JOURNALS, VOCABULARY, AND
LITERARY TERMS WEEK 4
Olivia Hardison
MONDAY FEBRUARY
RD
23
SENIORS
What is morality and what are the factors that have an impact on the development
of our morality?
 Morality is the principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad
behavior as set by each individual.
Literary Terms: Hyperbole, Imagery, Implications, Inferences,
Irony (all types).
M-define
Vocabulary: forsooth, heir, soothsayer, thwart, betroth
M-define
MONDAY FEBRUARY
RD
23
JUNIORS
 Copy down the tree map on your paper and fill in what you have learned from the
presentations on America. America is your topic and your categories are literature, art,
medicine, politics, and socials ideas. Your list should contain three descriptions.
Literary Terms (define): Hyperbole, Imagery, Implications,
Inferences, Irony (all types).
Vocabulary (define)- abdicate, absolve, anguish, abolitionist,
annex.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY
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TH
24
SENIORS
If you had to choose from one of the time periods covered in class via
PowerPoint Presentations, which one would you rather live in and why?
 Research a British Literature novel or excerpt that you have not read that
sounds interesting and be prepared to write a summary about it on
Thursday.
Vocabulary: forsooth, heir, soothsayer, thwart, betroth
T: One synonym
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24 TH JUNIORS
 Imagine you went to an interview and they told you that your skin color or
gender disqualified you from the job. What would you say, do and feel?
According to your notes from student presentations, around what year did
this become illegal?
Vocabulary (one synonym for each word)- abdicate, absolve,
anguish, abolitionist, annex.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25 TH SENIORS
Write a paragraph about two things you have learned while in this class so
far. One has to be educational.
 Literary Terms: Hyperbole, Imagery, Implications, Inferences, Irony (all
types).
 W: One example per word.
Example of imagery: On a starry winter night in Portugal
Where the ocean kissed the southern shore
There a dream I never thought would come to pass
Came and went like time spent through an hourglass
-Teena Marie, “Portuguese Love”
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• Vocabulary: forsooth, heir, soothsayer, thwart, betroth
• W: One sentence using each word
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY

TH
25
JUNIORS
If you had to choose a time period to live in such as the 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s,
60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s or today, which would you choose and why?
 Literary Terms (one example per word): Hyperbole, Imagery,
Implications, Inferences, Irony (all types).
Example of imagery: On a starry winter night in Portugal
Where the ocean kissed the southern shore
There a dream I never thought would come to pass
Came and went like time spent through an hourglass
-Teena Marie, “Portuguese Love”
 Vocabulary (one sentence using each word)- abdicate, absolve, anguish,
abolitionist, annex.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY

TH
26
SENIORS
Tell me about the British Literature book you found that you think
would be interesting to read.
 Summarize the book with at least five complete sentences.
Make sure your vocabulary and literary terms are complete
and ready to be checked tomorrow
Have all journals completed and ready to be turned in
tomorrow
Study for all quizzes!
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26 TH JUNIORS
 Work on your speeches for the Declaration of Independence or Women’s
Rights Convention. Whichever side you are opposing, you need to have at
least two things to say/debate!
Make sure your vocabulary and literary terms are complete
and ready to be checked tomorrow
Have all journals completed and ready to be turned in
tomorrow
Study for all quizzes!
FRIDAY FEBRUARY
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TH
27
SENIORS
Rhetoric is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the
listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading him or her towards
considering a topic from a different perspective. How did Beowulf use
Rhetoric?
After you have completed this journal, turn in all journals for
February. If we skipped a day or were out, make sure you
have those dates and what we did or state that we were out
so that I do not accidently take off! Turn all of them in when
you are done with your name on the first paper and dates at
the top of every paper. They should be in chronological (oldest
to newest) order!
FRIDAY FEBRUARY

TH
27
JUNIORS
Rhetoric is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the
listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading him or her towards
considering a topic from a different perspective. How have the two stories
read in class used rhetoric?
After you have completed this journal, turn in all journals for
February. If we skipped a day or were out, make sure you
have those dates and what we did or state that we were out
so that I do not accidently take off! Turn all of them in when
you are done with your name on the first paper and dates at
the top of every paper. They should be in chronological (oldest
to newest) order!