Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Additional Words/Figurative Language

Mood
Personification
Imagery
Allusion
Foreshadowing

Do you know these words? Do you recognize these words when given examples of poems and prose?

Monday, February 13, 2012

Word List for February 13, 2012

Bisect(v) - to cut into two pieces
Dissect(v) - to cut apart for the purpose of investigation
Insect(n)-a class of arthropod animals that has three separate
Sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen
Intersection (n) -the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other
Section(n) - a separate part of something
Sectional(n) - a couch that is made up of separate pieces
Sector(n) - a separate part of a society, group, or area
Transect(v) - to cut across something
Trisect(v) - to cut into three separate pieces
Vivisection(n) - surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues or diseases