Vocabulary
What word means: "An author's choice of words and the way those words create meaning or a particular effect."
Diction
What is the meaning of the root word "dict-" like in "dictionary" or "dictate"?
To say or tell
What part of speech are words ending in "-ion"?
noun
What are the 3 Rules in Will's community?
1: No Crying
2: No Stitching
3: Revenge
What word means: "the placing of two people, ideas, images, or objects next to each other so their difference or similarities become noticeable"
Juxtaposition
What root means "to say or tell"?
Spec (or spect)
What is the adverb form of the word "authenticity"?
authentically
Buck = Shawn's mentor who taught him the rules
He questions Will's masculinity, pressuring him to prove himself.
What does "retaliation" mean?
An act of responding to harm or wrongdoing by trying to hurt or punish the person responsible.
What does the prefix "inter-" mean (as in "intersectionality")?
between
What part of speech are words ending in the suffix "-al"?
Adjective
Who is Dani and what she get Will to realize?
Dani = Will's childhood friend who died in an accidental shooting
She got him to realize that he might kill someone by accident.
What does "perpetuate" mean?
To make something continue, especially a belief, behavior, tradition, or problem.
What root words means "beside or next to"?
Juxta
What is the adjective form of the word "retaliation"?
retaliatory
According to his video, why did Jason Reynolds write this book in verse?
He explained it's because the traumatic brain doesn't think in sentences...
What word means: "The act of following expectations, rules, or standards of a group or society."
Conformity
List three words that use the prefix "con" (meaning with/together)
some options: conform, conformity, connect, connectivity, etc...
Name a verb that includes the root "spect"
Ex: spectate, inspect
What decision do you think Will will make? Back up your claim with evidence
--depends on your evidence!