1. Monday, February 2nd American Literature
Standard 2 and 3
Babylon Revisited Review
ACT Prep – Semi Colons
Vocab – Unit 2 words 6-12
Poetry Notes
Gertrude Stein -

2. Vocab Continued
6. Finesse - Extreme delicacy and adroitness in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation; subtlety in performance or skill
7. Assiduous - Working diligently, persistently at a task; unremitting or persevering; industrious
8. Insufferable - Incapable of being endured; intolerable
9. Deferential - Showing respectful or courteous regard; yielding to the will or opinion of another
10. Conferred - granted from or as if from a position of superiority; comparing ideas or opinions; consulted
11. Infinitesimal - Exceedingly tiny; minute; immeasurably small; less than an assignable quantity
12. Definitive - Providing a final solution: conclusive; authoritative and apparently completely informative; limiting precisely; satisfying all criteria

3. Poetry Notes
Prose poetry - a poem which is written in sentences and paragraphs
Free Verse - poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
Stream of Consciousness - It aimed at expressing in words the flow of a character’s thoughts and feelings in their minds.
Syntax - the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Dramatic Monologue – a poem or speech in which a character addresses a silent listener at a critical point in the speaker’s life.