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= Week One =

Vocabulary Definitions
1.Abhor a) transitive v-To regard with horror or loathing; detest b) The majority of the class abhors long and boring lectures.

2.Bigot a) n-One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ b) Some kids in our class are bigotted little fruitcakes.

3.Counterfeit a) v-To make a pretense of; feign b) She counterfeited interest in the story.

4.Enfranchise a) transitive v-To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote b) It took too long to enfranchise the American woman's rights.

5.Hamper a) transitive v-To prevent the free movement, action, or progress of b) The cloth was hampering with her movement.

6. Kindle a) To set something alight, or to begin to burn.To become aroused, or to arouse feelings or interest. b) He kindled something within her.

7. Noxious a) Harmful to life or health, especially by being poisonous. b) Those noxious fumes are coming from your basement and they have a real bad smell.

8. Placid a) Calm and tending not to become excited, upset, disturbed, or appearing to be so. b) The lake was called Placid Lake because of its calm surroundings.

9. Remuneration a) A payment or reward for goods or services or for losses sustained or inconvenience caused. b) The agreed upon remuneration for the class action lawsuit was fifty thousand dollars.

10. Talisman a) An object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune. b) This talisman is to protect you on the journey ahead and for safe night as well.

Literary Terms
1. Allegory a) The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. A short moral story. b) The scarlet letter is an allegory of sin in the novel.

2. Alliteration a) The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables. b) Saying things in alliteration can be a tongue twister, but it’s easier to memorize.

3. Allusion a) An instance of indirect reference. Passing reference or indirect mention. b) The teacher didn’t identified the student, but he used allusion to compliment her.

4. Ambiguity a) An expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context. Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning b) Depending on each people, the word “good life” is full of ambiguities.

5. Amplification a) The act or result of amplifying, enlarging, or extending. b) The internet explorer has an amplification window for the people who can’t see small fonts

Special Activity 1 for Literary Terms
-____________________ A Gentle Knight was pricking on the plaine, Ycladd in mightie armes and silver shielde, Wherein old dints of deepe wounds did remaine, The cruell markes of many a bloudy fielde; Yet armes till that time did he never wield: His angry steede did chide his foming bitt, As much disdayning to the curbe to yield: Full jolly knight he seemd, and faire did sitt, As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt. http://www.poeticbyway.com/xspenser.htm

-____________________ fresh from a night of it lovely you stopped on the curb for the light & your eye caught mine lovely so http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/schome/exhibit/Teaching/Pedagogy/carrillo.doc

-____________________ Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco/literature/mothergoose/rhymes/peterpiperpickedapeckofpickledpeppers.html

-____________________ Whose woods these are I think I know His house is in the village, though. He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. http://tinablue.homestead.com/literaryallusion.html

-____________________ In my hunger after ten days of rigorous dieting I saw visions of ice cream--mountains of creamy, luscious ice cream, dripping with gooey syrup and calories. http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm#Amplification

Special Activity 2 for Vocabulary
Her face was_____ and it scared me because it seemed like she was wasn’t affected at all.

The fire he_______ went crazy when he poured kerosene fluid.

The_______ was to make sure the employee wouldn’t be putting false accusations.

His health was failing and it was all because of those_______ poisons he had in his room.

I do not think that this_______ will bring me good luck on my wedding day.

The teacher ______students who dozes off in class during a very important lecture.

Those pants he made were_________ of what he bought.

Abraham Lincoln had_____________ the Emancipation Proclamation.

Someone had__________ with the lights because our house was the only house affected by the “black-out”.

Scrooge is a__________ old man who hates people who love Christmas.

Vocabulary Definitions
1) Abrasive a)Def: Using friction and roughness of texture to smooth or clean a surface;aggressively direct and insensitive b)Ex: Her abrasive personality was appalling after so many months of anger management classes.

2) Bilk a)Def: To cheat somebody, especially by swindling him or her out of money (//informal//) b)Ex: The man had tried to bilk his way out of his million dollar loan.

3) Covert a)Def: Not intended to be known, seen, or found out b)Ex: He's on a covert operation.

4) Engender a)Def: To arise or come into existence, or cause something to do so b)Ex: The Stone Of Life engender the mummies from their tomb.

5) Hangar a)Def: A large building in which aircraft are kept or repaired b)Ex: The plane was under repairs in the hangar.

6) Knotty a)Def: Full of tied or tangled knots b)Ex: Your hair is so knotty, I can't brush your hair without hurting you.

7) Nuance a)Def: A very slight difference in meaning, feeling, tone, or color b)Ex: The nuance between Cherry Pepsi and Cherry Coke is the slightly bitter taste at the end of your tongue.

8) Plagiarism a)Def: Copying what somebody else has written or taking somebody's else's idea and trying to pass it off as original b)Ex: Jill was punished for plagerism when the teacher found the same paper in someone else's handwriting.

9) Renown a)Def: Widespread fame or honor b)Ex: J.K Rowling is a renowned author because of her Harry Potter series.

10) Tangent a)Def: A line, curve, or surface that touches another curve or surface but does not cross or intersect it. A sudden digression or change of course. b)Ex: The audience went off on a tangent when they found out that the concert was canceled.

Literary Terms
Anacoluthon a)Def: An instance of abandoning a grammatical construction in speech or writing before it is complete and continuing with another. b)Ex: The student attempted to use an anacoluthon but confused his audience in the process of it.

Anadiplosis a)Def: The rhetorical repetition of the last word or words of one phrase or sentence at the beginning of the next. b)Ex: She calls herself a friend. Friend she is not.

Anagram a)Def: A word or phrase that contains all the letters of another word or phrase in a different order. ``Astronomers is an anagram of ``no more stars. b)Ex: The word “silent” is an anagram because it can be rearranged into “listen.”

Analogy a)Def: A comparison between two things that are similar in some respects, often used to help explain something or make it easier to understand. b)Ex: 'Music is to listening as books are to reading' is an example of an analogy.

Anaphora a)Def: The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs. b)Ex: Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech is an anaphora.

Special Activity
Abrasive Bilk Covert Engender Hanger Knotty Plagiarism Nuance Renown Tangent 1-5 Fill in the blanks with the words from above Vocab. 1.) Agent J. Hamilton struck down the swindler who was attempting to _________ the tourists. 2.) Agent J. Hamilton uses very ____________ methods of torture when taking down criminals. 3.) Agent J. Hamilton hid from the Russian Mafia in the __________ at the top secret military base. 4.) Agent J. Hamilton helped ____________ a baby yak in the mountains in a top secret mission. 5.) Agent J. Hamilton was on a __________ mission to seek and destroy the secret weapon W.I.L.S.O.N. 6-10 6.) Agent J. Hamilton's aim is never off _____________ from her target. 7.) Agent J. Hamilton's hair become __________ after her extrenuous mission. 8.) Agent J. Hamilton found evidence of _____________ on a very important top secret document. 9.) Agent J. Hamilton appreciates the __________ and flavor of cherry Coke rather than cherry Pepsi. 10.) Agent J. Hamilton is a very __________ agent within the folds of the FBI. Literary Devices Fill in the appropriate Literary term in the blanks. Anacoluthon Anadiplosis Anagram Analogy Anaphora 1.) _________________ Agreements entered into when one state of facts exists -- are they to be maintained regardless of changing conditions? 2.) _________________ Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state; servants of fame; and servants of business. http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/rhetoric.html 3.) _________________ The tiny tot went: "When I eat I mess up." The elder replied: "O, that makes two of us." http://www.fun-with-words.com/anag_short_long.html 4.) _________________ shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel http://www.epcc.edu/faculty/joeo/sa_analogy.htm 5.) _________________ We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall
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Bibliography www.dictionary.com http://www.bartleby.com/61/

= Week Three =

Vocabulary definitions
1) Billowing a) Def:To fill with air, or cause something made of fabric to fill with air, and swell outward b) Ex: The clown billowed into the balloon and gave it to the child.

2) Cower a) Def:To cringe or move backward defensively in fear b) Ex:The cat cowered from the snarling dog up in the tree.

3) Enhance a) Def:To improve or add to the strength, worth, beauty, or other desirable quality of something b) Ex:Ms. Jenkins wanted to enhance her lips to make them look more luscious.

4) Harangue a) Def:To criticize or question somebody or try to persuade somebody to do something in a forceful angry way b) Ex:Jimmy harangued jordan to give him his lunch money.

5) Labyrinth a) Def:An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze. b) Ex:Sarah got lost in the labyrinth trying to find her baby brother.

6) Nullify a) Def:To make something legally invalid or ineffective b) Ex:That couple had their marriage nullified because they were not in their right of mind when they got married.

7) Plaintiff a) Def:Somebody who begins a lawsuit against another person ( defendant ) in a civil court b) Ex: The Plaintiff were the family members of Lacy Peterson who wanted Scott Peterson in jail.

8) Replete a) Def:Amply, completely, or fully supplied with something b) Ex: The top drawer is repleted with supplies for the employees.

9) Tangible a) Def:Capable of being understood and evaluated, and therefore regarded as real b) Ex:His turkish accent was tanglible when he spoke.

10) Abrogate a) Def:To repeal or abolish something formally and publicly (formal) b) Ex:The soda was to be abrogated from all schools.

Literary Terms
11) Anastrophe a) Def: Inversion of the normal syntactic order of words b) Ex: To most people, anastrophe is hard to understand, but people do it many times.

12)Anthropomorphism a) Def: Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects,animals, or natural phenomena. b) Ex: Many poets and authors use anthropomorphism to put more feeling or passion into their writing.

13) Antithesis a) Def: A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure b) Ex: Hope is the antithesis of despair

14) Aphorism a) Def: A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage b) Ex: People should talk more aphorism than lying.

15) Aporia a) Def: A figure of speech in which the speaker expresses or purports to be in doubt about a question. b) Ex: Our conscious is an aporia when making tough decisions.

Special Activity Vocab.

1-5

1. Agent J. Hamilton swept across the room causing her leather duster to ____________ in the wind.

2. The guilty ____________ when confronted with the fury gaze of Agent J. Hamilton.

3. Agent J. Hamilton got plastic surgery to ____________ her disguise.

4. Agent J. Hamilton dislikes those who uses very ____________ ways to extract information out of a suspect.

5. Agent J. Hamilton chased the criminal through a ____________ and finally cornered him at the end.

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6. Agent J. Hamilton was called to ____________ the leaking case.

7. Agent J. Hamilton crossexamined the ____________ who knew evidence about the case.

8. Agent J. Hamilton ____________ her dufflebag once she returned from her previous top secret mission.

9. Agent J. Hamilton found ____________ ways to explain the mission to the civilians needed to complete the job.

10. Agent J. Hamilton had the D.A. ____________ the famous star of his crimes.

Literary Devices Word Bank Anastrophe Anthropomorphism Antithesis Aphorism Aporia

1. _____________________________ Then the steward said within himself, 'What shall I do?'

2. _____________________________ Life is short, art is long, opportunity fleeting, experimenting dangerous, reasoning difficult.

3. _____________________________ Brutus: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

4. _____________________________ A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet-flowing breast.

5. _____________________________ Matter too soft a lasting mark to bear.

Bibliography

[|www.dictionary.com]

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx

http://www.bartleby.com/61/

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= Week Four =

Vocabulary Definitions
1. Blasphemy a) Def: A contemptuous or profane act, utterance, or writing concerning God or a sacred entity. b) Ex: The man was spreading words of blasphemy causing the crowd to start a riot.

2. Credible a) Def: Capable of being believed; plausible. b) Ex: The parent assured the teacher that the student is credible of being counted on.

3. Enigma a) Def: One that is puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable. b) Ex: Cushing is an enigma to us all.

4. Harbingers a) Def:One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner. b) Ex: The dark cloud was a harbinger to Julia bacause it might rain on her parade.

5. Labyrinthine a) Of, relating to, resembling, or constituting a labyrinth. b) The Greek gods created a labyrinthine to test the mortals if they are worthy.

6) Nuzzle a) Def- To make affectionate rubbing or stroking movements with the face b) Ex- The horse lovingly nuzzled her newborn colt.

7) Plaudit a) Def- an expression of praise or approval b) Ex-The play opened to the plaudits of the critics

8) Reprehensible a) Def- Highly unacceptable or deserving censures. b) Ex- What Jacob had done was reprehensible and he could not be forgiven.

9) Tardy a) Def- Later than the expected or usual time. b) Ex- John was tardy and missed half the class discussion.

10) Absolution a) Def- Forgiveness for somebody's sins, especially when formally given in a Christian church b) Ex- Anne asked for absolution because she was ashamed of what she had done a few months ago.

Literary Devices
1) Aposiopesis a) A sudden breaking off of a thought in the middle of a sentence, as though the speaker were unwilling or unable to continue. b) The students have difficulty learning from history class because the teacher talks in an aposiopesis sentences.

2) Apostrophe a) The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition. b) Billy gives a apostrophe attention to his imaginary friend.

3) Authorial Intrusion a) Discussions directed to the reader and constituting a substantial break in the narrative illusion of reality b) Merlin was daydreaming in class, but Crystal made an authorial intrusion by asking a question from their math homework.

4) Archaism a) An archaic word, phrase, idiom, or other expression. An archaic style, quality, or usage. b) Many of the words are archaism because people make new words almost everyday.

5) Assonance a) The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words. b) The teacher talks in assonance, which makes his lesson fun to listen.

Special Activity
Crossord Puzzle for Week Four vocab The Clues Down 1. Occurring, arriving, acting, or done after the schsduled, expected, or usual time; late. 3. The act of absolving or the state of being absolved. 4. Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure. 5. One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner 7. Enthusiastic expression of praise or approval

Across 2. Consisting of or resembling a confusion of passages or paths 6. Easy to believe 8. To rub or push against gently with or as if with the nose or snout 9. Somebody or something that is not easily explained or understood 10. Something done or said that shows disrespect for God or sacred things


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Literary Term Activity

1. ______________________
 * O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
 * And men have lost their reason. Bear with me,
 * My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
 * And I must pause till it come back to me.

Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

2. _____________________ O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

3. ____________________ You make the decision: Whom did God punish? Holes Louis Sachar

4. ____________________ Pipit sate upright in her chair Some distance from where I was sitting T. S. Eliot, "A Cooking Egg"

5. ____________________ Thy kingdom come, thy will be done

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