Vocab #1
Severe mental or physical pain or suffering (LESSON 5)
What is ANGUISH?
Main Character from Lois Lowry's The Giver
Who is JONAS?
Not enough or not good enough (LESSON 4)
What is INADEQUATE?
The emotional "atmosphere" of a scene in a text, which often evokes feelings in the reader (LESSON 3)
What is MOOD?
Desperately beg someone to do something (LESSON 11)
What is IMPLORE?
Motivated by an obsessive urge to do something (LESSON 23)
What is COMPULSIVE?
Main character's friends in Lois Lowry's The Giver
Who is ASHER & FIONA?
An imagined, nightmarish society in which people are oppressed and all aspects of their lives are controlled by the government (LESSON 1)
What is DYSTOPIA?
The way a text is purposefully organized by its author (LESSON 5)
What is STRUCTURE?
Establish something as a rule that must be followed (LESSON 21)
What is IMPOSE?
The social, cultural, and emotional associations words have, beyond the dictionary definition (LESSON 3)
What is CONNOTATION?
Jonas Father's assignment
What is a NURTURER?
No longer used; out of date (LESSON 7)
What is OBSOLETE?
A author/ speaker's attitude toward a topic or an audience, which is often conveyed through choice and/ or literary devices (LESSON 3)
What is TONE?
Extremely, almost unbearably, painful (LESSON 6)
What is EXCRUCIATING?
Believable; trustworthy (LESSON 21)
What is CREDIBLE?
The child that Jonas's Father brought home
Who is GABRIEL OR GABE?
Having a positive or hopeful outlook
What is OPTIMISTIC?
The author's message in the text about the way the world works or what it means to be human (LESSON 14)
What is THEME?
Producing powerful feelings or images in the mind (LESSON 4)
What is VIVID?
Have an intense feeling of longing of something (LESSON 13)
What is YEARN?
The assignmet that Jonas received at the Ceremony of 12
What is the RECEIVER OF MEMORIES?
A physical feeling resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body (LESSON 7)
What is SENSATION?
When two things or concepts are placed side by side to emphasize the difference between them (LESSON 5)
What is JUXTAPOSITION?
Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense (LESSON 9)
What is ASSUAGE?