literary vocabulary
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LITERARY VOCABULARY. WHAT IS…. Characterization?. It’s the way a writer brings a character to life. Character traits. honest. dishonest. a character’s behaviors or qualities such as honesty and dishonest . Character. Who or what the story is written about. Major conflict. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
LITERARYVOCABULARY
Characterization?WHAT IS….
It’s the way a writer brings a
character to life.
Character traits
honest dishonest
a character’s behaviors or qualities such as
honesty and dishonest
Character
Who or what the story is
written about.
Major conflictthe main
problem of the main character
visualize
to make a picture in your head
LITERARYVOCABULARY
review
charactermajor conflict
characterization
character
traits visualize
STORYVOCABULARY
“The Bracelet”
/mir – le/
The amount of ketchup in the bottle was merely the size of a dime.
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merely
(adv)
nothing more than
/in - gros/
I was too engrossed in the book to notice the time.
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engrossed
(adj)
having the mind fixed on something
/skram – b l/
The young teen scrambled to clean her room before her parents returned home.
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scrambled
(v)
to move with urgency or panic
/in – skrip – sh n/
The inscription on the painting read, “To my loving wife.”
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inscription
(n)
the placement of words or images on a coin,
metal, stone, book, and etc.
/im - bras/
Upon being reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son.
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embraced
(v)
to put one’s arms around and hold
tightly
StoryVOCABULARY
review
scrambled
embracedinscription
engrossed
merely
VOCABULARYreview
scrambled
embraced
inscription
engrossed
merely
character
traits
major conflict
characterization
visualize
character