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| Exposition: prose, information, ordinary language and writing. Factual, not poetic. |
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Literary: Expos class
Pop Culture: Newspaper |
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Genre: a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by distignstive style, form, or content.
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literary: Shakespearian
Pop Culture: Spielburg/Lens flares |
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| Style: way in which a piece of literary is written/refers not to what is said but to how it is said/produced by word choise, grammatical structures, use of literary devices, and all possible parts of language use. |
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Literary: Dickens
Pop Culture: Tv shows |
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| Fiction: novels and stories that describe imaginary people and events |
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Literary: Night time
Pop Culture: Cartoons |
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| Non-Fiction: novels and stories that describe real or factual people or events |
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Literary: Harry Potter
Pop Culture: Hunger Games |
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Meter: measure
perimeter: length of a boundary |
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| Spedometer: a device used to tell you how fast a vehicle is moving |
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Micro: small
Microcosm: small, representative system |
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| Microscope: a device used to zoom in on objects. |
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Mid/Med: middle
Mediator: one who reconciles differences |
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| Median: the middle number within a set of numbers |
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Mil: one thousand
milligram: one thousand grams |
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| Millimeter: one thoustanth of a meter |
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Mim: imitate
Mimic: to imitate or copy in action or speech |
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| Mime: a person who imitates doing an action |
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Term
Word: Abundant
Pos: adj
Def: occurring in profusion; easily and often found
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Synonym: ample, plentiful
Antonym: sparse
Reality shows are abundant and easily found on TV. |
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Word: Assent
Pos: v
Def: to agree |
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Synonym: accord
Antonym: disagree
I would never assent or agree to being on a reality tv show. |
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Word: Brusque
Pos: adj
Def: the quality of being short or rude, especially in speech |
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Synonym: abrupt
Antonym: polite
Many reality stars are brusque with reporters and speak rudely to them. |
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Word: Coercion
Pos: n
Def: the use of physical force, threats, or fear to obtain a desired result |
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Synonym: imitation
Antonym: cooperation
Criminals often use coercion threats, and physical force to get what they want on police reality shows. |
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Term
Word: Demented
Pos: adj
Def: mentally unbalenced or unhinged: insane |
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Synonym: delerious
Antonym: rational
The more demented and crazy reality shows are, the more people watch. |
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Word: Diligence
Pos: n
Def: perseverance: an attitude of careful, patient consistency to complete a task |
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Synonym: industry
Antonym: laziness
It must take diligence and perseverance to edit a hundred hours of filming into one 45 minute episode. |
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Word: Furtive
Pos: adj
Def: acting in a suspicious manner |
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Synonym: covert
Antonym: forthright
Reality tv shows love to find furtive sneaky people doing suspicious things. |
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Word: Ignominious
Pos: adj
Def: dishonorable or disgraceful |
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Synonym: shameful
Antonym: prideful
The entire Kardashian family is ignominous, it is disgraceful what they allow to be shown on TV. |
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Word: Insipid
Pos: adj
Def: lacking in taste or culture |
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Synonym: distasteful
Antonym: well rounded
The insipid family on Here Comes Honey Boo Boo lacked any culture or charm. |
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Word: Corrode
Pos: v
Def: to slowly destroy; to break down over time, as by acid |
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Synonym: erode
Antonym: fortify
Reality tv corrodes and slowly destroys the morals of American viewers. |
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