Vocabulary Week 12

Circle Map Definition Term Examples/Synonyms Non-Examples Antonyms Frame Of Reference Characteristics/ Drawing Definition Term Non-Examples Antonyms Examples/Synonyms

Mnemonic Devices A system of making something easier to memorize. Ms. Gelston’s classes came up with mnemonic devices for some of our other words. Benevolent- a doer of good Benevolent  Be-not-violent Morose- gloomy Morose Someone who dies gets more roses After we go thru today’s words . . . I want to see what you can come up with . . . It doesn’t have to have the exact word in it, but close in pronunciation.

Allegory Cellar Depict Elegy Enumerating Epitaph Noble Novelty

Although George Orwell’s Animal Farm contains animal characters, it is an allegory for the Russian Revolution. Allegory noun. A story with a hidden meaning usually referring to something else.

Dorothy did not make it to the cellar during the tornado in L Dorothy did not make it to the cellar during the tornado in L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz. Cellar noun. Underground basement

Edgar Allan Poe stories usually depict female characters that are doomed. Depict verb. Show or represent

Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote a sad or meditative poem called an elegy Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote a sad or meditative poem called an elegy. elegy noun. A sad poem.

The Vietnam wall is a memorial enumerating the dead. Enumerating verb The Vietnam wall is a memorial enumerating the dead. Enumerating verb. Mentioning one by one.

The epitaph given during the news after Kennedy’s assassination was somber and respectful. Epitaph noun. A speech honoring a dead person

It was noble of him to call his assistant on stage when he received an award for his accomplishments. Noble adj. good and decent behavior

In the 1890s, the automobile was a novelty that few could afford In the 1890s, the automobile was a novelty that few could afford. Novelty noun. A new item OR toy.