BANAL

Created By: Lisa

**Banal**: (adj.) Hackneyed, trite, commonplace.
Trite : (adj.) Lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition.

SYNONYMS : Stale, insipid ANTONYMS : Fresh, novel, original, new

Ismael Beah's theme to his memoir, A Long Way Gone,his experiences as a boy soilder in Sierra Leone, didn't have a **banal** theme to it giving the class a new discussion to talk about.

The movie, //West Side Story//, had a **banal** theme to it that it seem more like a repetition to //Romeo and Juliet.//