Unit 1
What is context?
Context is the information you use to understand unknown words in a text.
Figurative Language?
Wording used in a text to convey something without directly stating it.
Inured is
Adapted or made accustom.
What is Vexation?
Being annoyed or irritated.
Accost is
To aggressively approach or speak to.
Understood despite not being clearly stated.
Implicit meaning
Commonly used Character types and situations in a story.
Archetypes
Attitude, values, or opinions that influence a characters actions and personality.
Perspective
Specific info found in a reading and is used to support claims.
Textual Evidence
Conveys the tone and perspective in a text.
Humor
What is a story with a castle, medieval buildings, horror or violence, extreme weather, or a hero that turns to villain.
Gothic Writting
Language that makes sound, touch, taste, smell and sight?
Sensory Language
Why would you use figurative language in a text?
To add texture to a story and be able to explicitly make statements to evolve the story.
Brainstorming a writing may include..
Research, text mapping, planning, and rough drafts.
I should think before I speak.
Is this implicit or explicit meaning?
Implicit meaning because it is directly stated.
All storys have a hero with a dream.
What is this?
Archetypes
What things in life can influence a character.
Past experiences, family, environment, and values.
"George like jelly on his toast".
What is this an example of?
Textual evidence to support a claim.
This town carries sorrow that feeds on its commoners.
What is this an example of?
Tone that builds the stories feeling and meaning.
"The castle was dark and mysterious with a spiraling stair case to the heavens."
What is this an example of?
Gothic writing
"The warm sent of cherries flowed through the air."
This is an example of sensory language in a story.
"The castle was dark and mysterious with a spiraling stair case to the heavens."
What writing skill is conveyed in this excerpt?
Figurative language to explain the smell of the cherry pie.
Researching and creating a double bubble map to begin writing a text is brainstorming. Why is this a good strategy?
This is a good way to collect your thoughts, facts and opinions and make an outline of the text you want to create.