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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