WoW #9
Day #1
exacerbate
Definition
Part of speech
Related forms (adj., adv...)
3 Synonyms
Come up with your own Antonym
1 Sentence per form
WoW #9
Day #2
exacerbate
Draw a picture that will help you remember
the word "exacerbate"
Write a sentence or sentences in which you explain why /how the
picture relates to "exacerbate" (Do not include the word
"exacerbate" in the sentence.)
The boyfriend wanted to continue
talking with his angry girlfriend, but
he chose not to because it would
have only made the situation
worse.
WoW #9
exacerbate: any form
Day #3
-Create 2 rhyming lines (couplet) in iambic pentameter
-Include the word exacerbate (any form)
Iambic Pentameter has:
Ten syllables in each line
Five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables
The rhythm in each line sounds like:
ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM
Most of Shakespeare’s famous quotations fit into this rhythm.
For example:
If mu- / -sic be / the food / of love, / play on (Twelfth Night)
Is this / a dag- / -ger I / see be- / fore me? (Macbeth)
Do not exacerbate the problem by (10) A
Accusing me of being filled with lies (10) A
WoW #9
Day #4
exacerbate
Pair the word with an explanation, synonym, simile,
or metaphor. Choose two options.
Examples:
(Explanation) His gregariousness gets in his way- he can't spend time
alone
(Synonym) He is so hubristic; people are often shocked - audacious,
pretentious, vain.
(Simile) His obsequiousness is like a dog that walks obediently with
a leash
(Metaphor) Avarice is an ocean that pulls you down and drowns you.