1. Vocab Practice
Write around

2. Take out a sheet of paper
Name on it
(Every time you get a new paper, write your name in the margin)

3. Talk about the setting, using the words Bucolic Ennui
Bucolic: adj. related to farming.
Ennui: noun--Boredom
Because the speaker sensed a feeling of ennui settling over the audience, he told a joke.

4. Introduce a character (the hero): epitome
Epitome: noun. A typical example
As he entered the room, it was clear that Beowulf was the epitome of the hero.
“He had a dark, clear voice that stressed, pedantically, each word.”
-Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire

5. Give more detail about that character: empirical
Empirical: adj. based on experience rather than theory
Ex: He was the first to present empirical data to support the argument that smoking is harmful.
Synonym: observable

6. Describe his/her favorite thing: desiccated
Adj.
Dried up
When she opened the old bible, one yellow, desiccated rose fell to the floor.

7. Introduce a plague or problem local to the setting: endemic
Noun / adjective
Once it had been endemic to Africa, but now it is becoming a world-wide epidemic.
DON’T USE THE FLU

8. Introduce a victim: emanate
verb
To come forth; to send forth
She tried to control her anger, but harsh words began to emanate from her lips.

9. Explain the victim’s problem: eschew
verb
To keep away from; to avoid
Embrace virtue and eschew sin was the theme of the minister’s sermon.

10. What does the hero do?: deviate
verb: - to turn aside
Sometimes its better to deviate from the truth rather than hurt someone’s feelings.

11. Give more detail and solve the problem: elixir ephemeral
Noun – remedy for ailments
He drank the elixir.
Ephemeral – lasting only a short time
The celebrity who doesn’t realize that fame is ephemeral is in for a rude awakening.

12. End your story: elucidate
verb
To make clear
To elucidate and bolster his argument, he drew a large chart on the board.
Syn. explain/clarify

13. Return your story to the person that began it.
Vocab test on Tuesday