Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Brit Lit:

Readings in British Literature- A St. Jean/Cusick Mash up assignment

VOCABULARY 2 Macbeth
Words are like paint- and new words can often dramatically change the feeling of your writing. Imagine how French impressionism would be if they had the use of florescent color. I present to you some new “color” in the way of Shakespearean vocabulary: guaranteed to push your writing in a drastically new direction.

Write a 1 page story (fiction or non-fiction) using 15 of these 20 words.
Please UNDERLINE every vocabulary word used in your story.

1. largess - gifts

2. palpable - touchable

3. augment - increase

4. bosom franchis'd - heart free from guilt

5. confounds - ruins/confuses

6. Beelzebub - one of Satan's chief devils

7. amiss - wrong

8. office - duty

9. abuse - deceive

10. consort - mix

11. benison - blessing

12. indissoluble - can't be broken
13. knit - bound together in friendship/ close ties to family

14. issue - descendants (children and grandchildren)

15. wrought - to work with

16. sorely charged - sadly burdened with

17. loon - fool

18. pester'd senses - troubled nerves

19. recoil - to jump in fright

20. patch - clown

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