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Monday, March 18 th - Friday, March 22 nd. Countdown to spring break Seven days. BR #30. Do like horror/mystery/suspense? Why or why not? What is your favorite horror movie or novel?. Agenda. Vocabulary 38 “The Raven” Homework Final drafts due Thursday
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Monday, March 18th- Friday, March 22nd Countdown to spring break Seven days
BR #30 Do like horror/mystery/suspense? Why or why not? What is your favorite horror movie or novel?
Agenda Vocabulary 38 “The Raven” Homework Final drafts due Thursday Vocabulary 38 is early this week!
What comes to mind? Dreary Bleak Ghost Lost Sorrow Terrors Darkness Melancholy Stern Dirges Grave Stillness
syllogism (n.) three-part deduction log: reason
metonymy (n.) association name nym: name meta: change
anaphora (n.) repetition in successive phrases phor: carry
bowdlerize (v.) censor prudishly ize: make
locus classicus (n.) classical example loco: place
reiterate (v.) repeat re: again
desultory (adj.) rambling de: down
funambulist (n.) tightrope walker ambul: walk funi: cord
lyssophobia (n.) fear of insanity phobia: fear
idee fixe (n.) obsession ideo: idea
schism (n.) division schizo: divide
apotheosis (n.) raising to god status apo: up theo: god
precursor (n.) forerunner pre: before curs: run
cosmology (n.) study of the universe cosmo: universe logy: study of/science
euphony (n.) beautiful sound eu: good phon: sound
“The Raven”Edgar Allan Poe Watch a version of the poem Listen and read along on page 330 Poem analysis on your own
Homework FINAL DRAFT DUE THURSDAY Vocabulary 38 Quiz on Thursday Midterm review Friday
BR #31 Superstitions
BR #32 Many people seek thrills by doing things that cause them to be scared. What are some of these fear-inducing activities, and why do people engage in them if they cause them to be frightened? What does it physically feel like to be scared, and why might people be attracted to those feelings?