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1 perseverate WoW #15 Day #1 Definition Part of speech
Related forms (adj., adv...) 3 Synonyms 1 Antonym 1 Sentence per form WoW #15 Day #1

2 perseverate WoW #15 Day 2 Draw a picture that will help you remember
the word "perseverate" Write a sentence in which you EXPLAIN why /how the 
picture relates to "perseverate" (Do NOT include the 
word "perseverate" in the sentence.) Sisyphus is a character from Greek 
mythology. He was punished for chronic 
deceitfulness by being compelled to roll 
an immense boulder up a hill, only to 
watch it roll back down, and to repeat 
this action forever.

3 perseverate WoW #15 Day 3 Ballad Stanza #3 OR create a new
A typical ballad maintains an "ABCB" rhyme scheme with a mixed meter of 
“alternating four-stress (iambic tetrameter) and three-stress (iambic trimeter) 
lines.”  He was a nefarious man  (A) iambic tetrameter  And he liked to cause pain (B) iambic trimeter  Children would run and hide away (C) iambic tetrameter  They knew he was insane  (B) iambic trimeter  But a brave child had a plan (A/8)  Born from her little brain (B/6)  So ostentatiously arrayed (C/8)  In costumes never plain (B/6)   She perseverated on the plan (A/9)  Until it began to rain (B/7)  So she decided to beg and pray   (C/9)   Over again and again (B/7)    Week 
#13 OR create a new 2 Stanza Ballad A/8 B/6 C/8 Week 
#14 Week 
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