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UNIT 1 BLOG - Docx Reading 3

The document provides definitions for various literary and academic terms as well as vocabulary words. It also includes brief discussions of using simple sentences to describe routines and how to write a paragraph describing an event in chronological order. Specifically, it defines terms like allegory, narrative poem, and irony from a literary perspective. It also defines academic words like analyze, concept, conclude, and precise. Finally, it provides vocabulary words like bide our time, dilly dally, brooding, lagging, and plodding and discusses their meanings.

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UNIT 1 BLOG - Docx Reading 3

The document provides definitions for various literary and academic terms as well as vocabulary words. It also includes brief discussions of using simple sentences to describe routines and how to write a paragraph describing an event in chronological order. Specifically, it defines terms like allegory, narrative poem, and irony from a literary perspective. It also defines academic words like analyze, concept, conclude, and precise. Finally, it provides vocabulary words like bide our time, dilly dally, brooding, lagging, and plodding and discusses their meanings.

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READING 3: The Phantom Tollboth

´ LITERARY WORDS µ

ALLEGORY: is a a story or tale with two or more levels of meaning.

NARRATIVE POEM: tells a story

IRONY: include a surprise ending or use words to suggest something quite different from the usual
meaning.

´ACADEMIC WORDSµ

ANALIZE: examine something in detail in order to understand it

CONCEPT: an idea or thought

CONCLUDE: reach a reason based on facts or logic

OCCUR : happen, take place

PRECISELY: exactly

SCHEDULE: plan, list of times and events


´ VOCABULARY WORDSµ

BIDE OUR TIME: wait until the right time to do something

DILLY DALLY : waste time by delaying

BROODING: thinking for a long time about something you are worried about

LAGGING: moving very slowly than other things or persons

PLODDING: doing something very slowly

CONCILIATORY: intented to make someone stop being angry

STRENUOUS: using a lot of effort, strength or determination .

KILLING TIME: doing something while waiting for something else to happen

SCOLDED: said angrily

WHIRLED: went around and around .

DETOURS: longer ways of getting to a place.

Grammar and Writing

{rammar Focus:
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always, nr, ry day and onc, twic, t r tims a day
to tll ow oftn t y occur.

Exampl:
Ê  Lt argarians gt up al 8:00 ry day.
Ê y tak maps twic ry morning.
Writing Focus: describe an Event
You ar going to larnd ow to mak a paragrap to dscrib an nt in
c ronological ordr.

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