One
of the genera’s that I love to watch
on television is horror. I think one of the reasons I love horror so much is
because of the cinematography which
includes animation and costumes. In my lifetime I have seen numerous
series that comprised of horror or the supernatural. However, none have compared to the Walking Dead, which I
have watched for six consecutive seasons
and now I will be watching their seventh season which is going to air this
October. Now, if you are not familiar with the series you’re probably asking
yourself “What is Walking Dead?” The Walking Dead series is based on a virus
that infected the human population and left behind a devastating group of
survivors that came from different nationalities
and social economic backgrounds. Due
to those circumstances out of despair and necessity formed a group that as time passed
resembled a family that have gone
through extreme life altering situations in which they have had to make
decisions that ultimately effected
their existence. Although, the series is set on zombies what I find fascinating
about this series is that it’s not the zombies that frighten you, it’s the survivors
that do, by demonstrating to the viewers how far they would go in order to secure
their survival by always testing their humanity everyday of their lives.
Vocabulary
genera’s
(noun) – category, groups
cinematography
(noun) – the art of making motion picture for example: movies, and television
shows.
animation
(noun) – the
technique of photographing, drawings or positions of puppets or models to
create an illusion of movement.
costumes
(plural noun)— outfits, clothes
compared
(past tense verb) – contrast, differentiate
watched
(past tense verb) – look, observe, view
nationalities
(plural noun) – citizenship, race, ethnic group
social
economic backgrounds (adjective) – relating to the interaction between social
and economic factors of a person.
formed
(past tense verb) – create, build, initiate
passed
(past tense verb) – go, proceed, move
resembled
(past tense verb) – look like, similar
effected
(past tense verb) – cause something to happen.
Vocabulary
Exercise:
Fill
in the blanks with the correct vocabulary word.
- There are many ____________________of movies and books that I like.
- These costumes in this store are better quality _________________to the costumes of the other store.
- For Halloween I __________________so many scary movies.
- Our teacher said there going to be different students representing their ______________on cultural day at our school.
- Ann __________________the dough into cookies that ________________pumpkins.
- Jeffery__________________the stop on the train he was supposed to get off.
- My doctor said that many people were _________________by the virus this year.
Grammar Assignment: Write five sentences utilizing the vocabulary past tense verb words from the passage above.
My brother is a fan, but I don't watch it. I really like the vocabulary words and definitions.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I think you want the word "genre" not genera, which is the plural of "genus" and used in biology.
This is a great description of The Walking Dead! As you know, I am also a huge fan of this show. Along with all the things you mentioned I also enjoy that the characters are multidimensional and that the main characters are subject to dying which makes the show unpredictable. I agree with you, it really is fascinating to see the behaviors that emerge from conditions of survival.
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