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FINAL REVIEW

FINAL REVIEW. Schwarz/New Applied English 3 June 2013. Vocabulary Review. Adjoining: touching at a point, adjacent Corpulent: having a large, bulky body, obese Covet: enviously desiring something belonging to someone else Jovial: full of good humor Malicious: feeling malice or ill will .

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FINAL REVIEW

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  1. FINAL REVIEW Schwarz/New Applied English 3 June 2013

  2. Vocabulary Review • Adjoining: touching at a point, adjacent • Corpulent: having a large, bulky body, obese • Covet: enviously desiring something belonging to someone else • Jovial: full of good humor • Malicious: feeling malice or ill will

  3. Vocabulary Review • Retain: keep possession of, hold • Admonish: warn of fault, reprove, caution • Censure: criticize harshly, find fault with • Resent: feel or show annoyance • Ingenious: clever, smart, sly

  4. Vocabulary Review • Libel: to injure a person’s reputation by making false statements • Anticipation: looking forward to a future event • Panorama: full range of an area • Trite: overused, lacking freshness • Bliss: perfect happiness

  5. Vocabulary Review • Obliterate: destroy all trace of • Tedious: tiresome, boring task • Countenance: look or expression on one’s face • Affliction: anything causing mental and or physical suffering • Tranquil: free from agitation

  6. Literary Terms • Alliteration: repetition of the initial consonant sound • Simile: expressed comparison of two unlike things using like or as • Metaphor: an implied comparison • Hyperbole: extreme exaggeration

  7. Literary Terms • Imagery: presenting a vivid picture to evoke emotions • Onomatopoeia: words that sound like the word they represent • Ex. The “pop” of the breaking balloon • Personification: using human or animal qualities to describe inanimate objects

  8. Poetry Terms • Epic Poem: a poem written about a hero and his/her deeds • Stanza: two or more lines in poetry that relate to each other • Rhyme: words that have a similar sound • Rhyme Scheme: a pattern of rhyme • Sonnet: a 14-line poem • Blank verse: no particular rhyme scheme

  9. “Remember” author: Alice Walker • Poem written about an injured slave girl who transforms herself into a strong, healed woman • Uses the terms ‘justice and hope’ as a positive way to overcome her situation

  10. “Your Hand in Mine”author: AlaideFoppe • Poem written from the mother’s perspective about her child • Discusses the strong bond between mother and child • Discusses how mother and child both need each other for strength and survival

  11. “Dad”author: Elaine Feinstein • Poem about young woman remembering her father when he was alive • She feels sadness , but has fond memories of her father • Father suddenly died of a heart attack

  12. Macbethauthor: William Shakespeare • Shakespeare was born in 1564 • Macbeth is a tragedy • Macbeth receives three prophecies from the witches (three is repeated in the play) Foreshadows future events • Macbeth desires to become King of Scotland • Lady Macbeth is greedy and strongly urges Macbeth to kill King Duncan

  13. Macbeth • Drug servants so they sleep through Duncan’s murder • Macbeth becomes very guilty and has hallucinations • Lady Macbeth becomes guilty and ends up committing suicide • After much ambitious killing, Macbeth is beheaded by Macduff • Soliloquy: speech alone on stage letting the audience know the actor’s thoughts

  14. Mole PeopleAuthor: Jennifer Toth • Story written by journalist Jennifer Toth • Describes life of the homeless living in the abandoned transportation tunnels of NYC • Bernard “Lord of the Tunnels” tries to help the homeless by keeping them safe and proving food. Described as ‘animalistic’ • Bernard stands up to Hector who was terrorizing people

  15. Mole People • Many homeless are mentally ill and have drug addictions • Police have difficulty helping because they are afraid to go into the tunnels • Hub- central location Bernard kept a fire burning with coffee and food • Disdain- to look down upon • Dangers of tunnels-disease, violence

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