Scholars, today we discussed Part Two of 1984. Thank you for your eloquence, insights, and elocution. Speaking of those vocabulary words, please submit your half story tonight to turnitin.com. Out of an abundance of caution, I have copied and pasted at the bottom of this entry the list (the Second In Cold Blood List) from which you should take the words AND the assignment description.
Bring TWO hard copies of your half story to class tomorrow.
Tomorrow we will also have a vocabulary check on pages 2 and 3 of the Second In Cold Blood List.
We will also (drum roll) write in our journals tomorrow, with Laura, Jackie, Keia, Senit, and Lorena leading the way.
BTW, there will be NO review session tomorrow afternoon. Beginning in March, I will try to hold a session each Friday.
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 |
Fabulous, Interactive, Creative, Vocabulary-Learning Writing Assignment
It’s simple, really – please note the following:
If your surname begins with A-L, please write the first half of a story using 20 words from the first two pages of the second In Cold Blood Vocabulary sheet. End your half of the story with a cliffhanger or at least a scintilla of suspense or at least a myriad of choices as to how to finish the story. Underline all vocabulary words, and make this work absolutely spellbinding or profoundly artistic in some manner.
If your surname begins with M-Z, please write the first half of a story using 20 words from the last two pages of the second In Cold Blood Vocabulary sheet. End your half of the story with a cliffhanger or at least a scintilla of suspense or at least a myriad of choices as to how to finish the story. Underline all vocabulary words, and make this work absolutely spellbinding or profoundly artistic in some manner.
Submit your story to turnitin.com on Thursday, February 17, 2011, and bring TWO hard copies to class on Friday, February 18, 2011.
Make sure that your half-story represents your best work. Prepare to be fascinated.
Have a great night!
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