1. Ransom of Red Chief Supplement
November 15, 2012

2. November 15, 2012 Bellringer
In your Writer’s Notebook, write a paragraph explaining two ways O. Henry’s “Ransom of Red Chief” and Robert Service’s “The Cremation of Sam McGee” are similar and two ways they are different.

3. Exaggeration
To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate
The following line from “Ransom of Red Chief” is an example of exaggeration:
"Enough," says Bill. "In ten minutes I shall cross the Central, Southern and Middle Western States, and be legging it trippingly for the Canadian border."

4. RENEGADE
TRAITOR

5. PALATABLE
FIT TO EAT

6. SOMNOLENT
DROWSY

7. DIATRIBE
HARSH, ABUSIVE CRITICISM

8. PEREMPTORY
ALLOWING NO DEBATE

9. PROCLIVITIES
NATURAL TENDENCIES

10. ACCEDED
GAVE IN, CONSENTED

11. PROPOSITION
SUGGESTED PLAN

12. SURREPTIOUSLY
IN A SNEAKY WAY

13. INEFFABLE
INDESCRIBABLE