2. from Harry Potter’s Cauldron by Benoit Virole

3. Critical Essay It is a writing style. It is a writing style that gives an evaluation or analysis of a piece of text.

4. Master Words Adapt Confines Convention Embellish Initiation Justify Metaphor Style Theme Virtual

5. Listen and Read… You need: Your hand out (Lesson 15 : Harry Potter’s Cauldron)

6. Adapt To change or adjust something so that it functions better or is better suited for a purpose. Verb

7. Confines Verb to keep (someone or something) within limits: to prevent (someone or something) from going beyond a particular limit, area, etc. Limit/restrict

8. Convention a custom or a way of acting or doing things that is widely accepted and followed Verb “They say school is just as important for teaching children social skills and conventions as it is for teaching math.”

9. Embellish Verb to heighten the attractiveness of by adding decorative or fanciful details

10. initiation Noun formal admission or acceptance into an organization or club

11. Justify Verb to provide a good reason for something or someone to prove or show to be good, right, or reasonable

12. Metaphor This story expands on our current, 6 th grade definition of metaphor. You will learn more about this in exercise 6 (page 73). Noun a figure of speech

13. Style Noun a particular kind, or type A unique way of doing something, such as writing.

14. Theme Noun The lesson in the story. The message or point of the text. “The theme of the principal’s talk was school pride.”

15. Virtual Adjective Simulated