Friday, February 26, 2010

Vocab #12

Poetry List:

1. alliteration
2. assonance
3. onomatopoeia
4. imagery
5. theme
6. symbol
7. tone
8. allusion
9. metaphor
10. simile
11. parallel structure
12. setting
13. diction
14. rhyme

Monday, February 8, 2010

Marking Period III Begins...

...and back to Vocab, with list #11

1. temperance
2. gully
3. ramrod
4. stern
5. slough
6. quicksilver
7. skiff
8. stanchion
9. monstrous
10. shanty

...as well as in class reading of poetry and Gatsby for homework (Ch. 3 for Wednesday, 2.10)...

Vocab #10

1. coquetry
2. anathema
3. tether
4. extemporize
5. ostracize
6. wan
7. tedious
8. stoicism
9. prodigious
10. picturesque