Roots & Prefixes
Grammar
- Complex sentences (how to use a semi-colon, colon, and conjunctions to combine sentences)
- Pronoun agreement
Writing Instruction
- What makes a good thesis statement? What is CAB?
- What is a TIED paragraph?
- How can you use the TIE method to incorporate quotes?
Short Stories and Vocab
- Be able to identify which story is being discussed or quoted:
- "The Masque of the Red Death " by Edgar Allan Poe
- "By The Waters of Babylon" by Stephen Vincent Benét
- Fishcheeks by Amy Tan
- Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing
- Know these Literary Devices:
- Allegory
- Symbol
- Irony
- Theme
- Tone
- Allusion
- Conflict (internal and external)
- Point-of-View (first, various versions of third and unreliable)
- Direct Characterization
- Indirect Characterization (STEAL)
- Plot (exposition, complication, rising action, climax, epiphany, falling action, denouement)
SAT Vocabulary
From Two Kinds
- prodigy - child of highly unusual talent or genius
- lamented - said with regret or sorrow
- listlessly - without energy or interest
- mesmerizing - fascinating
- discordant - clashing; not in harmony
- dawdled - wasted time; lingered
- stricken - heartbroken
- fiasco - total failure
- nonchalantly - without interest or concern
- betrayal - failure to fulfill another's hopes
From Through the Tunnel
- Contrition - a state of feeling crushed by guilt
- luminous - bright or shining
- supplication - the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly
- sputtering - spitting or spraying
- beseeching - urgently requesting someone to do something
- minute - tiny
- clambered - to climb, move, or get out of something in an awkward or laborious way
- incredulous - unbelievable
- gout - a type of arthritis
From The Masque of the Red Death
- profuse - plentiful
- sagacious - wise
- voluptuous - characterized with luxury or pleasure
- contagion - the spreading of disease
- imperial - majestic
- emanating - coming forth
- sedate - calm; quiet
- pervaded - spread throughout
- piquancy - a pleasantly sharp or appetizing flavor
- phantasm - a figment of the imagination; an illusion
- cessation - ceasing or stopping
- disapprobation - strong disapproval, usually on moral grounds
- propriety - quality of being proper
- tangible - something that can be touched
- impetuosity - impulsive or rash
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