Saturday, February 12, 2011

It's a BEAUTIFUL day!

Scholars, please note the following:

Friday, you completed a crossword puzzle based on the second page of the first In Cold Blood vocabulary list.

Monday, (Happy V Day!) you will take a 24 questions multiple choice test on 1984 (AP style).  Your cheat sheet is printed below for your convenience:

First List for First Test on 1984

Word
Definition
P.O.S.
Words and terms for Monday’s test


Pretentious



Facetious



Perilous



Argumentum ad hominem



Begging the question



Red herring



False analogy



Ossification



Oxymoron



Litotes



Procreation



Pervasiveness



Auditory





Gustatory





Olfactory





Tactile





Paternal





Fraternal





Synecdoche





Anaphora





Epistrophe





Anadiplosis





Epanalepsis





Paradox



Thwart



Inure



Fatalistic



Bravado



Invective



Allusion



Tremulous



Metonymy



Montage






As I said in class, you may use this sheet during the test if you would like.  I will not grade it.

Also Monday night, you will submit your Post-Trial  Metacognition piece into turnitin.com.  If you have changed classes since the year began, simply submit the assignment to your original class.

Tuesday, please bring a hard copy of your Post-Trial Metacognition to class.

Wednesday, you will write a persuasive essay.

Thursday, part two of 1984 is due - through page 224.
Thursday night, please submit your half vocabulary story into turnitin.com.  For your ease of reference, copied below is the Second In Cold Blood list from which words for your story are to be taken.

Second Vocabulary List for In Cold Blood (Pages 249 – end) and Mockingbird Handout and AP-style Multiple Choice Questions (Passages 2-9)

WORD
POS
DEFINITION
Mélange (251)



Laden (254)



Allusion “brothers in the breed of Cain”
Source?
Meaning?
Idyllic (263)



Habitués (264)



Pugnacious (267)



Apparition (270)



Laggard(ly) (271)



Sartorial(ly) (272)



Languid (280)



Writhe (282)



Tarried (284)



Vicissitudes (285)



Chagrined (286)



Dirge (287)



Staid (288)



Contrition (290)



Pensive (292)



Sally (293)



Lithe (296)



Innocuous (301)



Suavely (302)



Venerable (304)



Debonair (305)



Impassively (307)



Hiatus (311)



Callow (314)



Unctuous (314)



Rococo (316)



Anathema (317)



Pinioned (318)



Complacency (318)



Rebuffed (319)



Sustenance (320)



Malodorous (321)



Travesty (322)



Progeny (323)



Phlegmatic (323)



Absconded (323)



Curtly (325)



Collusion (326)



Scathing (328)



Pervades (330)



Obliterated (334)



Clemency (337)



Commodious (338)



Spartan (341) treat “Spartan” as a vocabulary word and an allusion


Mockingbird


Banal (148)



Taciturn (149)



Allusion
“The leftover funeral meats could truly have furnished the wedding feast” (151).
Ask me!  From my favorite play!

Sanctimony



Inter-textual connection - “Capote saw possibilities for a story about the nature of evil” (153).
Remind you of anything?

Tantalizing (159)



Loquacious (161)



Verisimilitude (163)



Synergy (163)



Uncanny (163)



Clandestine (164)



Lethargy (164)



Perfunctory (169)



Winsome (170)



Doppelganger (170)



Ponderous (170)



Garrulous (172)



Piece de resistance (172)



Gleaned (173)



AP-style M/C questions


Passage 2


Swaggering



Poignant



Maudlin



Passage 4


Cunning



Mercurial



Sanguine



Passage 6


Palliatives



Disingenuous



Snide



Passage 7


Jaded



Truism



Passage 8


Jargon



Verbatim



Passage 9



Disinterested



Prised



Ministrations



Mendacious








Friday please bring TWO hard copies of your half story to class.

Bring your copy of 1984 every day!

Have a great weekend!

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