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iBeJenn · 01-06-2012, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tegz

"A point that many of you mentioned, that is very important and relevant is that a Transfiguration changes what something fundamentally is, while a Charm leaves the base object and gives it properties or changes its behaviour."

She added that first point to the board with a flick of her wand, the chalk writing as she spoke.

"Several of you mentioned the 'seven classifications of spells'. It isn't precisely wrong but neither is it a particularly useful or clean cut definition of spell types. You'll find different classifications depending on who wrote the textbook, and many of the classifications are arbitrary."

Sooo to the next main point.

"The three main components of a spell are wand movement, incantation and intent. This means you have to get the wand movement right, focus on what you are trying to do, and pronounce the incantation correctly, all of which feed into your focus and intent. The intent is the most important of the three because eventually some will be able to cast their spells non-verbally, or in some rare cases, wandlessly."

They could move on quickly from this intro stuff, she hoped.

"First years, you'll find more information about particular wand movement types on page 47 of Quintessence a Quest. You can revise this later with an older student if you need help understanding these, and I do suggest you practice with a buddy later."

Because she wasn't going over it in detail right now.

One more bit before they could move on to something a little more substantial.

"We're going to touch briefly on incantations. What is an incantation? What kinds of words are used as incantations? What kind of words are not used as incantations? What is the relationship between an incantation and a spell? How are incantations chosen? You can answer any of these questions, I'm trying to get you all thinking a bit. Just share what you know about incantations." Some of it she'd touched on the previous year after all, so it wasn't as if most of them wouldn't know something.

Selena blinked at the professor before realizing she ought to take notes. She was did know what they were talking about... but perhaps she ought to take notes just in case she got old and forgot? Eh. Her quill moved across the page of her notebook as she listened to the professor and the answers provided. Right. Moving on.

"Incantations are words that the caster needs in order to perform the spell, they usually have greek or latin roots however there's also non-verbal magic, where you don't need to say the incantation out loud but it can be less effective and it's much more challenging," Selena said after raising her hand.

And she knew this because it was on her OWLs. Which she had passed for this class. Which was awesome. Yup.

01-06-2012, 04:05 AM	#179 (permalink)
iBeJenn Hinkypunk Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NYC Posts: 12,495 Hogwarts RPG Name: Regina Circe Cho Slytherin Third Year x12 x2	Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz "A point that many of you mentioned, that is very important and relevant is that a Transfiguration changes what something fundamentally is, while a Charm leaves the base object and gives it properties or changes its behaviour." She added that first point to the board with a flick of her wand, the chalk writing as she spoke. "Several of you mentioned the 'seven classifications of spells'. It isn't precisely wrong but neither is it a particularly useful or clean cut definition of spell types. You'll find different classifications depending on who wrote the textbook, and many of the classifications are arbitrary." Sooo to the next main point. "The three main components of a spell are wand movement, incantation and intent. This means you have to get the wand movement right, focus on what you are trying to do, and pronounce the incantation correctly, all of which feed into your focus and intent. The intent is the most important of the three because eventually some will be able to cast their spells non-verbally, or in some rare cases, wandlessly." They could move on quickly from this intro stuff, she hoped. "First years, you'll find more information about particular wand movement types on page 47 of Quintessence a Quest. You can revise this later with an older student if you need help understanding these, and I do suggest you practice with a buddy later." Because she wasn't going over it in detail right now. One more bit before they could move on to something a little more substantial. "We're going to touch briefly on incantations. What is an incantation? What kinds of words are used as incantations? What kind of words are not used as incantations? What is the relationship between an incantation and a spell? How are incantations chosen? You can answer any of these questions, I'm trying to get you all thinking a bit. Just share what you know about incantations." Some of it she'd touched on the previous year after all, so it wasn't as if most of them wouldn't know something. Selena blinked at the professor before realizing she ought to take notes. She was did know what they were talking about... but perhaps she ought to take notes just in case she got old and forgot? Eh. Her quill moved across the page of her notebook as she listened to the professor and the answers provided. Right. Moving on. "Incantations are words that the caster needs in order to perform the spell, they usually have greek or latin roots however there's also non-verbal magic, where you don't need to say the incantation out loud but it can be less effective and it's much more challenging," Selena said after raising her hand. And she knew this because it was on her OWLs. Which she had passed for this class. Which was awesome. Yup. __________________ though we're strangers 'til now, we're choosing a *path* between the s t a r s________________._____________ ♡ ♡_______________________.__________________________ ____i'll leave my .l o v e. between the stars...