Nothing But the Truth

1. Nothing But the Truth by Avi

2. Satire • sat·ire Pronunciation [sat-ahyuh r] –noun • 1. use of wit to criticize behavior: the use of wit, especially irony, sarcasm, and ridicule, to criticize faults • 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. • 3. a literary genre comprising such compositions. • [Origin: 1500 Latin satira]

3. Documentary Novel a novel composed of DOCUMENTS such as: • announcements • diary entries • newspaper articles • memos and telegrams • friendly and business letters • transcripts of conversations, phone calls, and discussions • test questions and answers

4. Documentary Novel

5. Walking Alone by Green Day Come together like a foot in a shoe Only this time I think I stuck my foot in my mouth Thinking out loud and acting in vain Knocking over anyone that stands in my way Sometimes I need to apologize Sometimes I need to admit that I ain’t right Sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, Or only say hello Sometimes I still feel I’m walking alone Walk on eggshells on my old stomping ground Yet there’s really no one left that’s hanging around Isn’t that another familiar face Too drunk to figure out they’re fading away

6. Anticipation Guide • It’s a free country. • Politics makes strange bedfellows. • “Children and fools tell the truth.” - Thomas Fuller • “It takes two to speak the truth—one to speak, and another to hear.” - H.D. Thoreau • “Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting falsehood.” - Anthony Hawkins • “A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.” - William Blake

7. Star Spangled Banner • It was 1814 and the United States had been waging war with the British for two years. • Francis Scott Key, a Washington lawyer being held hostage aboard a British ship, watched in horror as the british attacked Fort McHenry. • The incredible survival of Fort McHenry inspired Key to write “The Star Spangled Banner”

8. Star Spangled Banner Oh, say, can you see by the dawn’s early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O’er the ramparts we watched were so galantly streaming And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there Oh, say, does that star spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave

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10. Nothing But the Truth • Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? • Does anyone say no?

12. Vocabulary 1-6 • steadfast • middling • carpe diem • assassinated • ramparts • facilitate • symbolic • portrayal • beneficiaries

13. Vocabulary 1-6 • steadfast – standing firm, not wavering • middling – ordinary, common place, average • carpe diem – seize the day • assassinated – to kill suddenly or secretly • ramparts – a raised mound of earth built for defensive purposes • facilitate – to assist or make easier • symbolic – serving as a symbol of something • portrayal – to act as someone else • beneficiaries – ones who benefit

14. Vocabulary 7-12 • foreseen • allocated • bickering • sprints • bedlam • vigilant • insolence • botched • bygones • infraction • obscure • arbitrary • condone

15. Vocabulary 7-12 • foreseen – to suspect or predict before it happens • allocated – to set apart for a special purpose • bickering - arguing • sprints – to run a short distance very fast • bedlam – a scene of noisy uproar or confusion • vigilant – ever alert, awake, and watchful • insolence – the quality of being rude and disrespectful • botched – ruined, harmed, or spoiled • bygones – that which is past • infraction – to break a rule, a violation • obscure – not clear, vague, hard to understand • arbitrary – subject to individual judgment • condone – to agree or go along with

16. Vocabulary 13-19 • squelches • provocative • animosity • misconstrue • expedite • sabbatical • equitable • prudent

17. Vocabulary 13-19 • squelches – prevents from being heard • provocative – to stimulate, provoke, or irritate • animosity – a feeling of strong dislike or ill will; hatred • misconstrue – to misinterpret or misunderstand • expedite – to speed up progress • sabbatical – a leave from one’s work • equitable – equal and fair • prudent – wise and reasonable