Sunday, September 10, 2017

Monday, September 11 idiom / essay review...collecting Hamlet


Coming up: Tuesday, vocabulary review  (another copy below)
                    Wednesday, Vocabulary quiz
                     

In class today: 

Handing back Cultural Iceberg essays

Color idioms: please turn these in now, if you have not already done so. If you were absent, I will give you an alternative assignment. Review of idioms.

Collecting Hamlet from the library. Don't forget your ID. 

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1. Cultural essay grading   see notes on your paper
     please use only blue or black ink; put your name on the paper

          check plus = 95 (very few)
          check / check plus =90
          check = 85
          check minus / check = 80
          check minus = 75
          somewhat of a problem= 70 (see me with concerns)
          here, but did not write = 50 

Notes: consider using one, rather than you
           If you eat a lot of candy, your teeth will rot.
           If one eats lots of candy, teeth will rot.
           If one eats copious amounts of delectable chocolate, it is inevitable that your once pearly whites will be marred with cavities. 
             avoid contractions in formal writing
             their / there / they're  (there are)
             affect is a verb (action word). She was deeply affected by his actions.
             effect is a noun (thing) The paucity of the voter turn out meant that the effect of the election was decidedly depressing. 
            IMPORTANT: you must have a closing statement that answers why or how your thesis statement is significant. That is you analysis.

Correct responses to the idiomatic color expressions

            the spectrum

black             blue           rose           green     lime      silver     brown      pink     white
gold               purple       yellow       gray        red


  1. ___black___________ mail
  2. a bolt from the ___blue 
  3. a ______green horn
  4. a ________yellow-bellied coward
  5. ________blue grass music
  6. good as _____gold
  7. true ______blue
  8. once in a ____blue  moon
  9. the _________red-carpet treatment
  10. singing the _______blue s
  11. caught ________red-handed.
  12. Every cloud has a _____silver lining.
  13. _________________red tape
  14. He looks at the world through _______rose-tinted colored glasses.
  15. The star loves always being in the __________lime light.
  16. beaten ____black and ______blue
  17. People who hallucinate are said to see  ________pink
      elephants.
  1. The committee gave her proposal the _____green light.
  2. _______golden oldies
  3. the ____black sheep of the family
  4. a _____red letter day.
  5. _______blue blood.
  6. _________green thumb.
  7. ________redneck
  8. a ___________blackguard
  9.  paint  the town ____red
  10. talking a ________bluestreak
  11. Silence is _____________golden.
  12. to _____________whitewash the truth
  13. to ______________brown- bag it.
  14. Off-color jokes are called ____black jokes. Confuscious Say...
  15. "Man who run in front of car get tired."
    "Man who run behind car get exhausted."
    "Passionate kiss like spider web - soon lead to undoing of fly."
  16. _______________brownie points.
  17. ____________yellow journalism.
  18. When a business makes a profit it is said to be in the _____black.
  19. Mary is a genius; she clearly has lots of _______gray matter.
  20. A woman with intellectual or literary interests is said to be a _________blue  stocking.
  1. a __________red cent.
  2. ____________green as grass
  3. Evil is ________black magic.
  4. The boss is so angry she is seeing _red.
  5. ____________blue laws.
  6. ______________blue- chip stocks.
  7. _____________gray area
  8. I hope you are tickled _________pink by how well you answered these.
         







English III  vocabulary ...quiz on Wednesday, September 13
1.     to entreat-(verb)- to ask (someone) in a serious and emotional way
2.     to harrow-(verb)- to pillage or plunder
3.     to emulate-(verb)- to strive to equal or excel, to imitate
4.     to vanquish-(verb)- to defeat (someone) completely in a war, battle, etc.
5.     malicious-(adjective)- having or showing a desire to cause harm to another person : having or showing malice
6.     suspiration-(noun)- a long deep breath (to suspire- to breathe)
7.     dejected-(adjective)- cast down in spirits
8.     to mock-(verb)- to laugh at or make fun of (someone or something)
9.     peevish- (adjective)- feeling or showing irritation
10.                        incestuous- (adjective)- involving sexual intercourse between closely related people

11.                        apparition (noun)- ghost, supernatural figure

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