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Vocabulary Chap. 1

Vocabulary Chap. 1

1.     Percussion: striking, hit

B. Instrument that makes sound when hit.

2.     Perennial: long lasting

B. Continue. Keep going

       3.    Permeate:  spread in the atmosphere.

       4.    Preserve: maintain

       5.    Defer: stop, hold back

       6.    Dilatory: stop, hold back

       7.    Elation: positivity

       8.    Infer: Available evidence makes final conclusion  

              B. guess

       9.    Contend: to engage in situation

      10. Intent: purpose

* Détente: political situation dry relationship

* Portend: sign of warning 

cheat cheat

PROOF READING MARKS:

·      Commas (run on sentences) -, but/, and

·      Apostrophes EX: Sammy’s 

·       Extra word should be inserted ˆ

·      PUNTUATION: ! ? .

·      Extra word should be deleted = & squiggle line

·      Switch words around= ate only/ only ate

·      Too man spaces {}

·      Put space: #

·      Start new paragraph: P!

SYMBOLS:

^ insert word

& delete

= capitalize

. with circle around it punctuation

# space

() close space

S switch

SP spelling

quizzes

quizzes

REPAIRING RUN-ON SENTENCES: 2 wrong out of 10

QUIZ ON WHICH THAT: 1 wrong

SENTENCE TYPE: 3 wrong

Character analysis 9.14.11

Character analysis:

Looks:

-Long strawberry hair

- TALL

-Blue eyes

Talents:

-Smile, bubbly personality, always relates to people & helps, kind giving… overall the talent/ gift of being a positive person.

 Ambition:

- Go to a good college… do good in school

Secret:

- Likes Justin

BFF:

-Blake

Worst Enemy:

- Ally: mean girl…ego is in the sky

Carry with Them:

-       Black berry, lipgloss, bottle of Aphrodites water

Lost:

- Herself L

Name:

- Meghan

-       Delicate, feminine, sweet, youthful

1.     EXPOSITION:

·      CHARACTERS:

·      Meghan

·      Mom and Dad

·      Blake (bff)

·      Ally (enemies)

·      Justin (CRUSH)

·      SETTING:

·      California/beach happiness etc etc

·      DILEMA

·      FINDING YOURSELF

·      (Problems with parents, not caring, priorities being yourself)

·      Include: looks/ talent/ ambition/ bff/ worst enemy

2.     RISING ACTION:

·      Wants to do everything her parents tell her NOT TO DO

·      Starts to put Justin before Blake

·      Ally starts rumors about her and Justin

·      Starts to get bad grades in school

·      Loses herself as a person

·      Include: secret/ lost them selves/

3.     CLIMAX:

·      Aphrodite comes to her and says tells her to get her priorities straight + advice

·      Include: bottle of water from the fountain of Aphrodite LOVE

4.     FALLING ACTION:

·      Apologizes + opens her eyes

5.     MYTHOLOGICAL:

·      In return Aphrodite gives her the gift of only only beautiful people around her (beautiful on the inside) and happiness help other with their selfesteem.

* name: Meghan: delicate, feminine, sweet, youthful

Character Development/ Elements of a Story 9.12.11

Character Development:

     Character development is basically how an author “develops” (MAKES) a character.  They do this by listing the following:

·      Looks

·      Talent

·      Ambition

·      Secret

·      Bff

·      Worst enemy

·      What do they carry with them

·      Lost

·      Name

·      Act?

Tell about the character.

By listing these things, a reader gets a sense of how a character acts and who they truly are with out the author directly saying it.

Elements of a Story (uses to predict the plot and influences op. on character)

·      Plot: order of events that happen in the story. Kind of like the map of a story.

·      Setting: were a story takes place and or the era that the story is in.

·      Character: the people. Each one has its own personality; the people who make the story.

·      Conflict: the problem. The issue that the characters have to solve.

·      Theme: over al idea, moral or message.

NOTE: the author uses all these things and more to influence the opinion of character. The setting helps you imagine were you are for example; in summer I would like to read a novel that takes place in Florida; and in winter I would like to read a novel that takes place in New York.  The author makes you have an opinion on a character without directly telling you how to feel.