Monday, October 29, 2012

"Legend of Sleepy Hollow" vocab

Prudently- with common sense
Implore- ask urgently
Reverie- a spell or trance
Sequester- isolate
Apbons- popularity
Hessian- 18 century german solider
Belated- late
Inbibed- drunk in
Oneris- burdensome
Rustic- primitive
Magnanimous- unanimous
Grievous- concern, over the top
Ingratiate- to win favor
Pedagogue- teacher
Peculiar- strange  

One technique in "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is suspension of disbelief, this technique makes the reader forget that she/he is reading and draws them so deep into the story, they believe it is being experienced in real time. The best example I can think of is when you are in a movie theater/ or reading a book and your mind is so focused on the story you are numb to the fact that you are sitting down in an area that is irrelevant to the story.    

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