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Ransom of Red Chief Supplement

Ransom of Red Chief Supplement. November 15, 2012. November 15, 2012 Bellringer. In your Writer’s Notebook, write a paragraph explaining two ways O. Henry’s “Ransom of Red Chief” and Robert Service’s “The Cremation of Sam McGee” are similar and two ways they are different. Exaggeration.

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Ransom of Red Chief Supplement

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  1. Ransom of Red Chief Supplement November 15, 2012

  2. November 15, 2012 Bellringer • In your Writer’s Notebook, write a paragraph explaining two ways O. Henry’s “Ransom of Red Chief” and Robert Service’s “The Cremation of Sam McGee” are similar and two ways they are different.

  3. Exaggeration • To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate The following line from “Ransom of Red Chief” is an example of exaggeration: "Enough," says Bill. "In ten minutes I shall cross the Central, Southern and Middle Western States, and be legging it trippingly for the Canadian border."

  4. RENEGADE • TRAITOR

  5. PALATABLE • FIT TO EAT

  6. SOMNOLENT • DROWSY

  7. DIATRIBE • HARSH, ABUSIVE CRITICISM

  8. PEREMPTORY • ALLOWING NO DEBATE

  9. PROCLIVITIES • NATURAL TENDENCIES

  10. ACCEDED • GAVE IN, CONSENTED

  11. PROPOSITION • SUGGESTED PLAN

  12. SURREPTIOUSLY • IN A SNEAKY WAY

  13. INEFFABLE • INDESCRIBABLE

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