Unit 1 Vocabulary Set #1

Objective Summary

• a detailed analysis of the text including personal opinions

• a concise, complete, and accurate overview of a text without your opinion

• a summary that includes quotes from the text

• a brief description of the author's background

Humming

• singing with closed lips and without words

• making a sound with an open mouth

• whispering a tune softly

• shouting a melody loudly

Nonfiction narrative

• a true story

• a fictional tale

• an imaginary account

• a poetic expression

Feathery

• light and airy, like the touch of a feather

• heavy and dense, like a rock

• sharp and prickly, like a thorn

• smooth and flat, like a sheet of paper

Panel

• individual frame of a comic, depicting a single moment

• a collection of comic books

• a type of comic character

• the overall storyline of a comic

Personal narrative

• a fictional story about a character's life

• a true story about the writer’s life

• a summary of historical events

• a collection of poems about nature

Chronological order

• one event leads to the next in time order.

• events that occur simultaneously

• a random arrangement of events

• the order of events based on importance

Memorize

• learn well enough to later recall; learn by heart

• to forget information quickly

• to write down information

• to understand concepts deeply

Relationships between experiences and events

• I was thinking, another important realization, both events

• Understanding the past can shape future decisions

• Events are unrelated to personal experiences

• Experiences have no impact on future events

Imagery

• vivid words that create a picture in your mind

• a type of figurative language

• a method of organizing ideas

• a technique for summarizing text