Love's Vocabulary
The two words from paragraph 8 that 'many readers might not know':
sistrum, phantasmagoria
Fill in the blank: Make an ______________, or logical assumption, about key ideas in the text. _____________ are based on details in the text plus your own knowledge and experience.
Inference
What does "intangible" mean?
something that is difficult to grasp or explain
What are the genre elements of a personal essay?
2. Explores the writer's experiences.
3. Includes the writer's feelings and reactions at the time.
_____________________ is nonfiction writing that delivers facts and details about a specific topic. The author's purpose usually is to inform, but the writing oftten also entertains or persuades.
Informational text
The concluding sentence in paragraph 10:
"Custom, culture, and tastes vary, but not love itself, not the essence of the emotion."
____________________ are pictures or scenes you create in your mind as you read. you become part of the creative process and "see" what you are reading. ________________ help you become more involved in what you are reading and as a result, pay closer attention to the details of the text.
Mental images
What does "horde" mean?
A large group or crowd, swarm
Which is a personal essay, "Love's Vocabulary" or "The Price of Freedom"?
"The Price of Freedom"
The characteristics and structural elements of expository information text include:
1. Thesis or main idea
2. supporting evidence (examples that explain or clarify)
3. visual aids
4. A conclusion
Who was the author of "Love's Vocabulary"?
Diane Ackerman
What were the sentences in paragraphs 3 and 4 that described the army officer's odd behavior:
From paragraph 3: " . . . who began asking me an awful lot of questions which had nothing to do with the navy."
From paragraph 4: "He was leaping like a demented kangaroo in and out of four languages."
What does "supple" mean?
flexible or easily adaptable
Who was the author of "The Price of Freedom?"
Noreen Riols
Organizational design structures can include:
1. comparison and contrast
2. problem and solution
3. cause and effect
What is "Love's Vocabulary's" thesis?
Love is the great intangible, or difficult to define and describe
What was the statistic from paragraph 9 that reveals how dangerous an agent's job is... (This must be read exactly as its quoted in the text.
"They knew they only had a 50 percent chance of coming back (p.254)."
What was a "French Lycee?
A secondary school in France
"The Price of Freedom" and "Love's Vocabulary" are both ______________________.
nonfiction
"Love's Vocabulary" is organized as . . .
an extended discussion of the meaning of a single word.
What genre is "Love's Vocabulary"?
Essay or informational text
What is the long sentence in paragraph 24? (You must recite it correctly). Also, what details does the sentence convey?
"Perhaps that is why departing agents were strongly urged if arrested by the Gestapo to take the cyanide pill, which was always hidden somewhere around their person, before they left."