1 st Period7:25 – 8:25 2 nd Period8:30 – 9:35 3 rd Period9:40 – 10:40 Lunch A 10:40 – 11:10 Period 4A 11:15 – 12:10 Period 512:15 – 1:15 Period 61:20 – 2:20

Write a theme for: 1.“The Cask of Amontillado” 2.“The Raven” 3.“The Bells” 4.“Rules of the Game” Skip a line between responses. Complete sentence answers. You do not have to name the title in your response.

SAT Vocabulary for Juniors Lesson 5

#1 Fop: n. an excessively fashion-conscious man syn: dandy The pretentious fop brought three suitcases full of clothes for a simple overnight business trip. The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it. -Lord Chesterfield

#2 Imprecation: n. a curse syn: condemnation; anathema / ant: blessing Standing sternly in the pulpit, the preacher hurled imprecations at the stunned congregation. The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death. -Joseph Conrad

#3 Non sequitur: n. something that does not logically follow syn: fallacy; misconception The professor of logic detested false conclusions and therefore banned non sequiturs from her classroom. “You will do what I say because you are my wife!” or “Because I said so.”

#4 Sanguine: adj. cheerful; optimistic Arlene’s perpetually sanguine outlook made some people wonder if she lived in the real world. This sanguine coward, this bed-presser, this horse-back- breaker, this huge hill of flesh. -Shakespeare

#5 Bowdlerize: v. to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. syn: censor After Dr. Thomas Bowdler expurgated Shakespeare, many angry critics began asserting that to censor a book is to bowdlerize it. Ophelia's death in Hamlet is referred to as an accidental drowning, not a possible suicide.

#6 Impair: v. to weaken; to cause to become worse syn: damage; deteriorate / ant: enhance Bigots allows their bias to impair their sense of justice. Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game. -James Lee Burke

#7 Panegyric: n. an expression of praise syn: tribute; extolment / ant: denunciation The author didn’t write an analytical biography; he threw together a mere panegyric. “The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.” -Samuel Johnson

#8 Quandary: n. a puzzling situation; a dilemma syn: predicament Rob faced the pleasant quandary of choosing to go to the movies or play video games. You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people. -Wentworth Miller

#9 Ebullient: adj. enthusiastic syn: exuberant; lively / ant: dejected; dispirited A noisily ebullient crowd kept the visiting team from hearing the signals. Talking about their hopelessness darkens his otherwise ebullient demeanor.

#10 Deference: n. respect; consideration Deference must be given only to those who have earned it. People who expect deference resent mere civility. -Mason Cooley

#11 Carnal: adj. relating to physical appetite, especially sexual syn: erotic / ant: chaste; modest Before being overrun and executed, the emperor spent most of his time at his summer palace, feasting and engaging in other carnal pleasures. Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures. -Thomas Aquinas

#12 Nebulous: adj. hazy; vague; uncertain syn: cloudy; indistinct; obscure / ant: distinct; precise Modern life can oppress us with a nameless and nebulous feeling of dread. Truth cannot be defined or tested by agreement with 'the world'; for not only do truths differ for different worlds but the nature of agreement between a world apart from it is notoriously nebulous. -Nelson Goodman

#13 Rakish: adj. dashingly stylish and confident syn: dapper; jaunty / ant: slovenly; disheveled The “Dapper Don” flashed his patented rakish smile as the feds frog-marched him off to jail. Previous to placing it before him, he went into the Aged's room with a clean white cloth, and tied the same under the old gentleman's chin, and propped him up, and put his nightcap on one side, and gave him quite a rakish air. -Charles Dickens (Great Expectations)

#14 Elegy: n. a sad or mournful poem syn: dirge; lament In deference to the mourners at graveside, the pastor kept his elegy eloquent but short. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” by Thomas Gray

#15 Pedantic: adj. tending to show off one’s learning syn: bookish The pedantic teacher paraded his knowledge of tiny facts and ignored the important ideas in the book. Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another. -Desiderius Erasmus

Themes The message of the story/passage It is universal: not specific to the story Avoid clichés like the plague To build a fantastic theme statement: – Identify the subjects/topics from the passage Revenge Murder Trust Drinking / drunkenness Pride Decide what author was trying to say about the topics. (Must think about what the author actually said, not what we think or wish he/she had said)

Magical Realism Technique of including magical details and events within an otherwise “realistic” narrative.

Honor Code “I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid, nor do I have knowledge of anyone else doing so.” Signature

Word Count 1. Count the number of words on five random full lines of text (words must be 3 letters to count) 2. Average those five numbers e.g =47 Then: 47 ÷ 5= Take the average of that and multiplying by the number of lines written. 9.4 x 30= 282 Scoring: 1-44 = = = = = = = = =5 Target

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