Critical vocabulary Avalanche A large mass of snow ice dirt or rocks falling quickly down the side of a mountain Insulate To prevent the passage of heat through something Critical vocabulary ID: 645160
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Vocabulary
Critical and academicSlide2
Critical vocabulary
Avalanche
A large mass of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks falling quickly down the side of a mountain
Insulate
To prevent the passage of heat through somethingSlide3
Critical vocabulary
Splinter
To break up into sharp, thin pieces
Ethereal
Light and
airySlide4
Academic vocabulary
Affect
To have an influence on or effect a change in something
Element
A part or aspect of something
Participate
To be active and involved in something or to share in somethingSlide5
Practical application – critical vocabulary
What feelings are suggested by the word avalanche?
How might a rainstorm be like an avalanche?Slide6
Practical application – critical vocabulary
What does insulated air feel like?
What might lightening made of splintery crackles look like?
Why does the author contrast the words
definite
and
ethereal
?Slide7
Practical application – academic vocabulary
Describe how eddy
harris
was affected by his experiences on the river.
What techniques did he use to describe the river as a living being, able to participate with him in these events?
Discuss the elements of a memoir that appear in this selection.