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Glossary

From My Second Brain

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C

  • Camera - a device used for taking photographs
  • Camera film - a roll of plastic which is stored inside a camera
  • Caption - a word or group of words which label something like a picture
  • Character - a person or animal in a story
  • Christmas - a special festival for Christians celebrating the birth of Jesus.
  • Click - a short press on a mouse
  • Collage - a collage is a piece of artwork created by layering different materials together
  • Common noun - these nouns name people, places and things, they do not name a specific thing - they do not need a capital letter.
  • Community - a group of people who work together to help each other.
  • Curious - curious means being interested in something

D

  • Describe - when you add detail to something - describing words are known as adjectives.
  • Deciduous - these are trees which loose their leaves once a year
  • Developed (Photography) - the process of converting the image on camera film into a physical photograph
  • Digital - something which is saved on a computer
  • Drag - when you hold down using a mouse or touchscreen and move your finger or mouse.
  • Duchess - a woman who owns land
  • Duke - a man who owns land.
  • Dynamics - how loudly or quietly the music is played or sung.

E

F

  • Family - these are the people we live and are possibly related to
  • Fashionable - something that is popular to wear.
  • Feedback - comments or suggestions on how to improve something.
  • Fiction - a made up story
  • Firefighter -

H

  • Halo - a glowing ring around someone's head. This is often seen in pictures of angels.
  • Historian - someone who studies and writes about the past

I

  • Icon - a person or thing which is regarded of worship
  • Illustrator - the person who illustrates a book.
  • Incarnation - Christian's believe that God became human in the person known as Jesus.
  • Instructions - tell us how to do something.

K

  • King - the male head of a royal family.

L

  • Layer - when one material is placed on top of another material this is a layer
  • Listening - paying attention to what someone is saying
  • Lullaby - a gentle, soothing song to help us sleep.

N

O

  • Observe - To use our senses and look closely at something

P

Q

  • Queen - the female head of a royal family.
  • Question - a type of sentence that asks the listener for an answer.

R

  • Reflections - when you see an image of something in a shiny surface (like a mirror or water)
  • Respect - treating others kindly and valuing their feelings, ideas and boundaries.
  • Retelling - summarising a story in your own words, highlighting key events and details.
  • Risk assessment - a way of thinking about all the possible dangers in an environment and how we can stay safe.
  • Rotary motion - something that turns around in circles
  • Royal family - a group of relatives who rule a country.
  • Rules - expectations to follow that keep us safe.

S

  • Safe - something which won't hurt us
  • Select - to make a choice on a computer
  • Season - Periods of similar weather, in the UK we have autumn, winter, spring and summer.
  • Setting - the setting is where a story happens
  • Sing - creating musical sounds with our voice that can be a mixture of high and low sounds.
  • Speaking - using your voice to talk to someone.
  • Special - unlike anything else
  • Street - a public road, it is usually lined with buildings and parks
  • Success criteria - a list which helps to see if the object does what it is expected to do.
  • Superhero - a person who does something amazing and may have super powers.
  • Symbol - when something stands for something else. E.g. a heart meaning love.

T

  • Tap - a short press on a touchscreen
  • Teacher - helps children learn things usually in a school
  • Testing - trying something to see if it works so that changes or improvements can be made.
  • Texture - texture is the way something feels when you touch it
  • Theme - a main idea in a story told through the plot

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