*PLEASE NOTE:  ALL WORDS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS - IN A SEPARATE VOCABULARY LOG.

VOCABULARY LOG:  10/24/14

1.Oxymoron (literary term): combination of contradictory words (ex. = jumbo shrimp; same difference)

2. Allusion (literary term): a reference to a person, event or thing in literature

3. Pun (literary term): a play on words, usually for comedic effect (ex. – A horse is a stable animal.)

4.  Aside (literary term): a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.

5.  inquire (v.): ask for information from someone (syn. = investigate; ask)

6.  prithee: used to convey a polite request (syn. = “Please.”)

7.  privy (adj.): made participant in a secret (syn. = informed of; “in the know”)

8.  misogynist (n.): a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women (syn. = chauvinist; sexist)

9.  beckons (v.): make a gesture with the hand, arm, or head to encourage someone to come nearer or follow (syn. = wave; signal)

10.  importuned (v.): insistently begged  (syn. = plead)

Please use 10 of the below words for your homework assignment tonight (HW#1).  Please underline the word...

1.satchel (n.): a small bag

2.windmill (n.): a wind generator

3.underbelly (n.):   the underside of an object or animal

4.undertaker (n.): a synonym for a funeral director

5.Morse Code (n.): A system of communication using short or long signals of sound and light

6.crackerjack (adj.): excellent; outstanding in ability

7.foretold (v.): predicted what will happen

8.stalk (v.): To follow someone (in a steady, deliberate or sinister manner)

9.engross (v.): To occupy someone’s attention

10.avert (v.): To prevent from happening; look away

11.jottings (n.): quickly written note, comments or observations

12.invincible (adj.): unbeatable; impossible to overcome

13.  proximity (n.): closeness in space or time

14.stymied (v.): Prevented someone or something  from further progress

15.  hastily (adv.): one in a hurry

16.  relentless (adj.): Unyielding; persistent; ceaseless

protagonist: the main character

antagonist: a character/force against the protagonist

plot: what happens in a story

setting: the time and place of a story

point of view: 1^st person = the author uses “I”; 3rd person = the author uses “he” “she” “it”

tone: the attitude of an author towards a subject

theme: an overall message/lesson from the author (a moral)

conflict: the problem in a story

imagery: words/description that the author provides to help readers visualize the plot

Characterization (n.): The way an author describes a character in literature.

Direct characterization (n.): When an author tells us what a character is like.

Indirect characterization (n.): When an author shows us what a character is like, rather than tell us directly.

Static character (n.): does not change in literature.

Dynamic character (n.): changes throughout a piece of literature.

1. intermix (v.): mixed together; blend
2. compound (v.): to make up a whole
3. feverish (adj.): displaying excitement
4. vital (adj.): important
5. consequence (n.): a result or effect of an action or condition
6. seize (v.): to capture, using force
7. surge (v.): moving suddenly and powerfully forward or upward
8. apparatus (n.): equipment needed for a particular activity or purpose
9. repercussion (n.): an unintended result of an event
10. tumultuous (adj.): confused or disorderly
11. octopi (n.): plural of octopus – an 8-armed sea animal
12. resilient: (adj.): able to recover quickly from difficult conditions.

MP2 (Fall 2014)

HW#1:  Using today\'s vocabulary, write 10 sentences or a comprehensive paragraph.

HW#2:  In one well-developed paragraph, describe how the story, "The Boy With the Yellow Eyes" would be different if set in today's society.

HW#3:  Write a well-developed, one paragraph response to your Common Core question:  Is Teen Dating Violence Taken Seriously in Society Today?

HW#4:  Complete the "Story Map" for "The Boy With the Yellow Eyes."  Due Thurs., 10/30.

HW#5:  Bring in two articles that support your point of view regarding your Common Core topic.

MP1 (Fall 2014)

HW#1:  Class Contract

HW#2:  Goals

HW#3:  Write ten sentences/paragraph using vocabulary from Bradbury\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"All Summer in a Day.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" (intermix, compound, feverish, vital, consequence, seize, surge, apparatus, repercussion, tumultuous, octopi, resilient)

HW#4:  Write a 2-3 paragraph continuation to Bradbury\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"All Summer in a Day.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"

HW#5:  Write ten sentences/paragraph using vocabulary from Ross\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Sniper.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" (Dublin, Republican, sniper, beleagured, ascetic, parapet, draft, turret, remorse, iodine bottle)

HW#6:  Write a 2-3 paragraph pre-quel to Ross\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Sniper.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"  Include characterization and setting in your pre-quel.

HW#7:  Write ten sentences/paragraph using vocabulary from O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Flaherty\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Path Through the Cemetery.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" (protest, taunt, jeer, quarry, saber, massive, dread, implacable, lurched, senseless)

HW#8:  Based on one of the short stories we\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ve read in class, who is characterized best as an outsider/outcast? Respond in one well-developed paragraph.

 HW#9:  List, in order of preference, the title/author of at least 2-3 books that you plan on reading for Independent Reading.