A Separate Peace

Vocabulary

A Separate Peace

Genially

​​Definition

• In a pleasantly cheerful or cordial way

  Synonyms

• Appropriately

• Kindly

• Politely

"Finny got up, patted my head genially, and moved on across the field, not deigning to glance around for my counterattack, but relying on his extrasensory ears, his ability to feel in the air someone coming on him from behind." Page 6

Seigneurs

​Definition

• a man of rank or authority

  Synonym

• a feudal lord

  "He and I started back across the fields, preceding the others like two seigneurs."

Tacit

​Definition

• Understood without being openly expressed or stated; implied

  Synonyms

• Inferred

• Unstated

• Taken for granted

  "In the deep, tacit way in which feeling becomes stronger than thought." Page 1

Deigning

​Definition

• When something is done considering it beneath one's dignity

  Synonyms

• Consent

• Fit in

  "Finny got up, patted my head genially, and moved on across the field, not deigning to glance around for my counterattack." Page 6

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Definition or synonym for the word:

Genially

• Unpleasantly

• a pleasantly cheerful or cordial way

• Rude

• Politely

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Tacit

• Clearly expressed or identified

• Inferred

• Explicit

• Understood without being openly expressed or stated; implied

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Definition or synonym for the word:

Deigning

• When something is done considering it beneath one's dignity

• No authorization

• Consent

• Pleasantly cheerful

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Seigneurs

• a man of rank or authority

• A non-important person

• A feudal lord

• Servant

Questions

A Separate Peace

Who is the narrator of the story?

Group Discussion

How long has he been out of school?

Group discussion

What type of narration is employed?

Group discussion

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

​Why is the story said to be narrated in a flaschback?

• The story begins during the present when Gene is visiting the Devon school.

• It jumps to his memories of different places he sees or just flashbacks of his time there

• This is because whatever big event happened at school affected his life in the future/so we need to start during the past

Multiple Choice

What type of narration is employed?

• Second person

• Third person limited

• First person

• Third person omniscient

Fill in the Blanks

How long has he been out of school?

"I went back to the Devon School not long ago, and found it looking oddly newer than when I was a student there

years before."

Multiple Choice

Who is the narrator of the story?

• Phineas

• Mr. Prud' homme

• Gene

• Finny

Open Ended

Why is the story said to be narrated in flashback?