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 * Abhor**: v. to regard with horror or loathing; detest

“The problem with Establishment Republicans is they abhor the unseemliness of a political brawl” (Patrick J. Buchanan).


 * Bigot**: n. one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.

The racist bigots of the southern are often part of a extremist group, the Ku Klux Klan.


 * Counterfeit**: v. to make a copy of, usually with the intent to defraud; forge

The thieves stole the engraving plates with the intent to counterfeit money.


 * Enfranchise**: v. to bestow a franchise on; to endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote; to free, as from bondage.

Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century


 * Hamper**: v. to prevent the free movement, action, or progress of.

The heavy backpack hampered the thief’s plans of escape.


 * Kindle**: v. to build or fuel (a fire); to set fire to; ignite; to cause to glow; light up; to arouse

“No spark had yet kindled in him an intellectual passion” (George Eliot).


 * Noxious**: adj. harmful to living things; injurious to health; harmful to the mind or morals; corrupting

The noxious chemical on the rag knocked her out in mere seconds.

The surface of the lake was placid in the early mornings.
 * Placid**: adj. Undisturbed by tumult or disorder; calm or quiet; satisfied; complacent

The sum of money was adequate remuneration for his work.
 * Remuneration**: n. the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses

Bennie wore many talismans around his neck to protect him from any form of evil.
 * Talisman**: n. an object marked with magic signs and believed to confer on its bearer supernatural powers or protection; something that apparently has magic power.

Examples of allegory are Herman Melville’s Moby Dick and John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
 * Allegory**: n. an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

Now Beowulf bode in the burg of the Scyldings, Leader beloved, and long he ruled In fame with all folk since his father had gone. . . (Beowulf)
 * Alliteration**: n. the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at thebeginning of words or in stressed syllables; modern alliteration is predominantly consonantal; certain literary traditions, such as Old English verse, also alliterate using vowel sounds.

Stephen Vincent Benet's story "By the Waters of Babylon" contains a direct reference to Psalm 137 in the Bible. (http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/allusion.html)
 * Allusion**: n. an instance of indirect reference

“He ate the cookies on the couch” (were the cookies on the couch, or was he?)
 * Ambiguity**: n. doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation

“. . . Even in Leonardo's time, there were certain obscure needs and patterns of the spirit, which could discover themselves only through less precise analogies--the analogies provided by stains on walls or the embers of a fire.” --Kenneth Clark
 * Amplification**: n. an addition to or expansion of a statement or idea.

Activity

The sum of money was adequate ____________ for his work.

The enchanted __________ was a key tool for the warlock’s quest for epic mount.

The _______ fumes emitted from the chemical filled his nostrils and caused him to fall unconscious.

The family chose to escape the riot of the city and moved into a small cabin near the _________ lake.

The teacher was _________ in his attempt to educate the students due to a few disruptive individuals.

Blowing on a fledgling fire will help to __________ it.

The dollar bills were ____________, for they lacked the sturdiness of the average bill.

The small territory was recently ___________ with complete suffrage.

The restless old man _________ the children, for they incessantly played in his garden.

The politician, adamant in his political views, was considered a _________.

The _________ was embedded with symbolism.

The ______________ within the poem made it easily memorable.

Many _________, or references, were made within the poem in order to capture the setting.

The boy enjoyed the ____________ of the novel, for he took pleasure in using his imagination to fill the empty spaces.

The ____________ within the poem emphasized the tone and mood.

Definitions from http://dictionary.reference.com/


 * //List II//**

//Vocabulary Terms://

//The abrasive pavement left a gnarly scrape on the skateboarder’s arm.//
 * Abrasive**: v. harsh and rough in manner

The dealer made millions bilking wealthy clients on art sales.**
 * Bilk: v. to defraud, cheat, or swindle; to evade payment of

Covert: n. not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown //The covert operative did all in his power to evade detection.//

//“Every cloud engenders not a storm”// (Shakespeare).
 * Engender**: v. to bring into existence; give rise to

//The giant hangars that housed the giant dirigibles of the 19th century are all but extinct because of the new aviation technology.//
 * Hangar**: n. a shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft

//The knotty tree made a good place for a tree house.//
 * Knotty**: adj. covered with knots or knobs; gnarled; difficult to understand or solve

//Without understanding the finer nuances of satire, you can't enjoy the humor of the great satirical writers, like Voltaire.//
 * Nuance**: n. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

//In schools today, plagiarism is highly stressed as a something detrimental to one’s writing.//
 * Plagiarism**: n. a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

The renowned scientist’s opinions were highly respected in academic circles. Tangent: adj. making contact at a single point or along a line; touching but not intersecting; irrelevant. n. A line, curve, or surface meeting another line, curve, or surface at a common point and sharing a common tangent line or tangent plane at that point. a sudden digression or change of course //The students got the teacher off on a tangent to waste time and not do work.//
 * Renown**: n the quality of being widely honored and acclaimed; fame.

//Literary Terms:// //I warned him that if he continues to drink, what will become of him?//
 * Anacoluthon**: n. an abrupt change within a sentence to a second construction inconsistent with the first, sometimes used for rhetorical effect;

//He is a man of loyalty loyalty always firm.//
 * Anadiplosis**: n. Rhetorical repetition at the beginning of a phrase of the word or words with which the previous phrase ended;

//satin to stain.//
 * Anagram**: n. a word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase

a comparison based on such similarity //The operation of a computer presents an interesting analogy to the working of the brain.//
 * Analogy**: n. similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar

//“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills”// (Winston S. Churchill).
 * Anaphora**: n. the deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs

Definitions from http://dictionary.reference.com/

Activity: Week 2

The ___________ floor created much friction and hampered mobility.

The beggar __________the merchant and acquired many goods for a cheap price.

The ___________ military operations required much secrecy.

The mixing of two chemicals _____________ a new substance.

The antique aircraft was stored in a top security __________.

The length of rope was a __________mess after the child was done with it.

The _________ between the two shades of green was very slight.

____________ is not to be tolerated in school.

Shakespeare is _____________for his literary masterpieces.

The _________ can also be expressed as sine over cosine.

//Vocabulary Terms://
 * //List III//**

The large sheets were billowing in the wind.
 * Billowing**: v. To swell out or bulge

The small dog cowered in the presence of its threatening master.
 * Cower**: v To cringe in fear.

The 3-D glasses truly enhanced the movie going experience.
 * Enhance**: v. To make greater, as in value, beauty, or effectiveness; augment.

Zach de la Rocha’s angry harangue was aimed at the wealthy CEO’s and their acquisition of excess monies.
 * Harangue**: n. A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering; a speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade.

The labyrinth of rules and regulations is only truly understood by legal analysts and jugdges.
 * Labyrinth**: n. An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze; something highly intricate or convoluted in character, composition, or construction

The warmth of the heater nullified the frigid cold of the surrounding atmosphere. Plaintiff: n. The party that institutes a suit in a court. The plaintiff was a family that felt they had been cheated out of their money by a large corporation.
 * Nullify**: v. To make null; invalidate

The stream was replete with trout.
 * Replete**: adj. Abundantly supplied; abounding

Only tangible evidence is allowed in court.
 * Tangible**: adj. Discernible by the touch; palpable; possible to touch; possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete; possible to understand or realize:

The judge abrogated the statement from the record, as it was spoken out of tern and context.
 * Abrogate**: v. To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority

“Matter too soft a lasting mark to bear” (Alexander Pope).
 * Literary Terms:**
 * Anastrophe**: Inversion of the normal syntactic order of words; for example,


 * Anthropomorphism**: Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.

“Hee for God only, shee for God in him” (John Milton).
 * Antithesis**: n. direct contrast; opposition; the direct or exact opposite; a figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure; the second and contrasting part of the example juxtaposition.

After several unsuccessful attempts to weld my results together into...a whole, I realized that I should never succeed...My thoughts were soon crippled if I tried to force them on in any single direction against their natural inclination.
 * Aphorism**: n. a tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage. a brief statement of a principle.

"The beauty of God is the cause of the being of all that is."
 * Aporia**: n. a figure of speech in which the speaker expresses or purports to be in doubt about a question; an insoluble contradiction or paradox in a text's meanings.

The __________ smoke was pouring form the burning building.

The little man _________ in fear at the sight of the giant mountain he was about to scale.

The ____________ to the graphic card dramatically improved game play.

The ____________ initiated the funeral procession.

The ____________ caused the adventurers many hours of distress before they found the way out.

The marriage was _________ by the divorce settlement.

The ____________ in the case was victorious.

The chest was _________ with treasure.

The _________ evidence was enough to put the murder away for 25 years.

The culprit was ___________ by unanimous vote of the town.

Young the boy was. a) Anastrophe b) Aporia c) Antithesis

The rock spoke a) Anastrophe b) Anthropomorphism c) Aphorism

Hope is the antithesis of despair a) Antithesis b) anastrophe c) Anthropomorphism

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you a) Aphorism b) Anastrophe c) Antithesis’

What kind of question is that? a) Aphorism b) Anastrophe c) Aporia

Definitions from: http://dictionary.reference.com

//**List IV**// 1. **Blasphemy**: n. A contemptuous or profane act, utterance, or writing concerning God or a sacred entity. Swearing with the Lord’s name is blasphemy. 2. **Credible**: adj. Capable of being believed; plausible. The witness’s testimony was credible because he explained the crime scene with immaculate detail. 3. **Enigma**: n. One that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable. The masked enigma was terrorizing the city. 4. **Harbingers**: n. One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner. It was once thought that comets were harbingers of doom. 5. **Labyrinthine**: adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or constituting a labyrinth “the labyrinthine corridors... of bureaucratic red tape” (William H. Hallahan). 6. **Nuzzle**: v. To rub or push against gently with or as if with the nose or snout The dog gently nuzzled her leg in an affectionate way. 7. **Plaudit**: n. Enthusiastic expression of praise or approval The teacher’s plaudit to the student was well deserved as he had just aced his test. 8. **Reprehensible**: adj. Deserving rebuke or censure; blameworthy The reprehensible action was met with incarceration and jail time. 9. **Tardy**: adj. Occurring, arriving, acting, or done after the scheduled, expected, or usual time; late. The tardy student was forced to wait outside for the teacher to let her in. 10. **Absolution**: n. The formal remission of sin imparted by a priest, as in the sacrament of penance. The priest granted absolution to the sinner after his confession.
 * Vocab**

1. **Aposiopesis**: n. A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue. "Well, I lay if I get ahold of you I'll–." Tom Sawyer 2. **Apostrophe**: n. The superscript sign ( ' ) used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations. I**’**d never lay a hand on her. 3. **Authorial Intrusion**: n. Discussions directed to the reader and constituting a substantial break in the narrative illusion of reality Terry Brooks' "The Sword of Shannara" lapses into authorial intrusion now and then. (For example, he tends to tell us that his protagonists don't realize that something or someone is following them. I should imagine not! Otherwise they would turn around!) 4. **Archaism**: n. An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression The word thou, the singular form of you, is an archaism. 5. **Assonance**: n. Resemblance of sound, especially of the vowel sounds in words Between…stream; cloud…shroud; exclaim…maim.
 * Literary Terms**:

Activity Crossowrd Puzzle: http://www.variety-games.com/CW/Puzzles/1099272453-puzzle.htm

Definitions from: http://dictionary.reference.com

Examples from: http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergrd/lit_tech/soundeff.htm#assonance http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000385.htm http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/headhop.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aposiopesis