Author's Word Choice by Alyssa Morgan https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an Look at the instructions on Blend. en-us 2021-01-24 17:28:07 UTC 2026-05-04 07:12:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d6.png Title: First Last Name alyssa_morgan4 https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1119228769 Answer the following:

Sentence:
Unknown/chosen word:
Denotative meaning:
Connotative meaning:
Author’s purpose:

]]> 2021-01-24 17:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1119228769 James Scott https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122212066 Teenage boys scrawl "down with the regime" on a wall The Unwanted by: Don Brown
Unknown/chosen word: regime
Denotative meaning: a form of government
Connotative meaning: anger, bad, awful
Author's purpose: I think the author used the word regime instead of government to express the anger of the citizens; regime doesn't sound like a nice word.]]> 2021-01-25 14:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122212066 Elijah Lloyd https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122212450 Unknown/chosen word: Culture
Denotative meaning:he customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group also : the characteristic features of everyday existence
Connotative meaning:Cultural connotation may be referred to as "myth", which means that the emotional or ideological associations of one word differ from one culture to another.
Author’s purpose: I think the author used the word culture so they could describe that it was in a small group since the world was very different.]]> 2021-01-25 14:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122212450 John Latham https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122218656 Chosen word: Sweltering
Denotative meaning: Uncomfortably hot
Connotative meaning: Sweating, Hot
Authors Purpose: The purpose of using the word sweltering is the author letting you know how miserable and hot the characters are in the book]]> 2021-01-25 14:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122218656 Lana Pham lanamayyy6 https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122218669  Unknown/chosen word: onslaught
 Denotative meaning: a violent attack
Connotative meaning: harsh, battle, infuriated
Author’s purpose (Why that word?): The author chose this word to emphasize the violent event going on. Lionpaw made sure to keep his hind paws firmly planted against the onslaught.]]> 2021-01-25 14:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122218669 Aedan Ramos https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122220135 Unknown/chosen word: contemplating
Denotative meaning:
to think about something; to consider
Connotative meaning:
indecision,hesitation
Author’s purpose:
the author wanted to show that the soldiers were thinking about retreating.]]> 2021-01-25 14:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122220135 Eliana Koransky https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122244331 Unknown/chosen word: Aristocratic Denotative meaning: of belonging to or typical of the aristocracy Connotative meaning: delicacy, grace, manners, power, elegance. Author's purpose: Marie Lu wanted the reader to know that Anden is upper class through and through.]]> 2021-01-25 14:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122244331 Mercer Chandler https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122245129 Unknown/chosen word:Throb
Denotative meaning: to feel a pain that starts and stops quickly and repeatedly
Connotative meaning: harsh, painful, long lasting
Author’s purpose: They word was put in to show how much Jon Snow's leg still hurt from getting hit with the arow.]]> 2021-01-25 14:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122245129 Emmett Mueller https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122245911 “Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”

Unknown/Chosen word: Subsides
Denotative meaning: Something gets less intense or violent.
Connotative meaning: Calming, Getting better, At ease
Author's purpose: to tell the story of his childhood]]> 2021-01-25 14:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122245911 Sofia Macias https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122261040 Unknown/chosen word: massive
Denotative meaning: very large or heavy
Connotative meaning: empowerment
Author’s purpose: The author wanted to make it clear that the bookshelves were overwhelmingly large.]]> 2021-01-25 15:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122261040 Yareli Hernandez https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122266412 Unknown/chosen word: honest
Denotative meaning: being truthful with someone
Connotative meaning: truthful, sincere, open
Author's purpose: Alexandra wanted to make sure that the reader knew that Rudy was being truthful to Liam.]]> 2021-01-25 15:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122266412 Laude Reyes https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122319508 My stomach churned as I was facing everybody.
Golden arm, By Carl Deuker
Unknown/chosen word: Churned
Denotive meaning: To be turbulent or agitated.
Connotate meaning: Liquid being powerfully moved around.
Authors purpose: I think the author used the word churned instead "My stomachs insides powerfully moved" because that just doesn't  sound right in the sentence.]]> 2021-01-25 15:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122319508 Loriana Pulido https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122335410 Sentence: " I still cannot understand how he abandon me so Unceremoniously, without any sort of goodbye"
Unknown/chosen word: Unceremoniously
Denotative meaning: Happening or done very suddenly and quickly with no effort.
Connotative meaning: Quick, Fast, No effort
Author’s purpose: The author wanted the readers to know what Richard Parker did to him.

]]> 2021-01-25 15:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122335410 Jack Shillington https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122811351 sentence: the animals can't help but gambol around the farm.
word: gambol
Denotative meaning: to run around happily
connotative meaning: old, positive
authors purpose: the author wanted it to seep old and fancy]]> 2021-01-25 16:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122811351 Ali Reichenberg https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122811960 Sentence: "They couldn't cut through the sense of overwhelming mundaneness to look at her closely."
Chosen Word: Mundaneness
Denotative meaning: the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
Connotative meaning: bad, boring
Author's purpose: I think the author used the word mundane instead of boring to emphasize how boring she was because mundane is a much more descriptive word than boring.]]> 2021-01-25 16:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122811960 Price Deering https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122812928 Sentence:In one corner was a tall rawboned youth.
Unknow word: Rawboned
Denotative meaning: thin with bones that show under the skin
Connotative meaning: Skinny ,thin. 
Author's purpose: the author used this to describe the boy so you can get an clear image of what he looked like
]]> 2021-01-25 16:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122812928 Brandon Hernandez https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122849600

Sentence "whenever dad leaves the newspaper out on the kitchen table i always read my horoscope"

Unknown/chosen word: horoscope

Denotative meaning:a forecast of a person's future, typically including a delineation of character and circumstances.

Connotative meaning: good 

Author’s purpose: i think the author used the word because its representing his future and the newspaper he read is about the future
]]> 2021-01-25 16:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122849600 Morghan Blair https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122879075 1."Episodic ones are about events we have experienced, such as a particular train journey"
2.Episodic
3."Made up or many events or episodes"
4.reminiscent, nostalgic
5.the author wanted to give greater informative words about memory.
]]> 2021-01-25 16:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1122879075 Peyton Jones https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123055001 Sentence:"I haven't seen her much this a week between baseball and family stuff,and I can tell that she's getting antsy".
Denotative meaning: Impatient and unable to keep still.
Connotative meaning: Fidgety,restless,anxious.
Authors Purpose: I think Karen M. wanted to make sure that the reader knew that Keely is anxious about the whole Simon situation. ]]> 2021-01-25 17:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123055001 zyon chapman zyon_chapman_garcia8n https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123851029  Unknown/chosen word: deserter

 Denotative meaning: a military person who deserts

  Connotative meaning:  leave behind persons, places, or things. 
 
  Author’s purpose (Why that word?): Because it fits story  and what happened in it.]]> 2021-01-25 19:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123851029 claire davis https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123855010 sentence: "she glared at him with disbelief"
chosen word: glared
denotative meaning: to look directly at someone in an angry way
connotative meaning: upset, angry
authors purpose: i think the author used the word "glared" because they wanted to describe how the person looked at the guy and how they felt at the moment.

]]> 2021-01-25 19:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123855010 Logan Kenney https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123876107 Would any here deny that?
Deny
to refuse to accept or admit
To disagree with
To make everyone agree it was great]]> 2021-01-25 19:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123876107 Jesse A https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123881849 Sentence: "that silence,sudden,awkward , and perplexing, fell again."
Word: Perplexing
Denotative meaning; to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood.
Connotative meaning: describes something is confusing
Authors purpose: the author wanted the reader to believe they were confused ]]> 2021-01-25 19:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123881849 Georgia Jaros https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123885553 Sentence: I'd noticed - but I'd attributed it to the fact that Dean had more experience.
Unknown word: attributed
Denotative meaning: to say that (something) is because of (someone or something)
Connotative meaning: giving credit, neutral feelings
Author's purpose: I think the author used this word because using attribute instead of credit gave it more of description.
]]> 2021-01-25 19:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123885553 Sadi Selph https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123902261 Sentence: "You think that the murder of Zalachenko... wasn't that geriatric psychopath?

Unknown/ Chosen word: Geriatric 

Denotative meaning: An older person who is receiving special care.

Connotative meaning: The author wants the reader to see poorly of the killer of Zalachenko, and uses the word geriatric to help the reader imagine his physical aspects, as an old, crippled man, yet he still managed to commit the murder.]]> 2021-01-25 19:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123902261 brooklyn reaves https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123924594 sentence: In the lively, restless sign of gemini the moon's sway becomes more mutable. 
chosen word:mutable
denotative meaning:able or likely to change often
connotative meaning: adaptable, changeable, inconsistent, varying
authors purpose: i think the author used this word because it emphasizes how likely it is to change. ]]> 2021-01-25 19:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123924594 alyssa saucedo https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123937006 Sentence:i'm just hoping we get rid of that thing before it causes any damage
Unknown/chosen word:damage
Denotative meaning:break something
Connotative meaning:to like be caution before you break something
Author’s purpose: get rid of it before they get in trouble with there family so that no damage was there ]]> 2021-01-25 19:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123937006 Madolyn Siela https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123938771 "Even when the East excited me most, even when I was most keenly aware of its superiority to the bored, sprawling swollen towns beyond the Ohio, with their interminable inquisitions which spared only the children and the very old---even then it had always for me a quality of distortion." The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Unknown/chosen word: interminable
Denotative Meaning: Having or seeming to have no end : continuing for a long time
Connotative meaning: long, endless
Author's purpose: The author wanted to use interminable as a more descriptive word for endless, or never-ending.]]> 2021-01-25 19:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123938771 Brianna Ramirez https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123960302 Sentence: The troops were supplied with the weapons and ammunition.
Unknown/chosen word: ammunition 
Denotative meaning: the objects (such as bullets and shells) that are shot from weapons
Connotative meaning: attack, defend, protect
Author's purpose: The lawyer wanted to let the three kids know that there wouldn't be any weapons there]]> 2021-01-25 19:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1123960302 Colin McCormick https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1127000201 Word: Explicit
Denotative meaning: fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated
Connotative meaning: violence, inappropriate
Authors Purpose: They wanted the reader to know that is was an act of explicit violence. ]]> 2021-01-26 14:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1127000201 Bennett Bond https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1127006520 Sentence: He was nonplussed at finding a Manuscriptorium scribe in his doorway.
Unknown/chosen word: Nonplussed
Denotative meaning: Being so surprised as to be unable to do anything.
Connotative meaning: Perplexed, confused, Baffled, Bewildered
Author’s purpose (Why that word?):  The Author wished to convey that characters confusion at finding a scribe taking refugee in their doorway.]]> 2021-01-26 14:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1127006520 kelly murphy https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1127012956 chosen word Pneumatic
 Denotative meaning:somithing that uses air pressure
Connotative meaning: pressure device
  Author’s purpose (Why that word?): Evans wanted the characters wanted the characters to seem futuristic and smart.

]]> 2021-01-26 14:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1127012956 Sean Hussey https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1127039256 Sentence: Why should the Wasi'chu come and take our land when we worked so hard for it?
Chosen Word: Wasi'chu 
Denotative Meaning: It is the word for Lakota and Dakota people to call people of European decent
Connotative meaning: White, non native
Author's purpose: I think the author used this this word to show the natives indifference to non-natives ]]> 2021-01-26 14:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1127039256 Zoey Garcia https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1127072175 Unknow/Chosen word: Solitude
Denotative: a state or situation when you are alone usually because you want to be
Connotative: Sadness, lonely, self-choice
Author's purpose: becaus it shows that situation was messed upand they didn't know what to do.]]> 2021-01-26 15:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1127072175 Owen deYoung https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1127087109 Sentence: “I know the precept but Just wanted to mess around with my friends.”
  Unknown/chosen word: precept
       Denotative meaning:a rule that says how people should behave
       Connotative meaning:  Being mature and not acting up.      
Author’s purpose (Why that word?): So the reader knows how the people feel in the book.
]]> 2021-01-26 15:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alyssa_morgan4/91zm1erpptfk18an/wish/1127087109