08le 13 VV Horrorgenre

What Is the Horror Genre? by Sharon A. Russell.
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Vocabulary
Visual Vocabulary What Is the Horror Genre?
intensified (paragraph 2)
(ĭn-tĕn´sə-f ī´)
verb. If you intensify something, you make it grow
in strength.
To use the word to talk about the text, you

could say:
• The author says suspense is automatically
intensified if a book or film is classified as

horror because we expect to be scared.
To use the word to talk about the photo, you

could say:
• Because the plain was wide open, it was easy
to watch the tornado as it intensified.
Picture: A large tornado crosses a plain in a rural area, just missing a house and farm. The sky
and clouds are an eerie blue-gray color that fades into an almost black background. A second
tornado can be seen in the distance.
intensified (paragraph 2)
Your Turn! Write words that mean the same as or

opposite of intensified, and then use this word in a
sentence. If you know a similar word in a different
language, write the cognate.
• Synonym:
Find your own picture for this word.
click to add text.
• Antonym:
click to add text.
Place it here.
• Sentence:
click to add text.

• Cognate:
Click to add text.
justified (paragraph 2)
(jŭs´tə-f ī´)
verb. If you justify something, you prove it is right
or valid.

could say:
• For characters in horror stories, their fears
and suspicions are often justified when

someone dies or becomes endangered.

could say:
• Mr. Conklin didn’t think his daughter’s lying
about dropping her cellphone was justified.
Picture: A young teen holds a cellphone with a broken screen behind her back. A man,
presumably her father, is kneeling in front of her with a questioning look on his face.
justified (paragraph 2)
Your Turn! Drag words that mean the same as justified

to the Synonyms column and words that mean the
opposite to the Antonyms column.
Synonyms Antonyms
Place it here.

overturned opposed defended
vindicated supported contradicted

parallel (paragraph 4)
(păr´ə-lĕl´)
adjective. If things are parallel, they have comparable
or similar parts.

could say:
• The author says that a story with
supernatural elements works only if readers

accept the story’s parallel world.

could say:
• In community gardens, growers typically
plant vegetables in parallel rows.
Picture: A gardener tends plants in a community garden that overlooks an urban center. The
garden is composed of parallel rows of leafy green vegetables, some of which are covered in
netting.
parallel (paragraph 4)
Your Turn! Write words that mean the same as or

opposite of parallel, and then use this word in a
sentence. If you know a similar word in a different
language, write the cognate.
• Synonym:
click to add text.
• Antonym:
click to add text.
Place it here.
• Sentence:
click to add text.

• Cognate:
Click to add text.
Your Turn!
Did you come across a word you didn’t

know? Duplicate these blank slides as
needed to build your own vocabulary list
with words from the text. For each word,
add a definition and write a complete

sentence.
Type a word from the text here.
From the context, what do you think the word means?

Click to add text.
What is the dictionary definition of the word? Find your own picture for this word.
Place it here.
Click to add text.
Use the word in a sentence.

Click to add text.
Type a word from the text here.
List words you know that have similar meanings as

this word under Synonyms and words that have
opposite meanings under Antonyms. Use a
dictionary or thesaurus if you need help.
Synonyms Antonyms Find your own picture for this word.

Click to add text. Click to add text.
Place it here.

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To use the word to talk about the text, you

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To use the word to talk about the photo, you

Your Turn! Write words that mean the same as or

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To use the word to talk about the text, you

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To use the word to talk about the photo, you

Your Turn! Drag words that mean the same as justified

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vindicated supported contradicted

To use the word to talk about the text, you

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To use the word to talk about the photo, you

Your Turn! Write words that mean the same as or

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Did you come across a word you didn’t

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Type a word from the text here.

From the context, what do you think the word means?

Use the word in a sentence.

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Type a word from the text here.

List words you know that have similar meanings as

Synonyms Antonyms Find your own picture for this word.

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