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Part one
novel excerpt
aCTiViTY 1.1
WorD ConneCTionS
Cognates
The English word character and the Spanish word carácter are cognates. They both mean “personality; how a person behaves” and come from the Latin word kharakte¯r.
Selecting language resources
Learning Targets
• Develop language resources to use while speaking and writing about a short story.
• Use an expanded set of words to speak and write.
• Adjust language choices to suit the purpose, task, and audience.
The chart presents words and phrases you will use in discussion and writing. Think about each word or phrase. Circle Q, H, or T to indicate how well you know it. Work with a partner, asking your partner to explain each word or phrase. Listen closely to the explanation, and then write your partner’s name in the In Our Own Words column along with his or her condensed idea.
Rating
Q
H
T
I have seen this word or phrase, but I have questions about its meaning.
I have heard this word or phrase, but do not know it well.
I know this word or phrase so well that I could teach it to someone else.
Word or Phrase
Definition
In Our Own Words
characterization
Rating Q H T
the way a writer makes a person in a story, book, play, or movie seem like a real person
description
Rating Q H T
how a person, thing, or event looks, sounds, smells, feels, tastes
inference
Rating Q H T
a conclusion or opinion formed based on facts or evidence
dialogue
Rating Q H T
things that are said by two or more characters in a story, book, movie, play, etc.
setting
Rating Q H T
the time, place, and conditions in which the action in a book or movie takes place
theme
Rating Q H T
the main subject that is discussed or described in a piece of writing, a movie, etc.
symbol
Rating Q H T
an object that represents or expresses an idea
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