's not clearly stated that Joe was mad that his team lost, although it could be inferred
Application of a Reading Skill: The Sergeant spoke to the cadets, "do you see why I do these things to you? I don't do them because I want to make you feel bad, but rather that you will learn from this and be prepared for the difficult future that's ahead.
What can we infer about the perspective of the Sergeant?
He wanted to ensure the future success and survival of the cadets beneath him even though it didn't seem like it to the cadets
Application of a Reading Skill: The child curled beneath his blankets as the storm raged on outside and with each crack of thunder he contorted tighter and tighter.
What can we infer about the child?
The child is scared of the storm
Application of a Reading Skill: The soldiers began to encroach into the area of operations to extract their target in the dark.
What context clues help a reader find the meaning of the word "encroach?"
"began to" and "extract their target in the dark."
Application of a Writing Skill: I beseech my trust you, break it an I will surely repay the favor seven-fold.
What does the connotation of the words beseech and seven-fold do to the statement?
The words give the statement an extremely serious tone
Application of a Writing Skill: It's not normal for someone so ancient and decrepit to be so fast on his feet.
What does the denotation of the words ancient and decrepit do for the statement?
The words help convey the message that the old man is fast on his feet despite his old age and condition
Application of a Writing Skill: The Mysteries of Udolpho contain numerous elements that progress and give hints as to the further suffering of the characters in the story, as well as their subsequent actions. What is this called?
Foreshadowing
Application of a Writing Skill: Marry Shelly uses letters in her novel Frankenstein in order to organize the plot of the story and set up the events for the story. What is this called?
Framing
Application of a Writing Skill: The Poem "When You are Old" tells the story of a man who is speaking to a woman about her future and what she will become if she does not take his hand in love. What is this an example of?
Flash forward