Write around Take out a sheet of paper Name on it Every time you get a new paper write your name in the margin Introduce a character the hero Pedantic and paleontology Pedantic Adjective Bookish ID: 362410
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Vocab Practice
Write aroundSlide2
Take out a sheet of paper
Name on it
(Every time you get a new paper, write your name in the margin)Slide3
Introduce a character (the hero):
Pedantic
and paleontology
Pedantic :
Adjective Bookish
After one year of college, Tom lost all of his friends because of his pedantic behavior.Paleontology – study of fossils
“He
had a dark, clear voice that stressed,
pedantically
, each word
.”
-
Stieg
Larsson,
The Girl Who Played with FireSlide4
Give more detail about that character:
orthography
Noun –correct spelling
(The
teacher said that students would never get good grades in composition unless they learned orthography.Slide5
Give more details about the character: paradigm
Noun
A model, an example
John was always held up as a paradigm of good manners…Slide6
Give him/her a peccadillo
Trifling
fault, small sin
…he was but twenty-one, you remember, and we don`t inquire too closely into character in the case of a handsome generous young fellow, who will have property enough to support numerous
peccadilloes
—who, if he should unfortunately break a man`s legs in his rash driving, will be able to pension him handsomely… (George Eliot)Slide7
Introduce a disaster: pandemic
Noun / adjective
Ex. The flu was a pandemic
Or the pandemic flu…
DON’T USE THE FLUSlide8
Introduce a victim: parochial
Adj.
Local; narrow; limited
Being from a small town, George had a parochial view of life.Slide9
Explain the victim’s problem with the pandemic:
paroxysm
Noun
Outburst / fit
Example: the class burst out in a paroxysm of laughterSlide10
What does the hero do?:
Palliate
Verb
This is an action that soothes, or lessens the problem
Nurses palliate suffering.Slide11
Give more detail and solve the problem:
panache
Noun
Self-confidence in a showy way
He balanced on the high beam with panache.Slide12
End your story: panegyric
Noun
A formal work of writing meant as a public compliment.
Elaborate praise
You give panegyrics, you cannot be one; you can read one, write one, see one, hear one, etc.Slide13
Return your story to the person that began it.