Parallelism (Bellwork 1/28)
Make all parts of the following sentences parallel.
1. There's nothing I like better than finding a good trout
stream, setting up camp, and to spend a couple of days
fishing.
2. It was both a long ceremony and very tedious.
3. My income is smaller than my wife.
4. In English class, Tashonda learned to read poems
critically and she appreciated good prose.
Greek & Latin Word Parts
16
clam, cur, grat, tox, vol
clam,claim
(Latin)
declamation—act of making a formal
speech
acclaim—to announce or welcome
with excited approval
clamor—a loud uproar, as from a
crowd of people
Other words: disclaim, exclaim,
reclaim
means shout
cur(s), cour
(Latin)
precursor—something or someone that
comes before something else
incur—to come into or acquire
courier—a messenger or delivery
service
Other words: current, concurrent,
concur, course, recur, occur, cursive
means run
grat
(Latin)
congratulate—to express pleasure to a
person, as on a happy occasion
gratuity—money given in return for
some service or favor
ingrate—an unthankful person
Other words: gratification, grateful,
gratify, gratis
means pleasing, pleased
tox
(Greek)
intoxicate—to affect temporarily with
diminished physical and mental control by
means of alcohol, drugs, etc.
antitoxin—a substance, formed in the
body, that counteracts a specific poison
detoxify—to rid of poison or its effects
Other words: toxicologist, toxic
means poison
vol
(Latin)
malevolent—ill-willed
benevolence—goodwill
volition—faculty or power of using
one's will
Other words: volunteer, involuntary,
voluntarily
means will
Summary
clam—cry out
cur—run
grat—pleasing
tox—poison
vol—will
Bellwork 1/29/13
Use sentence combining
techniques to combine each of the
following sets into sentences.
 A saxophone player stands on the sidewalk.
He stands there each afternoon.
He is in New York.
He is rather seedy.
He plays Danny Boy.
 He plays in a sad way.
He plays in a sensitive way.
He soon has half the neighborhood peeking out of windows.
They toss nickels, dimes, and quarters at his feet.
 Some of the coins roll under parked cars.
Most of them are caught in his hand.
His hand is outstretched.
 The saxophone player is a street musician.
He is named Joe Gabler.
Bellwork 1/30/13:
Strong Word Choice
Create your own sentences that contain more vivid versions
of the words below (you can replace these words with
words alone or with figurative language, phrases, etc.).
 Thing
 Bad
 Ugly
 Big
 Walked
Essay Pointers
 Use literary present tense for movies, books, stories,
etc.
 Avoid “I think,” “I believe,” “in my opinion,” etc.
 Re-address your thesis to sum up each paragraph.
(Clincher)
 Underline book titles and movies; put short stories in
quotes (“The Devil and Tom Walker”).
 Move the period to after the parentheses when citing
pages. Don’t write page, pg., or p.
 Don’t mention the assignment within the assignment.