1. QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Wednesday
Tuesday:
Warm-up #28
Explain what this quote means, and explain how it could apply to your own life.
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2. Genre
Tuesday:
A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
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3. Connotation
Tuesday:
A word that has a connotation has, in addition to its straightforward dictionary meaning, a secondary meaning. A word's connotations can usually be formulated as a series of qualities, contexts, and emotional responses commonly associated with it.
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4. Connotation
Tuesday:
Although strong-willed and pig-headed have the same literal meaning (i.e. stubborn), strong-willed connotes admiration for the level of someone's will, while pig-headed connotes frustration in dealing with someone.
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5. Idiom
Tuesday:
An expression that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements but is understood by most people.
Gloria Delgado on Modern family is known for using English idioms improperly!
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6. A few idioms she has trouble with include:
Tuesday:
A few idioms she has trouble with include:
She says:
“We live in a doggy dog word”
She means:
We live in a dog-eat-dog world
“Blessings in the skies”
She means
“Blessings in disguise”
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