bellringer

BELLRINGER

CASTIGATE

• (v.) to scold severly

COMPLICATED

• (adj.) not simple

CREATE

• (v.) to bring into being

DIRE

• (adj.) dreadful

DOGGEREL

• (n.) comic verse composed in irregular rhythm• Doggerel might have any or all of the following

failings:• Trite, cliché, or overly sentimental content• Forced or imprecise rhymes• Faulty meter• Misordering of words to force correct meter• Trivial subject• Inept handling of subject

EFFECTIVE

• (adj.) able to produce the desired result

EXCEPTIONAL

• (adj.) unusually good

EXPLETIVE

• (n.) swear word

(n.) a word that doesn’t make sense in a sentenceA syntactic expletive is one that has no meaning but has a function in the syntax of a sentence. For example, in “There are several people waiting,” there is a syntactic expletive; it could be omitted, and the sentence could be revised to the more active construction “Several people are waiting.”

FLUCTUATE

• (v.) to go up and down

GNOME

• (n.) a fairy tale dwarf

INURED

• (adj.) accustomed to something, usually something unpleasant

PARABLE

• (n.) short story that teaches a lesson

PLAUSIBLE

• (adj.) seeming reasonable or probably

SEMBLANCE

• (n.) the outward appearance or apparent form of something

ZEALOUS

• (adj.) having or showing extreme enthusiasm

PUNCTUATION CRASH COURSECOMMAS DAY 1

• Rule #1: Use commas to separate words in a series

I like to smile, laugh, and wink.

PUNCTUATION CRASH COURSECOMMAS DAY 1

• Rule #2: Use commas to separate phrases in a series.

We found seaweed in the water, on the sand, under the rocks, and even in our shoes.

PUNCTUATION CRASH COURSECOMMAS DAY 1

• Rule #3: Use commas to separate dependent clauses and short independent clauses in a series

We worked, we played, we rested.

PUNCTUATION CRASH COURSECOMMAS DAY 1

• Rule #4: If all items in a series are joined by and or or, do not use commas to separate them

Have you read Huckleberry Finn or Tam Sawyer or The

Princess Diaries?

RESEARCH PAPER

• Drafting today: • Finish drafting on a separate sheet of paper (if not

done already)

• You are to have your 6 sources cited (properly) on the worksheet. I’m going to review them tonight to check for accuracy!