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Canterbury Tales Vocabulary
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decorated; trimmed. showing care or concern. confident; cheerful. authorization; act of giving authority to an individual. act of freeing someone of a sin or criminal charge.
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Older Children
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Careers in journalism
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A course of study preparing students for careers in reporting, writing, and editing for newspapers and magazines. Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced. A person who reports. Responsible for producing and distributing content elements across the many media platforms. A person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism.
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Older Children
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Character Adjectives
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excessively or unduly sensitive.. having full assurance. Sure.. readily or easily affected by stimuli.. causing boredom.. requiring or asking for more than is generally felt by others to be due..
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Characters from Romeo and Juliet
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Hopes to marry Juliet. character that killed Mercutio. Friend of Romeo. Capulet's daughter. Romeo's father.
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Older Children
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Coleridge
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The universal force that sheds light on man's spirituality. He does not speak as a moral agent, he is passive in guilt. The combination of the supernatural and The . He was born in Devonshire. The Mariner has a long grey ....
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Considerations of Parenting
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A legal, permanent relationship between a child and parent who are not biologically related. Using pregnancy as a way to solve a troubled marriage is an ______________reason to have a child. ___________needs that allow children the opportunity to become educated and learn about the world.. The system or code of morals of a particular philosopher, religion, group, or profession. Tat a realistic look at ________________..
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Contemporary Literature
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passive acceptance; submission. coming next. during. central idea or insight about human life revealed by a work of literature. exceptional skill or ability.
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Contents of The Dead Man´s Pocket
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endless. almost unnoticeable. breath. unobstructed. not relating to the point or situation.
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Coram Boy
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What did Mother Catbrain tell Aaron he was born as, he currently is, and he always will be?. Who did Mr. Gaddarn take to be his house slave?. Who did Otis Gardiner transform into in the second half of the book?. What did Melissa give her child to remember her by?. Who convinced Mrs. Milcote to allow the baby to be presumed dead?.
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CRICKET BOY
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anger, rage - calm. distressed - peaceful. laugh, chuckle. spectator area, exhibition are. craze, trend.
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Big
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Crime Finder
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Complete the crossword puzzle based on the book Vanish
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place where you go when you are sick. to feel unsafe. the process of searching facts. expensive,large boat. city where series is based.
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Hard
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Crow & Weasel
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people or countries that support each other. scolding. flapping quickly. flat, open grassland. pouches or bags from animal hides.
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Older Children
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CROWBOY
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excavate. crawler - speedster. entertain, keep busy - bore. sad, pitiful - cheerful. sunrise - dask.
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Easy
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Cryptic Classics crossword
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Ancient Olympic game with organic sound. Dryden's lucky year. High spot in Delos. Had a serious change of name. Did he write on back of coaster?.
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Cyrano de Bergerac
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by Edmond Rostand
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Having total knowledge . Scold. Rude . Hopeless. Scientific study of insects.
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Daily Language Arts
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Use the hint to find the words.
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person, place, thing, quality or idea. showing good will. Showing ill will.. complete statement that has a subject and a predicate. A group of words that make a complete statement and has a subject and a predicate..
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Daily Language Arts
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Use the hint to find the words.
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person, place, thing, quality or idea. showing good will. Showing ill will.. complete statement that has a subject and a predicate. A group of words that make a complete statement and has a subject and a predicate..
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Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed
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The story is told from __________ person limited point of view. “The children, small seeds may be sown into the mountains forever.”. An object that represents an idea. not sturdy. A change in a person’s environment can lead to a change in their identity.
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Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed
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Harry decided to build this.. David's Martian name. He reported that the Martians in the hills were very friendly.. It had blue marble halls, large murals, and a swimming pool.. Harry would only eat food from this.
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Very Difficult
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Descriptive Adjectives
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Someone who behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that they are more important than others.. Being unwilling to spend money. . Someone who is difficult to please and only likes a small range of things.. People who are not easily annoyed, worried, or upset, and you think this is a good quality. . If you are ( ), you are annoyed because you have to wait too long for something. .
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Older Children
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Edgar Allan Poe
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The disease that Edgar Allan Poe's first wife, Virginia, dies from.. Where Poe was found dead. The military academy Poe was kicked out of.. Edgar's real mother.. His full name..
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Older Children
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Edgar Allan Poe's Favorite Words
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grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do something. an experience that shocks or offends. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. cover as if with a shroud.
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Edgar Allen Poe
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Poem dedicated to his wife.. Professional team named after Poe's poem.. First modern detective story.. Boston. Poe's age at death..
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Older Children
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Eelements of Literature
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Human vs human. The author tells the story directly. Through thoughts, actions, physical appearance, or other character's comments. Statements that describe/ Develop the character. Human vs self.
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Elements of a Short Story
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I tell the story, but I ain't part of it..no way!. I'm very exclusive, I only like to focus on the thoughts and feelings of one character.. I know everyone and everything that happens in the story.. I'm what happens when characters talk to each other.. I am super intense.....
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Elements of a Short Story
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Man vs. man or man vs. nature. hints or clues about events that happen later in the story. when the reader knows something that the characters don't know. point of view that only tell the story from one person's point of view, he, she, they etc.. something that represents both itself and something else.
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Elements of a Short Story
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hints or clues about events that happen later in the story. man vs. man or man vs. nature. when the readers knows something that the characters don't know. point that only tells the story from one person's point of view . quality that makes the reader want to keep reading to find out what happens next.
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Elements of a Short Story
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a struggle between two people or things in a short story. a series of events and character actions that relate to the central conflict. a character that does not change over the course of a story. takes part in the action of a short story. the time and place in which it happens.
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Elements of Drama & Literary Techniques
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A funny book or movie is often called a ________.. _________ divide acts into smaller parts,. A protagonist with a fatal flaw which leads to his demise is a _______ ______.. Chapters in a Novel are like ______ in a play.. A figure of speech comparing two unlikely things,.
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Elements of Fiction
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use the clues to figure out the words
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the point of highest suspense; the point just before the falling action . the author's message or life lesson learned from the story. the events leading from the climas to the resolution. where the conflict is solved or the all of pieces of the story are tied together . the introduction part of the story .
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Elements of Fiction
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an all-knowing narrator who reveals the thoughts of several characters. sequence of events in a story. the way in which a story is told; who is telling the story; the narrator. the time and place in which a story takes place. way or method the author uses to tell a story.
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Older Children
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Elements of Fiction
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the way of saying something beyond the dictionary definition. a statement about the future. a type or class of literature. the underlying message in a story. an event that took place before the current time of a story.
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Elements of Fiction
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Read carefully and solve!
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the story is in third person and only focus on one characters thoughts . This is similar to a hypothesis. A prediction of what will happen next.. The words characters speak to each other in the story.. An object that represents something else.. The way voices sound in writing that live in different areas..
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Elements of Literature
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when the writer clues the reader in to something that will eventually occur in the story. narrator addresses the reader directly as though she is part of the story - uses the word 'you'. contrasting to seemingly unalike things to enhance the meaning . all-knowing narrator. the tension that the author uses to create a feeling of discomfort about the unknown.
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Elements of Literature
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When the narrator does not take part in the story, and knows everyones ideas and emotions. A complication on the outside of a character. When the writer is not in the novel, and we only know one or two people's thoughts. An issue that lies within a character . The life lesson that the creator would like us to acknowledge .
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Elements of Poetry
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is the repetition of identical onstant sounds that are preceded by different vowel sounds.. is a direct comparison between two unlike things.. is poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form.. something that stands for something else.. exaggeration.
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Elements of Poetry
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the repetition of the final consant sound in stressed syllables with different vowels sounds.. describes one thing as if it were something else.. give human qualities to something non-human. individual parts of a poem-usually begins with a capital letter to show the beginning of the part.. the use of words that imitate sounds.
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Elements of Poetry
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Read the definitions and write the correct term
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a line in a poem. repetition of a consonant sound. indirect comparison uses the words like or as. a direct comparison. exaggeration.
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Elements of Short Stories
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Incident in story that begins the rising action. Conversations among characters. A special form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group. Peculiar to or characteristic of the style or manner of a particular group of people. Highest point of story tension at which the outcome of the conflict is revealed. .
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Elements of Style
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Refrences to other texts, myths, symbols, famous figures, historical events, quotations, and so on.. May be long or short. May contain subordinate clauses or fragments.. It advances the story. It may be an entire conversation or just a fragment. It is a substitution for narration.. The use of alliteration, assonance, consonance, dissonance, rhythm, unusual word choice, repetition, onomatopoeia, ect.. It can be in first, second, or third person. It can be omniscient limited omniscient, or multiple..
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Elijah Buxton
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They were ____________ about participating in the challenge.. The comment is very foolish or. The disease is__________ the community.. Dont delay or . A very skilled person has.
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Older Children
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English
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Adjective, Nouns, Vocabulary
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according to what people say but unproven . the type of literature . what the story is about. the plan and the time needed to do it . generous in size; enough to satisfy.
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Older Children
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English
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Character vs. Outside Force. High point of the suspense and interest. shows only one trait. Character vs. The Inside Of The Character. doesn't change.
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Teenage
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English
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Use of a literal work or clues. Contradiction between what a character thinks. One thing is spoken of as though it were something else. Feeling of uncertainty about the outcome of events. Non-human subject is given human characteristics.
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Older Children
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English
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Morgan Freemen provides the voice of _____ in many movies.. hearing a G on the piano and seeing the color green. chapters of a story ______ to become a book.. a dominant recurring feature of a piece. Im so hungry I could eat a horse.
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ENGLISH
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unwilling to do something. plentiful or in large amounts. flying. tasty but not sweet. ridiculous or silly.
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English
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Partner to listening. The source and history of a word. Comprising more than one mode. Texts that use more than one medium eg combining images with sound. Partner to reading.
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English Terminology
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Complete the crossword using the clues.
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A proper noun must always begin with a .... (2 words). You can use this punctuation mark to show where letters are missing or ownership.. In date order.. A sentence can be written in an active or ...... voice.. A word that describes something or someone..
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English Words
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find forgotten english words
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To go; to yeild. To hate;to detest utterly(V). To bilittle;to put down (V). To arouse to action (V). Pull away; split from(V).
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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The epic's place of origin. The god that helped Gilgamesh and Enkidu defeat the demon. The name of the people and land Gilgamesh ruled. The main goal of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh's goddess mom.
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