ELL HubStorytelling Pt. 1
Storytelling Pt. 1
Episode 170
Vocabulary
spoonfeed (verb)
- Definition:
- to provide information or help in a very simple and easy way, so someone doesn't have to think much for themselves
- Example from the episode:
- “And also not spoonfeed your reader because the joy of a cartoon, it's interactive.”
- Example sentence:
- “Teachers should not spoonfeed students all the answers.”
narrative (noun)
- Definition:
- a story or account of events, whether real or imagined
- Example from the episode:
- “So you have a legal case that you build into that narrative.”
- Example sentence:
- “It's important to build emotions into the narrative for impact.”
disjointed (adjective)
- Definition:
- not connected or easy to understand
- Example from the episode:
- “So when people hear the evidence, they get a context to associate with these disjointed facts they're hearing in the course of a trial.”
- Example sentence:
- “His speech was disjointed and hard to follow.”
fall flat (idiom)
- Definition:
- to fail completely or to not have the desired effect, especially when trying to be impressive or funny
- Example from the episode:
- “A story will fall flat if it doesn't have a targeted audience.”
- Example sentence:
- “His joke fell flat and no one laughed.”