The Alchemist and The Curious Incident Vocab

Please find the literary unit your class is doing, and write twenty sentences using the vocab words for Monday.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Vocabulary

The Alchemist Vocabulary

Macbeth Quotes, Unit Review, and Film

Macbeth Quotes Ditto

Macbeth Unit Test Review!

Macbeth Vocabulary

Write twenty sentences for the following twenty vocabulary words-

Prophetic (adj)- predictive; presageful or portentous; ominous

Surfeit (n)- excess; an excessive amount

Scruple (n)- a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.

Predominant (adj)- having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others;preeminent.

Pernicious (adj) - causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful

Avarice (n) - insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.

Antidote (n)- a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.

Lament (v)- to feel or express sorrow or regret.

Entreat (v)- to ask for as a gift, as charity, or as a favor

Augment (v)- to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent

Auger (n)- a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a

transverse handle.

Avouch (v)- to make frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert with positiveness.

Jocund (adj)- cheerful; merry; gay; blithe; glad.

Blaspheme (v)- to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).

Confound (v)- to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse.

Dolor (n)- sorrow; grief.

Perturb (v)- to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.

Guise (n)- general external appearance; aspect; semblance

Divine (adj)- of or pertaining to a god, especially the Supreme Being.

Usurp (v)- to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right

Romanticism Essay

Please type the following essay. It is due Monday, April 29.

 

Is romanticism bad for your health? Would everyone benefit from living a pragmatic lifestyle? Write an essay in which you explore this issue.

Paragraph 1- Intro

Paragraph 2- Personal experience

Paragraph 3- Romeo and Juliet

Paragraph 4- Other book, film, or example from history

Paragraph 5- Conclusion


Remember to include transitions, specific citations from Romeo and Juliet, and compositional risk!

Prince Escalus's Monologue

Due April 4th:
Interpret Prince Escalus's monologue and write it in your own words. This can be hand written, and should be at least a paragraph long.


Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,
Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,--
Will they not hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts,
That quench the fire of your pernicious rage
With purple fountains issuing from your veins,
On pain of torture, from those bloody hands
Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground,
And hear the sentence of your moved prince.
Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,
By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,
Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets,
And made Verona's ancient citizens
Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments,
To wield old partisans, in hands as old,
Canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate:
If ever you disturb our streets again,
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.
For this time, all the rest depart away:
You Capulet; shall go along with me:
And, Montague, come you this afternoon,
To know our further pleasure in this case,
To old Free-town, our common judgment-place.
Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.

Marking Period 3 Quarterly Assessment Review

 An online copy of the study guide can be found here.

If you want to make sure you are studying the grammar rules correctly, click here for some sample questions.

Some useful links

The following are links that may prove useful to you...

Romeo and Juliet full text (Including the prologue)

3 Idiots full movie

2001: A Space Odyssey full text

Lord of the Flies full text