2. Boisterous
Loud, Noisy, Exuberant, Rowdy

3. Civic Relating to a citizen, city, or community affairs Public
“The Greater Good”

4. Jovial
Good natured, jolly, happy

5. Defiance
Resistance or rebelliousness

6. Perfunctory
Characterized by routine
Lacking interest and enthusiasm

7. Adjectives (Round 2)
To help you find adjectives, think of them categorically. Ask yourself, what “categories” does this word put this “person/place/thing/idea” (noun) in? An Adjective gives you more information about a Noun!

8. Examples… Shape- circular, square Texture- bumpy, furry, smooth, soft
Color- red, blue, gold, black
Quantity- one, two, three, four
Size- small, tiny, huge
Type- intelligent, silent, strong, ugly, handsome, pretty, quiet
Degree- great, super,

9. Articles
All articles are adjectives, but not all adjectives are articles.
“A” “an” and “the” are the only articles.
They are always adjectives.
ALWAYS.

10. Adjective Practice
I don’t like my middle name.
1 Adjective:
“Middle”

11. Adjective Practice
The dog, Boki, likes to eat rubber slippers for lunch.
2 Adjectives
“rubber”
“the” (article)

12. Adjective Practice
The circular buildings at my school keep the energetic young students from running away.
5 Adjectives
“the” (article)
“circular”
“energetic”
“young”

13. The Lottery Written by Shirley Jackson Setting: Small town America
Grew up in Bennington, Vermont

16. The Lottery American Gothicism, in the “modern” sense.
Appeared in” The New Yorker” June

17. The New Yorker Magazine Culture, politics, essays, and short stories.
Publication of “The Lottery” drew more mail than any other in history.

18. The Lottery
The Lottery, EBEC 1969.

19. Flannery O’Connor 1925-1964 Born in Savannah, Georgia
Contemporary of Shirley Jackson

22. Flannery O’Conner Writes about the decaying South (Gothic Theme)
Like Poe, emphasizes the grotesque
Reclusive, died young