English III Honors
Vocabulary Lesson 5
September 29, 2009
Ms. Barletta
cbarletta@dphds.org
http://www.dphdsenglish.org
SAT Registration and Test Dates
• U.S. Registration Deadlines 2009-10
• Have registered by September 9th to take the
SAT on October 10th
• Have registered by October 1st to take the SAT on
November 7th
• Have registered by October 31st to take the SAT
on December 5th
• Have registered by December 15th to take the
SAT on January 23rd
College Board
Vocabulary Lesson 5
• 1. fop (n.): an excessively fashion-conscious man
HINT: Fashion Cop
• 2. imprecation (n.): a curse
HINT: Incantation
• 3. non sequitur (n.): something that does not logically
follow
HINT: Not sequential
• 4. sanguine (adj.): cheerful; optimistic
HINT:
• 5. bowdlerize (v.): to remove offensive passages of a play,
novel, etc.
Trivia: Thomas Bowdler censored Shakespeare’s works
Vocabulary Lesson 5
• 6. impair (v.): to weaken; to cause to become worse
HINT:
• 7. panegyric (n.): an expression of praise
HINT:
• 8. quandary (n.): a puzzling situation; a dilemma
HINT:
• 9. ebullient (adj.): enthusiastic
HINT:
• 10. deference (n.): respect; consideration
HINT: Reverence
Vocabulary Lesson 5
• 11. carnal (adj.): relating to physical appetite,
especially sexual
HINT: Carn/Caro= flesh in Latin
• 12. nebulous (adj.): hazy, vague, uncertain
HINT: Nebulous cloud
• 13. rakish (adj.): carefree; dashing; jaunting
HINT:
• 14. elegy (n.): a sad or mournful poem
HINT: Eulogy
• 15. pedantic (adj.): tending to show off one’s
learning
HINT:
Extra Words!
• 16. audacious (adj.): daring; bold
HINT:
• 17. virtuoso (n.): a highly skilled artist
HINT:
• 18. innocuous (adj.): harmless
HINT:
• 19. hyperbole (n.): an exaggeration; overstatement
HINT: Hyper
• 20. insularity (n.): narrow-mindedness; isolation
HINT:
SAT Writing Prompt
• Plan and write a three paragraph essay based on
the following prompt:
▫ In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Nora, a middle-class wife
who struggles to find her identity, is confronted with what
“defines” her. Responding to her husband, who has just told
her that she is a wife and then a mother, Nora states, “I don’t
believe in that anymore. I believe that, before all else, I’m a
human being, no less than you-or anyway, I ought to try to
become one. I know that the majority thinks you’re right,
Torvald, and plenty of books agree with you, too. But I can’t go
on believing what the majority says, or what’s written in
books.” –An excerpt from A Doll’s House, 1879 (Vocabulary
SAT Book 3, p. 108)
Assignment
• Write a three paragraph essay in which you
discuss the ways in which society tries to define
people. Consider how the roles imposed by
society restrict or aid the lives of individuals.
Support your position with examples from
literature, history, personal observations, or
experiences.
Coming up this week
Tuesday, September 29th: Vocabulary Lesson 5 Intro;
read and discuss Act II in The Crucible
Homework: Write vocabulary short story using
15/20 words
Wednesday, September 30th: SAT writing prompt
Homework: Revise last week’s SAT essay
Thursday, October 1st: Finish reading Act II in The
Crucible; begin reading Act III; take notes on Acts
II&III
Homework: Study for Vocabulary Lesson 5 Quiz
Friday, October 2nd : Vocabulary Lesson 5 Quiz; finish
taking notes on Act III of The Crucible