Parallelism (Bellwork 1/28) Make all parts of the following sentences parallel. 1.There's nothing I like better than finding a good trout stream, setting up camp, and to spend a couple of days fishing. 2.It was both a long ceremony and very tedious. 3.My income is smaller than my wife. 4.In English class, Tashonda learned to read poems critically and she appreciated good prose.
Greek & Latin Word Parts 16 clam, cur, grat, tox, vol
clam,claim (Latin) ddeclamation—act of making a formal speech aacclaim—to announce or welcome with excited approval cclamor—a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people OOther words: disclaim, exclaim, reclaim means shout
cur(s), cour (Latin) pprecursor—something or someone that comes before something else iincur—to come into or acquire ccourier—a messenger or delivery service OOther words: current, concurrent, concur, course, recur, occur, cursive means run
grat (Latin) ccongratulate—to express pleasure to a person, as on a happy occasion ggratuity—money given in return for some service or favor iingrate—an unthankful person OOther words: gratification, grateful, gratify, gratis means pleasing, pleased
tox (Greek) iintoxicate—to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcohol, drugs, etc. aantitoxin—a substance, formed in the body, that counteracts a specific poison ddetoxify—to rid of poison or its effects OOther words: toxicologist, toxic means poison
vol (Latin) mmalevolent—ill-willed bbenevolence—goodwill vvolition—faculty or power of using one's will OOther words: volunteer, involuntary, voluntarily means will
Summary clam—cry out cur—run grat—pleasing tox—poison vol—will
Bellwork 1/29/13 Use sentence combining techniques to combine each of the following sets into sentences. A saxophone player stands on the sidewalk. He stands there each afternoon. He is in New York. He is rather seedy. He plays Danny Boy. He plays in a sad way. He plays in a sensitive way. He soon has half the neighborhood peeking out of windows. They toss nickels, dimes, and quarters at his feet. Some of the coins roll under parked cars. Most of them are caught in his hand. His hand is outstretched. The saxophone player is a street musician. He is named Joe Gabler.
Bellwork 1/30/13: Strong Word Choice Create your own sentences that contain more vivid versions of the words below (you can replace these words with words alone or with figurative language, phrases, etc.). Thing Bad Ugly Big Walked
Essay Pointers Use literary present tense for movies, books, stories, etc. Avoid “I think,” “I believe,” “in my opinion,” etc. Re-address your thesis to sum up each paragraph. (Clincher) Underline book titles and movies; put short stories in quotes (“The Devil and Tom Walker”). Move the period to after the parentheses when citing pages. Don’t write page, pg., or p. Don’t mention the assignment within the assignment.