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Language Exploration in Dystopian Short Stories
Vocabulary Exploration - Choose 8 words and complete 8 Vocabulary Charts Ensure that you fill in the appropriate number of boxes. To find the information for the chart, you may use a combination of digital devices with online sites, as well as dictionaries and thesauruses.
“All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury
intermixed (p.1) compounded stunned slackening feverish frail drenched (p.2) consequence clutched | seized (p.3) tremble repercussions standstill tumultuously resilient solemn (p.4) suspended gigantic |
Vocabulary Chart Framework
Word: | Synonyms (2-4) The word is like… | Antonyms (1-3) The word is not like… |
Meaning: | Context: Where can I find this word? What is a connection I can make with this word? | Application: Write the word using the correct context in a sentence. |
“Outta This World” Figurative Language
This short story contains many examples of descriptive language as well as figurative language. Identify 5 passages which are good examples of this, categorize the type of language used (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onamatopoeia, repetition etc.) and explain what is being said and why you chose it.
Passage and Section or page number | Type of Language (simile, metaphor, personification…) | What is being said and why I chose it |