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9th Grade Humanities
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Identify the part of speech, provide a complete and culturally
accepted definition, and use the word in a sentence of your own. This
must be typed and turned in on Wednesday at the beginning of the
period and you should be prepared for a quizola on
Friday.
Week of 03-18 | Top Renaissance fresco vernacular humanist perspective monopoly caravel compass dissenter epidemic |
Week of 03-11 | Top William Shakespeare sonnet tragedy prologue pun oxymoron Globe Theater mutiny star-crossed Cupid |
Week of 03-04 | Top Words from WH, chapter 11 due process of law limited monarchy burgess parliament representative nation-state schism clergy nationalism Reconquista |
Week of 02-04 | Top Words from WH, chapter 10, sec 3-5 jury common law chivalry troubadours crusade Words from The Canterbury Tales, "Knight's Tale" covenant disconsolate eschew iniquity lascivious |
Week of 01-28 | Top Words from The Canterbury Tales prologue accrue benign cloister felicity heathen pestilence solicitous sundry tempest verity |
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Week of 01-07 | Top Words from the WH, Ch 10 - guild apprentice middle class/ charters words from Chaucer characterization dramatic irony frame story satire realism persona |
Week of 11-26 | Top All words from the medieval monastery abbot knight count feudalism lord vassal investiture serf |
Week of 11-12 | Top All words from the Anglo-Saxon Old English fate (wyrd) reparation alliteration epithet oral tradition epic lament pagan |
Week of 11-5 | Top All words from the aqueduct civil service succession satire apostle messiah martyr bishop pope inflation |
Week of 10-29 | Top All words from the consort hilt peevish cur epicurean peril vile providence engender |
Literary Devices simile metaphor personification hyperbole pun foreshadowing persuasion soliloquy theme aside characterization |
Week of 10-22 | Top All words from the contaminate deceitful endure grudge nimbleness Stoicism chastisement apparition |
Week of 10-15 All words from the abridge apprehensive compel foreshadowing leaden omen oration persuasion render reverence |
Week of 10-08 | Top All words from the carrion cognizance construe disperse hideous insurrection interpose redress semblance spurn |
Week of 10-01 metaphor simile personification hyperbole pun Select five words from the Julius Caesar, Act I glossary. |
Week of 9-17 | Top patrician plebian legion consul veto senate dictator mercenary proletariat triumvirate |
Week of 9-10 Western Civilization epic arête myth polis (and derivations) acropolis Pericles classical art tragedy philosopher |
Week of 9-03 | Top economy glasnost perestroika revolution apartheid telecommunication literacy |
Week of 8-27 democracy dignity justice equality human rights declaration freedom totalitarianism republic monarchy |
Dictionary.com - http://www.Dictionary.com/ - includes foreign language dictionaries, Roget's Thesaurus, a translator, writing resources, a word of the day, and more. - This link is courtesy of Neuriel Shore.
Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk - http://www.itools.com/research-it/ - This site has everything from a dictionary to language translations to stock quotes.
The Virtual Reference Desk - http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html - Provides links to a variety of sources including Dictionaries, Thesauri, Acronyms, and tons more.
Yahoo Reference Search - http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/ - Contains tons of sites that will provide useful information such as: Acronyms and Abbreviations, Almanacs, English Language Usage, my personal favorite - Etiquette, and tons more.
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