"The Paper Menagerie" Vocabulary by BRANDI VAN DINTER https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu en-us 2025-05-15 14:04:26 UTC 2025-05-15 15:19:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Menagerie https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452710710 definition: similar to a zoo, a menagerie is a bunch of animals meant to be see by others.


My Mom's house is a menagerie with her horses, birds, donkeys, and dogs.

]]> 2025-05-15 15:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452710710 Motif https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452713232 Definition:

Motif is a design or pattern that would be used in movies, books, or in art.



I enjoy clothings that has many designs and patterns because it makes it look pretty and fancy.


]]> 2025-05-15 15:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452713232 Magical realism https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452715281 Magical realism is a style of writing that blends a realistic setting with fantastical or supernatural elements.

In a sentence His works have also been categorized as magic realism.

]]> 2025-05-15 15:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452715281 Sentimental https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452716270 Definition: when something makes you feel sad, touches your heart, or makes you think of the past.


I became sentimental when I saw my cousin using my old bike

]]> 2025-05-15 15:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452716270 Scapegoat https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452717325 Definition: Someone who gets blamed for the faults and mistakes of others.


Sentence: Let’s make the CEO the scapegoat for are failures.

]]> 2025-05-15 15:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452717325 Melodramatic https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452719093 Definition: When someone/something is exaggerated/dramatic in order to make people feel something.


My Mom said, "Oh don't be so melodramatic" when I told her I was hungry and dropped to the floor.

]]> 2025-05-15 15:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452719093 Situational irony https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452719149 When a situation happens completely different than what you expected.


I went to a 24 hour’s open restaurant and it was closed.

]]> 2025-05-15 15:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452719149 Dynamic Character https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452720059 Dynamic characters evolve and grow throughout their journey/story unlike static characters who stay the same



]]> 2025-05-15 15:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452720059 Origami https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452720247 Definition: Type of Japanese technique to create different figurines with foldable decorative or colored paper.

]]> 2025-05-15 15:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452720247 Pursuit of Happiness https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452723074 Definition: the chance to find one's true purpose in life that makes them the happiest


I broke up with him because he was not part of my pursuit of happiness.

]]> 2025-05-15 15:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452723074 https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452724905 2025-05-15 15:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/brandivandinter/qtw701tf5709dxfu/wish/3452724905