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View From Sat. Vocab
vocab from the view from saturday
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Point of View: Definition | The perspective from which a story is told; the voice telling the story |
| Point of View: Example | Mrs. Olinski-third person Noah-first person |
| Simile: Definition | Using like or as to compare two things |
| Simile: Example | Trading coupons was like playing Go Fish |
| Allusion: Definition | A usually brief often casual reference to some other person event or thing |
| Allusion: Example | T.S Elliot, Alice in Wonderland, Mad Tea Party |
| Flashback: Definition | A section of a novel that interrupts the chronological sequence of events to relate something that happened at an earlier time |
| Flashback: Example | Noah at wedding, How Mrs. Olinski selected her team |
| Pun: Definition | A play on words in which two different meanings for the same word, or two words that sound the same, are used humorously |
| Pun: Example | I would be living in the state of divorce and New York |
| Foreshadowing: Definition | Hints or suggestions about something that will occur later in the novel |
| Foreshadowing: Example | Yet-to-come moment when Mrs. Olinski finally understands why she chose the members of her Academic Bowl Team |
| Decorum: Definition | Dignified behavior, polite |
| Superb: Definition | fine excellent extremely good |
| Domiciles: Definition | home, place of residence |
| Bickering: Definition | fighting |
| Courteous: Definition | having or showing good manners |
| Hovered: Definition | to keep lingering about wait near at hand |
| Trounce: Definition | to beat severely to beat decisively |
| Protruding: Definition | to project, to thrust forward |
| Podium: Definition | a small platform |
| Incandescently: Definition | intensely bright brilliant |
| Setting of the Story | Epiphany and Albany NY |
| Ironic: Definition | the contrast between what you expect to happen and what really happens |
| Acronym: Definition | A word formed from the initial letters of other words |
| Calligraphy: Definition | Decorative handwriting made by a pen or brush |
| Parents jobs | Nadia- Dad is a accountant Mom is dentist hygienist Noah- Dad is a dentist Mom is a realtor Ethan- Mom and Dad farmers Julian- Dad chef and owns a B&B Mom was a chanteuse |
| Author | E.L Konigsburg |