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= Week One =

By-- Ryan Whites, Enrique Vivar,Taylor Brown, James Kasper -

1.**Abhor** a.) to regard with extreme repugnance b.) I abhor those who steal money from the poor.

2. **Bigot** a.)One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ b.)Hardcore liberal conservative newspaper writers are obvious bigots.

3. **Counterfeit** a)made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive b)The criminals counterfeited the dollar bills.

4. **Enfranchise** a)To free, as from bondage b)An amendment from the Constitution enfarnchised women.

5. **Hamper** a)To prevent the free movement, action, or progress of. b)Bob was hampered in his efforts by the thunder storm.

6.**Kindle** a)to start a fire, cause to glow; to arouse or excite b)The teacher used experiments to kindle our intrests in science.

7.**Noxious** a)physically harmful or destructive to living beings, morally corrupting b)After breathing the noxious chemicals, he was in the hospital for weeks.

8. **Placid** a)serenely free of interruption or disturbance b)We took a stroll along the placid lake waters.

9. **Remuneration** a) to pay an equivalent to for a service, loss, or expense b) Their services were generously remunerated.

10. **Talisman** a)an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune; something producing apparently magical or miraculous effects b) The young wizard carried with him a talisman which warded the evil undead.

// Literary Terms//:

Allegory a.) the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence; also : an instance (as in a story or painting) of such expression b.) It was an obvious allegory involving surfing and its dangers which reminded the reader that life is full of problems.

Alliteration a.) the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) -- called also head rhyme, initial rhyme b.) Example: The wicked waves washed the watery wharf.

Allusion a.) an implied or indirect reference especially in literature; also : the use of such references b.) He alluded to the fact that Hitler himself was part Jewish, and so he was, in fact, a hypocrite.

Ambiguity a.) Open to more than one interpretation; doubtful or uncertain. b.) The response to the letter was ambiguous; its lack of clarity made it open to a variety of interpretations.

Amplification a.) The particulars by which a statement is expanded; an expanded statement b.) The lawyer added a few remarks in amplification and defense of his case.

// Activity 1//

Quite honestly I hate apples, in fact, one might say I _______them.

What use is there arguing with a ______? It’s not as if it will make a difference….

The _________ money was confiscated by the FBI because it would hurt the nation’s currency credibility.

The white plantation owner ________ his slave, so he was now a free man.

The ropes around my legs were obviously _________ing my movement.

It’s necessary to have a sort of fuel, it really doesn’t matter what kind, to ______ a fire.

The ________ gas was fuming up from the paint, I couldn’t stand it.

The best fishing takes place upon _______ lakes in the morning, undisturbed by the day’s boaters.

Because of the services which the worker did quite willingly, he was given a large ________.

The _______ around the small child’s neck glowed with some strange power, it seemed to be quite infused with magic.

// Literary Device Identification//

1. The difficult path symbolized the hardships of life.

2. The slippery snake slithered in the sand.

3. Like a religious figure from the past, Jose parted the water as if by magic.

4. The dreadful hurricane was a sight to behold; roofs of houses could be seen fluttering and cries of terror were heard all about.

5. The purpose of Joe's dream was not clear; it was open to interpretation.

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= **Week Two** =

1. **Abrasive**-

a) a substance (as emery or pumice) used for abrading, smoothing, or polishing

b) Sandpaper is considered an abrasive substance because it is used to smooth wood.

2. **Bilk****-**

a) to block the free development of **:** to cheat out of something valuable: to evade payment of or to **:** to slip away from

b) The sneaky car salesman bilked the customer out of thousands of dollars.

3. **covert**-

a) not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed **:** a covering, or cover

b) The troops attempted a covert mission behind enemy lines.


 * 4.****. Engender-**


 * a)**to cause to exist or to develop ;To procreate; propagate.

b) By being a respectful boyfriend, he engendered his girlfriends trust.

5. **hanga**r-

a) A shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft

b) After returning home from his flight, the pilot parked his plane in the hangar.

6. **Knotty**- a.) marked by or full of knots; especially : so full of difficulties and complications as to be likely to defy solution b.) The situation could best be defined as knotty, as we couldn't decide how to stop terrorism completely.

7. **Nuance**- a.) a subtle distinction or variation : a subtle quality : NICETY : sensibility to, awareness of, or ability to express delicate shadings b.) The blue jacket kenneth wears is a nuance of his which we are all quite aware of.

8. **Plagiarism** a.) an act or instance of plagiarizing : something plagiarized (Plagiarize: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source) b.) Committing blatant plagiarism is an easy way to earn an F on any assignment.

9. **Renown** a.) a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : FAME b.) If one were to capture all of the worlds top terrorists, he would gather great renown within America.

10. **Tangent** a.) meeting a curve or surface in a single point if a sufficiently small interval is considered : diverging from an original purpose or course b.) A problem with our legislative body is that sometimes they go off onto tangents and lose focus of the more important issues.

//Literary Terms: //

a) An abrupt change within a sentence to a second construction inconsistent with the first, sometimes used for rhetorical effect b) The author used an obvious anacoluthon by abruptly changing the syntactic structure of the sentence. a) Rhetorical repetition at the beginning of a phrase of the word or words with which the previous phrase ended; for example b) He was a man of dignity-dignity always firm. a) A word or phrase formed by reordering the letters of another word or phrase b) “Bale” is an anagram of “able”.
 * Anacoluthon**
 * Anadiplosis**
 * Anagram**

a) Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar; a comparison based on such similarity b) Milk is to bowl of cereal as broth is to a bowl of chicken soup.
 * Analogy**

a) The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs b) For my country I will fight, for my country I will die.
 * Anaphora**


 * Activity**


 * Vocabulary**

1.) The clay was a little bit too ________________ as it hurt my hand when it rubbed against it.

2.) It was obvious that the UN meant to _____________ the American effort in their war against terrorism as they would not support it in any way.

3.) He was a spy who regularly went through ______________ missions, very few people knew he even existed.

4.) The previous racism of the American whites has _________________ a sort of animosity between the previously enslaved blacks and the whites.

5.) In war, the opposition's _____________ is an important target to strike as it will demobilize their air force.

6.) What a ______________ situation, there just doesn't seem to be any good answer to it.....

7.) A common _______________ of his was the spikey shirt which he always wore.

8.) ______________ is a horrible deed to commit in the world of writing.

9.) I seek to gain _________________ so that I might rise to a position of power through popularity.

10.) To find the slope of the _______________ line, one must find the derivative of the function first.


 * Literary Device Identification**

1. The rain continued to pour, when would it stop?

2. He was a man of honor-honor always present.

3. Meat and Tea

4. Milk is to a bowl of cereal as broth is to a bowl of chicken soup.

5. Now is the time for change, now is the time for revolution, now is the time for victory.

= Week 3 =


 * Vocabulary Terms**

1. **Billowing**

Def.- a)A large wave or swell of water. :A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound.

Ex.- b) After smoking inside the car, Ryan opended the windows and you could see the billowing of smoke.

2.**Cower**

Def.- a)To cringe in fear.

Ex.- b)After entering the haunted house, he was sure to Cower.

3. **Enhance**

Def.- a)To make greater, as in value, beauty, or effectiveness; augment. :To provide with improved, advanced, or sophisticated features: computer software enhanced with cutting-edge functionalities.

Ex.- b) After receiving complaints, they decided to enhance the product.

4. **Harangue**

Def.- a)A long pompous speech, especially one delivered before a gathering. :A speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade.

Ex.- b)Before the gathering of all the baseball teams, the coach gave a harangue.

5. **Labyrinth**

Def.- a) 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

Ex.- b)At Knott's Scary Farm, we walked through many different labyrinth's that scared us to death.

6. **Nullify Ex.- b.) The Supreme Court nullified the law passed by the senate, as it was found to be unconstitutional.
 * Def.- a.) to make null; especially : to make legally null and void : to make of no value or consequence

7. **Plaintiff Ex.- b.) The irate plaintiff in the pink jogger suit bought about a case against the defendant accusing him of "stealing his bike".
 * Def.- a.) a person who brings a legal action

8. **Replete Ex.- b.) I was nothing less than replete after that delicious meal consisting of cooked snail and cow's tongue.
 * Def.- a.) fully or abundantly provided or filled : abundantly fed

9. **Tangible** Def.- a.) capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : substantially real : MATERIAL: capable of being precisely identified or realized by the mind : capable of being appraised at an actual or approximate value Ex.- b.) The possibility of the katamari reaching the size of the moon was quite tangible, as my katamari-making skills could be defined as nothing less than "elite".

10. **Abrogate** Def..- a.) to abolish by authoritative action : ANNUL: to treat as nonexistent Ex.- b.) After I got completely destroyed in Arathi Basin, many guilds decided to abrogate my existance due to my lack of "skillz".


 * A****ctivity- Vocabulary Fill in The Blanks**

Directions- Fill in the Blanks

Word Bank:. Billowing, Cower, Enhance ,Harangue, Labyrinth, Nullify, Plaintiff, Replete, Tangible, Abrogate

1 All powerful mages know how to _______________ curses, that is, they understand how to cancel the effect of the curse.

2 Obviously the _______________ knew nothing about stealing bikes, as he accused an average caucasian man, the defendant, of stealing his bike.

3 Since my resources for the "AB" game were almost _______________, I decided to go off and rack in a few honorable kills.

4 The possibility of a warlock defeating a warrior is defnitely not ______________, warriors are so overpowered.

5 We decided to ______________ the use of raid points to obtain epic items, now you mu

6 The ___________ fire engulfed the whole mountain side, burning everything in its path.

7 Many people believe that make-up ____________ a woman's beauty.

8 My dog ___________ in fear as i punished him for getting in the trash.

9 Jaye gave a lengthy ____________ after accepting her trophy for most valuable player.

10 On the first day of attending her new school, Courtney found herself in a ____________ of crowded hallways.

= Literary Devices =

Anastrophe Def.- a) Inversion of the normal syntactic order of words Ex.- b) “Matter too soft a lasting mark to bear.”

Anthropomorphism Def.- a) Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. Ex.- b) The frog sighed and looked quizzically at the turtle.

Antithesis Def.- a) Direct contrast; opposition; The direct or exact opposite Ex.- b) Hope is the antithesis of despair.

Aphorism Def.- a) A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage. Ex.- b) Good things come in small packages.

Aporia Def.- a) A figure of speech in which the speaker expresses or purports to be in doubt about a question. Ex.- b) What, then, were the causes of the American Revolution?


 * //Activity- Literary Device Identification//**

Directions- Match each literary device

Word Bank-

1. Anastrophe 2. Anthropomorphism 3. Antithesis 4. Aphorism 5. Aporia

1. A perimeter around the survivors we must create. 2. The squirrels and rabbits smiled at one another. 3. Failure is the opposite of success. 4. “There is more than one way to skin a cat.” 5. How, then, are cells able to divide?

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Week 4

Vocabulary Blasphemy a.) he act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God : the act of claiming the attributes of deity : irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable b.) The priest explained to be that becoming a shadow priest was essentially blasphemy, as it denied the holy power of God. Credible a.) offering reasonable grounds for being believed b.) The story regarding the angry bear and his stealing of food was credible because it contained very detailed examples of his attacks. Enigma a.) An obscure speech or writing : something hard to understand or explain : an inscrutable oy mysterious person b.) I thought of him as an enigma as he always seemed to appear and disappear at odd periods of time. Harbringers a.) a person sent ahead to provide lodgings : one that pioneers in or initiates a major change : PRECURSOR : one that presages or foreshadows what is to come b.) The company that first provided an english dub to anime was considered to be the harbringers of that form of media. Labyrinthine a.) of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth : INTRICATE, INVOLVED : of, relating to, affecting, or originating in the internal ear b.) My mother always details my room as being quite labyrinthine because its so messy that she has to trek through it carefully. Nuzzle a.) to work with or as if with the nose; especially : to root, rub, or snuff something : to lie close or snug : NESTLE b.) The cat nuzzled his nose against his bowl, motioning to his owner that he wanted some food. Plaudit a.) an act or round of applause : enthusiastic approval -- usually used in plural b.) The crowd gave a loud plaudit after the amazing circus act ended. Reprehensible a.) worthy of or deserving reprehension : CULPABLE b.) The muddy boy was reprehensible, as least in the eyes of his mother, who hated when he was so dirty. Tardy a.) moving slowly : SLUGGISH : delayed beyond the expected or proper time : LATE b.) Since I was tardy to class Mr. Bolton shot me with a gun. Absolution a.) the act of absolving; specifically : a remission of sins pronounced by a priest (as in the sacrament of reconciliation) b.) I had the priest give me an absolution, as I had stolen from, murdered, and raped many, many, people.

Literary Terms Aposiopesis a.) the leaving of a thought incomplete usually by a sudden breaking off b.) "I thought I told you--" the officer said, but he was quickly overcome by "YA WHATEVA!" Apostrophe a.) the addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically b.) "O Liberty, what things are done in thy name!" Authorial Intrusion a.) when the author stops a story to connect to real life, or something else b.) he author used authorial intrusion to briefly relate the abstract concepts in the novel to our everyday lives. Archaism a.) the use of archaic diction or style : an instance of archaic usage : something archaic; especially : something (as a practice or custom) that is outmoded or old-fashioned b.)“Thy word is lamp onto thy feet and the light unto my path” is an archaic aphorism. Assonance a.) resemblance of sound in words or syllables : relatively close juxtaposition of similar sounds especially of vowels b : repetition of vowels without repetition of consonants (as in stony and holy) used as an alternative to rhyme in verse b.)William Butler Yeats used assonance in the phrase “that dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea.”

Literary Device Identification

1.I went to the store and bought – never mind, it’s unimportant. 2.Let me give my condolences to the Yowlreys, who are unable to attend this feast due to a death in the family. 3.The appearance of the magic pixie dust was so unremarkable that if we were to see it today we would be frankly ignorant of its magical properties and potential. 4.Thy word is lamp onto thy feet and the light unto my path. 5.“Tilting at windmills”