Elements of Writing

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Elements of Writing

• Vocabulary for Week 10
• Name the person.
• 3 for all of them correct.
• 2 for 15 correct.

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Appease

• This queen attempted to appease the starving
  denizens by giving them cake. Alas, the French
  peasants and bourgeoisie couldnt be mollified by
  junk food.

• Verb. To pacify, soothe or mollify.

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Auspicious

• The high winds and dangerous seas did not make an
  auspicious start to the assault on Normandy.
  This supreme commander of allied forces knew it
  had to be done and it had to be successful.

• Adj. Favoring success

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Blithe

• This author of Angelas Ashes did not have a
  blithe childhood as he grew up in Ireland.
  Though there may have been pockets of happiness,
  there was a lot of hunger and hardships.

• Adj. happy, joyous, gay

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Cavalcade

• There was a cavalcade of friends and family who
  came to George Baileys aid that Christmas night.
  They paraded through the door to give him money
  that Uncle Billy lost. This man is a great
  actor!
• Name the actor who played George Bailey.

• Noun. A parade, a military procession

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Declivity

• Just shy of reaching the zenith of Mt. Everest,
  this person nearly became the first man to summit
  the largest mountain in the world. However, he
  never made it back down the declivity. He died
  before he could descend the steep, downward
  slope.

• Noun. A downward slope.

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Doughty

• This doughty figure had the courage to cross the
  English Channel and invade England. He was
  successful and brought the French language with
  him in 1066.

• Adj. Brave, courageous

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Effrontery

• By putting on the play The Murder of Gonzago,
  this man showed his effrontery by insinuating
  that the current king killed his brother to get
  the crown and marry the queen. The king was
  insulted by the bold rudeness!

• Noun. Bold to the point of being rude audacious.

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Gossamer

• Adj. Sheer and light like a cobweb.

• This man was a famous traveler who became the
  confidant of Kublai Kahn. He also helped to
  bring silk and other light, gossamer fabrics back
  to Europe.

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Infallible

• Adj. Unable to make a mistake unerring.
• Fallible able to make a mistake

• This fictitious 13-year-old boy seemed
  infallible. His plans never seemed to be wrong
  as he outsmarted the LEPrecon agents. It wasnt
  until books two and three that he started to make
  mistakes.

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Lieu

• In lieu of violent forms of protest, this man
  used passive techniques to help win Indias
  independence from Britain. For example, he used
  peaceful marches instead of the guerilla warfare
  that was used during the American revolution.

• instead of in place of

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Olfactory

• I wonder if this man had a strong olfactory
  sense. He may have been able to smell very well.
  Combine this with his pithy sayings like, An
  ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,
  its no wonder he started the first fire
  department in Philadelphia.

• Adj. Pertaining to the sense of smell

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Paragon

• Noun. A champion of a cause.

• Lancelot was thought to be a paragon of truth,
  justice, and fidelity as Arthurs champion
  however, it was his son that became a true
  champion of Arthurs cause, for this honorable
  and chivalrous man was one of three knights that
  quested for the Holy Grail.

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Reparation

• This American president was one of the big four
  at the Treaty of Versailles. There was much
  heated debate as to how Germany should make
  reparations to the other countries. Belgium
  requested the most compensation as their goods
  and economy was despoiled by the Germans.

• Noun.
• compensation
• payment of damages
• the act of making amends

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Sojourn

• This man sojourned to a small pond in
  Massachusetts. He stayed there for a while,
  contemplating and writing about nature and
  society. He stayed there for a few years, and
  when he did return to live in society, he was
  arrested for not paying his taxes it was a form
  of protest.

• Noun. A temporary journey or trip

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Slovenly

• Adj.
• Messy, unkempt, disheveled

• This slovenly character from Peanuts is followed
  by a swarm of dust andare those really flies?
  That kid should take a bath and look a little
  less messy.

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Superficial

• This actress seems very superficial to me. She
  sounds like an airhead whenever she speaks, and
  she has had so much plastic surgery that her lips
  are fatter than her butt! Mulholland Falls was
  the only movie of hers that I liked.

• Adj. Relating to the surface

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Superfluous

• 10,000 ships seemed like a superfluous number to
  retrieve this woman from Paris. A person might
  think thats more than necessary, but as it turns
  out, a few more would have been helpful, since
  the war waged 10 years.

• Adj. An excess, more than needed

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Venerable

• This person was branded a traitor however, many
  historians think he should be considered a
  venerable war hero for his efforts in capturing
  Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Schuyler, the march and
  siege on Quebec, and other impressive battle
  feats. Instead of being respected and honored,
  his name is infamous and synonymous with
  traitor.

• Adj. Honorable, deserving respect