Julius Caesar: Act III Study Guide

I. Vocabulary

Vouchsafe - to grant or give, as by favor

Conspiracy - an agreement to perform together an illegal act

Foe - a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another, enemy.

II. Literary Terms

Climax - the highest or most intense point in the development

What is the climax of this play? Caesar gets killed by the conspirators

Allusion - a passing or casual reference; an indicating inference

Example: Shakespeare

Imagery - the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects

Verbal Irony - a figure of speech in which is what said is the opposite from what is meant

Example: Decius is telling Calpurnia's dream in a different way of his point of view

III. Questions

Scene 1

1. What reason does Caesar give for not reading Artemidorus's letter? Because he is so egotistical

2. What roles do the following characters play in the conspiracy?
Trebonius - Talking to Antony
Metellus Cimber - Begs Caesar for the repeal of his brother's banishment
Casca - To stab Caesar

3. What is Caesar's opinion of himself? He doesn't want to change himself

4. What does "Et tu, Brute?" mean? How do these words relate to the theme of friendship in the play? Even you Brutus?, Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer

5. Where does Caesar's dead body lie? How is this ironic? In the Senate, Soothsayer tried to warn him of the ides of March had come for his time to die

6. What does Brutus tell the conspirators to do after killing Caesar? Smear themselves with Caesar's blood

7. What promise does Brutus tell the servant to relay to Antony? praises and grants the request

8. What does Antony say about the possibility of being killed by the conspirators? a terrible war will engulf Rome of Caesar's murder

9. After being assured he is in no danger, what favor does Antony ask of the conspirators? speak at Caesar's funeral

10. What does Cassius think about granting Antony this favor? Antony will tell the people of Rome that the conspirators killed Caesar

11. What restrictions does Brutus set? He is jealous of Antony

12. Summarize Antony's main points in his speech to Caesar's body? To how Caesar was killed by being stabbed to death by the conspirators

13. Who is coming to Rome to meet with Antonty? Octavius, Caesar's heir(son)

Scene 2

14. According to Brutus's speech to the commoners, what reasons does he give for Caesar's death? Caesar would have made all Romans slaves

15. What is the mood of the crowd as Brutus finishes his speech? They would be happy to have a king

16. What does Brutus offer at the end of his speech? That he was a hero

17. List three points of Antony's speech that work to persuade the crowd to turn on the conspirators.
The conspirators claimed that Caesar was ambitious
Antony calls the conspirators "honorable"
He found Caesar's will

18. What reason does Antony give for why he cannot read Caesar's will? The Plebeians wanted to hear it

19. What has Caesar bequeathed the Romans in his will? giving them all of his money to everyone

20. How does the crowd react to Antony's speech? Intending to kill the conspirators and burning their homes

Scene 3

21. What happens to Cinna the Poet? Why? The Plebeians attack him because he was a bad poet

Destiny vs. Fate

Are we victims of fate or can we create our own destiny?

I say that we are both victims of destiny and fate. Destiny is when a person or a thing has had something happened to them in a particular way of a lot or, a fortune. Fate is a lot more different than destiny. It means that events of a course of events that will actually happen in the end of time, meaning the future. I would choose destiny of being the victim of it because I might become famous for what I do when I grow up. The reason why I do not choose fate is because the future might come as it is. It's my destiny to become an actress because it can help me a lot for myself, and my friends, family, and even for the people who I inspire the most. If I've chosen the fate side, then I would have winded up dead or left behind by the bad essential people. That's not where I want to end up for my life when I grow up. I'll give myself an example: Team Edward or Team Jacob because from the film "New Moon" on the "Twilight Saga". I think that I would choose Team Jacob because Jacob's tribe can stick together as a team or a group. No one will be left behind . That way they could go to their right path of saving Bella Swan.

Julius Caesar: Act 1 Reading and Study Guide

I. Vocabulary



wherefore - for that reason



exeunt - used as a stage direction to indicate



vulgar - rude, offensive



What part of speech is vulgar when used by Flavius in line 72? noun



construe - deduce; explain



II. Literary Terms



blank verse - highly expressive, rhythmical literary piece



List of characters who speak in verse: Caesar, Brutus, Marullus, Flavius



prose - written, nonrhythmic literature



List characters who speak in prose: Marullus, Brutus, Flavius



*What possible reason do some characters speak in prose and some speak verse?



Because its their way of making their characters more alive.



Tragedy - disater, costastophe, disappointment



Pun - play on words

Example from Act I, scene I: Flavius says "Go on good countrymen"



Conflict: fight, warfare

External: 1. Caesar vs. Brutus

2. Cassius vs. Caesar

3. Antony vs. Casca

4. Soothsayer vs. Caesar



Soliloquy - speech by one, apostrophe

Example: Caesar says a log speech to his civilians about being a king for Rome



Iambic Meter - metric foot used in various types of poerty



Iambic Pentameter - a common meter in poetry consisting of



Meatphor - figure of speech, implied comparison

Example: Caesar is talking to Antony about his habits



Simile - uses words "like" or "as"

Example: Brutus is talking to Cassius about his plan to kill Caesar



III. Questions



1. Where and when was Shakespeare born? 1564, England



2. What theatre did Shakespeare help build? The Lord Chamberlain's Men



3. When did he die? 1616



4. In what historical period was Shakespeare living? Who was the ruler of England at that time? The Renaissance, Queen Elizabeth I



5. What three types of plays did Shakespeare write? Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet



6. What was it like to go to a play during Shakespeare's time? Royalty, casual, Roman like culture



7. What historian did Shakespeare use as a source for writing Julius Caesar? Plutarch



8. When and where did Julius Caesar live? Suburna, Rome 100 B.C.



9. Who is Pompey? Although he is not a character in the play, why is he important to the plot? Rivalry to Caesar. He doesn't like Caesar to be king.



Scene 1:



10. what is the setting? What holiday is being celebrated? Rome, Lupercal



11. who are Marullus and Flavius? two tribunes



12. Why do they want to drive the commoners from the street? To see Caesar's celebration of defeating Pompey.



13. What else do Marullus and Flavius do to further hinder the celebration of Caesar's victory? To cheer on.



Scene 2:



14. What does Caesar tell Antony to do to Calpurnia? To touch her to lose the curse of sterility.



15. Why might Caesar ask Antony in front of everyone else? Because it's a ritual.



16. What is a soothsayer? Of what does he warn Caesar? A symbol of the omens, The Ides of March.



17. What does ides mean? March 15th



18. Does Marcus Brutus like Caesar? What does Brutus think of Caesar's rise to power? Use lines from play to support your answer. No, he thinks that it's too much for Caesar to be king with his power. "No Cassius for the eye cannot see itself except when it's reflected by something else."



19. Brutus says, " For let the gods so speed me as I love/ The name of honor more than I fear death." What do these lines imply about Brutus's most important value in life? He rather save his people than to let Caesar ruin this city.



20. What story does Cassius tell Brutus? He's planning to assasinate Caesar.



21. What is Cassius point in telling the story? Caesar's power is growing more on the streets.



22. What is Caesar's opinion of Cassius? Why does he feel this way? He doesn't trust him, He's afraid that Cassius is not his friend he seemed to be.

23. What handicap does Caesar reveal about himself when speaking to Antony? He's suspicious about his ambition of becoming king.

24. How many times was Caesar offered a coronet, or a small crown? Three times

25. What was Caesar's reaction to the offering, according to Casca? He refused to accept the crown because it holds too much power.

26. What sickness does Caesar have? He might get betrayed by his friends when the ides of March comes.

27. What happens to Marullus and Flavius? They left because of the storm and Caesar was being crowned king.

28. What does Cassius plan to do to convince Brutus to conspire against Caesar? He tells that Caesar will be king if he gets the crown and have so much power.

Scene 3:

29. What unusual events occur during the storm? Thunder and lightning

30. What meaning does Cassius interpret from the storm? The bad qualities of how Caesar must die.

31. According to Casca, what are the senators planning to do to Caesar tomorrow? to crown him king, and then kill him.

32. Who is definitely part of the conspiracy?
1. Brutus 4.Casca
2. Cassius 5.Cinna
3. Caius 6. Trebonius

Shakespeare Study Questions

William Shakespeare is the greatest writer of all time.

He lived in the country of England during the Renaissance.

He was born in the year 1564, when Elizabeth I was queen of England.

England was established as a world power in 1588, when the English defeated an attempted invasion by Spanish Armada.

Plays in which dialogue is mostly poetry is called verse drama.

In the 1590's, Shakespeare's theatre group was a place called the Lord Chamberlain's Men.

When Queen Elizabeth I died, the group's new sponsor was King James I and the group changed it's name to the King's Men.

The Globe Theatre was located on the banks of the Thomas River.

The theatre was three stories, made of wood, and could hold as many as three thousand spectators. Customers, called theatergoers stood on the pit by the stage and paid the lowest price for admission. Richer patrons sat in balconies, also called inner galleries.

Most theatres in that day had no artificial lighting or heating, so performances were given in daylight in warmer weather.

Many commonly quoted phrases came from Shakespeare's plays. Some examples are: " Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears." from Julius Caesar, "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?" from Romeo and Juliet, and "To be or not to be." from Hamlet.

Terms

1. Verse Dramas - plays that the dialogue is mostly poetry.

2. Blank Verse - nonrhythmic lines of iambic pentameter.

3. Iambic Pentameter - distressed, stressed.

4. Soliloquy - a long speech given by a character while alone on stage to reveal his or her private thoughts.

5. Aside - a character's quiet remark to the audience or another character that no one else on stage can hear.

6. Rhetorical Devices - persuade.
1) Repetition
2) Parallelism
3) Rhetorical Questions

7. Irony - contrast between appearance and reality.

8. Dramatic Irony - reader knows something that one or more characters do not know.

9. Pun - play on words.

10. Allusion - whenever a writer refers to a person, place, poem, book, or movie that he expects alluding, indicating, inference.

You Should Know:

1. Ambition - selfish, a strong desire for status, fame, or power.

2. Vanity - something that is vain.

3. Envy - such hatred.

4. Revenge - plotting against someone in an evil way, somebody turns against the person, and that gets payback on that somebody who betrayed him or her.

In your opinion, is it right to ask a close friend to do something dangerous? Explain.

Not really because it would be so wrong to say or do something like that. It's really unnecessary.

Lord of the Flies Blog Response (300-400) Words

If people choose to be a good person by following a true friend, parent, or the president by making good decisions of what they want to do with their lives when they are growing up. Because the good citizens of the world are trying to make something out of themselves. If they choose the bad side, which is their inner demon, they would end up as being killers, terrorists, cons, criminals, rapists, and molesters. These innocent people are trying to obey the laws of their own country, and their own world to make it better for themselves. Sometimes the good people can get bad stuff happened to them by getting more sick, killed, shot, raped, blamed, or even the ultimate drug lords of their own gang, and businesses. This world needs a lot more love, courtesy, respect, dignity, pride, achievement, confident, enthusiastic, and a whole lot more of obedience with their behavior.

The bad essential people need to look and tell themselves that this whole experience that they're making of themselves are very wrong of what they're doing to the community. Their examples would be more like the Jack character from "Lord of the Flies" novel. Jack was a sick boy who doesn't care about the rules, people dying, and enjoying the pleasure to kill his own tribe, including Ralph. Jack has a sick and twisted mind of his own to be torturing people like Piggy, and the littluns. He wants to live for himself so he can be rescued by the soldiers in the helicopters. Jack has a rivalry in his hands, and that person is Ralph. The reason why he doesn't like Ralph is because Ralph on the other hand can be more civilized, save all of the children on being rescued, and most importantly Ralph can be a better chief than Jack. Jack would be more childish, self-centered, crazy, sick-minded, and a complete psycho in his mind to kill people. He would always try to get his way when Ralph, Piggy, and Simon are against him and his hunters. Some bad people can be a lot more crazy inside and out when they think of something more wicked, evil, cruel, and tormenting to harm the innocence of becoming the victim in their own demising plans. Jack from "The Lord of the Flies" was treated so cruel that he even treated the littluns to be tortured and beaten to death. I feel so sorry for the bad people for living their lives into being misery every time they think about it when they are constantly doing the wrong things. Such as like killing other people, going suicidal, being raped, and being beaten to death. The bad essential people are just like the devil's children who came up from hell to cause a lot of chaos, and misery for God's children. Also the bad people can be more cruel, evil, malevolent, crazy, psychotic, and too strange at things. To me they are a bunch of cowards being too sorry to do some things on their own to make it out there. Adolf Hitler was the perfect master-mind to create such hell on earth to have a lot of power to begin his invasion. Most of the time, Hitler would send his Nazis to kill every Jew they would find in houses, and other countries to begin his plans. So many people are trying to make a difference of themselves, but the bad people are dragging them down with them.

The good essential people are the most delicate human beings that are more civilized on this earth to make a better life of themselves. On the other hand the bad essential people are bringing them to their knees to join them, but some good essential will say no for their own sake to be free from this world of hate. This whole good vs. evil thing is going too far for the world, and God does not want that to happen to all of us. The reason why the good human beings are so good is because they would always do the right thing by listening to their parents, the right friends, and the right people who believes in them to make their lives a better one than they had. The first example is Ralph, Piggy, and Simon from "Lord of the Flies". They would always look out for each other when they're in danger on the island. Ralph is the most respected person in his group, the reason why he a better leader than Jack is because he knows how to treat a person with heart, respect, dignity, and pride of their will to be brave in what they do. The second example is Michael Jackson. Michael was a teriffic person in his business, and for the whole world. There were too many politics talking about him so much that it drived him to the limit, especially when he was accused of raping a boy, which was not true at that moment. Michael was just trying to make a difference in everyone to make a better person in ourselves make this world more social and friendly. To think of it, this world is in a war between angels and demons from this tv show called "Supernatural". We need peace on this planet, or it all will come to an end.

Lord of the Flies Chpt. 9 Discussion Questions

1. What was the "cannon" that "continued to play" throughout chapter 9?

the thunder

2. Who sat, like an idol, painted and garlanded, in the center of the lawn?

Jack

3. During the party, evening had come, not with calm beauty, but with the : threat of violence.

4. At the party, who acted like the pig?

Roger

5. What happened to the parachutist?

Carried by the wind over the lagoon and went into the sea,

6. Who was killed because the boys thought he was the beast?

Simon

7. What happened to the body on the beach?

It was free from the rocks

Who said it?

8. "Do our dance! Come on! Dance!"

Jack

9. "Let them go. I don't care."

Ralph

10. "P'raps we ought to go on too...I mean to make sure nothing happens."

Piggy

Lord of the Flies Chpt 8 Discussion Questions

1. Who called the first assembly?

Jack

2. During the assembly, how many voted that Ralph shouldn't be chief?

no one

3. On page 140 the hunters get a new name. What is it?

The tribe

4. The group of boys looked at it with affectionate respect. What was it?

The conch

Who said it?

5. "I'm not going to play any longer. Not with you."

Jack

6. " I think we ought to climb the mountain."

Simon

7. "We'll hunt and I'm going to be chief."

Jack

8. "The head is for the beast, it's a gift."

Jack

9. "I'd like to put on war-paint and be a savage. But we must keep the fire burning."

Jack

10. "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill."

Jack

11. "You knew didn't you? I'm part of you?"

Ralph

Chapter 5,6,7 DQs

Chapter 5



1. What is "Taken short?"



Answer: the fire was burning a little bit



2. What does Ralph think they ought to do before they let the fire go out?



Answer: They should die because of the diarrhoea



3. Who scared the littlun by walking around in the jungle at night?



Answer: Simon



Who are the two littluns who hold the conch and speak about the beast at the assembly?



4. Phill



5. Percival



Who said it?



6. "The thing is, we need an assembly."



Ralph



7. " Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!"



Jack



8. "Life ...is scientific, that's what it is."



Piggy



9. "What I mean is...maybe it's only us."



Ralph



10. "What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?"



Jack



Chapter 6



1. What was the "sign that came down from the world of the grown-ups?"



a dead parachutist



2. Who saw the "beast" on top of the mountain?



Sam and Eric



3. What did the boys want to do instead of going to the other side of the island to check the fire?



search for the dead parachutist on top of the mountains



Who said it?



4. "I don't believe in the beast."

Simon

5. "We want smoke. And you go wasting your time. You roll rocks."

Ralph

Chapter 7

6. Who hit the boar with his spear?

Jack

7. Who got hurt playing the role of the pig?

Robert

8. Who went through the forest alone to tell Piggy that the group hunting the beast wouldn't be back until after dark?

Simon

Who climbed the mountain to look for the beast?

9. Ralph

10. Jack

11. Roger

Lord of the Flies Vocab. and Sent. List 5

41. Parody - imitation, spoof.

Synonym - mock, apology, joke

My Definition - When someone is being a bully to a nice person.

Sentence - This boy is beginning to be a lot more parodious to certain people.

42. Parried - ward off, circumvent.

Synonym - dodge, duck, block

My Definition - It's like someone or something is coming fast.

Sentence - The bullet came in a parried distance for the guy's chest.

43. Pinnacles - top, crest.

Synonym - climax, tower, crown

My Definition - A story or a movie is the most important part in a spooky, funny, or terrifying situation.

Sentence - This movie was heading towards the pinnacles when the people was in the theatre.

44. Ruefully - regret, severe upset or pain.

Synonym - agony, mourn, torment

My Definition - When a person or something is being annoyed by the most.

Sentence - My sister is always a rueful pain in the neck all the time.

45. Tacitly - quietly, silently.

Synonym - whisper, softly, lowness

My Definition - When somebody is more quiet than loudness often at times.

Sentence - Sometimes I can be a lot more tacit than at school, and at my house at times.

46. Vexed - distress, bother.

Synonym - disturb, upset, harass

My Definition - The person is being bothered by a stranger or a known person.

Sentence - Melinda Sordino was being raped and vexed by Andy Evans at that party during the summer.

47. Vicissitudes - change, something made different.

Synonym - break, switch, shift

My Definition - When something is beginning to be brand new.

Sentence - I have a lot of vicissitude clothes in my drawer that I haven't worn yet.

48. Vivid - intense, powerful.

Synoynm - active, bright, glowing

My Definition - The feeling of something more brilliant.

Sentence - Johnny Storm had a lot of vivid in his body when he turned into a flaming superhero.

49. Vulnurable - open to attack, hazardous, troubling.

Synonym - bad, alarming, ready

My Definition - When a bad guy is about to attack the innocent.

Sentence - Superman can save a lot of people from the cruel and vulnurable villians.

50. Trunculently - belligerent, hateful.

Synonym - abusive, brutal, fierce

My Definition - A violent man is so over his mind or he is obsessed with a woman to kill over.

Sentence - Ryan was being so trunculent to his girlfriend Rebecca, who is trying to escape for her life.

Lord of the Flies Vocab. and Sent. List 4

31. Interminable - infinite, uninteresting.

Synonym - boring, constant, endless

My Definition - Someone is doing the same thing over and over again.

Sentence - We had the most outrageous in terminating conversation that we ever had in the restaurant.

32. Iridescent - rainbow-color, opalescent.

Synonym - lustrous, many-colored

My Definition - Types of colors of the rainbow.

Sentence - There are so many colors of iridescently rainbow.

33. Lamentation - grief, complaints.

Synonym - keen, moan, sorrow, wail

My Definition - When a person is being so dramatic over nothing.

Sentence - My sister is always lamenting too much for my nerves today.

34. Malevolently - deceitfully, violently, menacing.

Synonym - angrily, awfully, brutally

My Definition - Somebody that is a lot more dangerous than a criminal.

Sentence - An abuser is so malevolent towards a woman or a man in a relationship these days.

35. Muted - muffle, tone down sound, weak, dainty.

Synonym - lower, drown, silence

My Definition - When a deaf person is like that their whole life.

Sentence - When a muted person is unable to hear or speak, they use sign-language for speaking to somebody.

36. Obscurely - in hidden manner, dimly.

Synonym - secretly, quietly, darkly.

My Definition - When a friend is doing something behind their friend's back, and they do not tell them almost everything they want to hear.

Sentence - I hate it when a person is being so obscure about a serious problem that they're not telling someone.

37. Obtuseness - dullness of mind, intelligence inexperienced.

Synonym - disregard, ignorance, darkness

My Definition - Every time a person is being a dumb head.

Sentence - When a person is so obtuse, they don't really know anything.

38. Officious - Self-important, dictatorial, domineering.

Synonym - busy, rude, pushy

My Definition - When a person is worried about themselves.

Sentence - This girl is so officious about herself everyday, and not worried about her family.

39. Opalescence - luminosity, gloss, shine.

Synonym - light, gleam, brilliance

My Definition - Something so beautiful and bright.

Sentence - My lip gloss is always opalescent to my clothes that match with it.

40. Opaque - clouded, muddy, hard to understand.

Synonym - cloudy, dark, dirty, dull

My Definition - When things are so dark and gloomy.

Sentence - The clouds are sometimes opaquely dark, the rain comes down in a minute or two.

Lord of the Flies Chpt. 3 & 4 DQ's

Chapter 3 Discussion Questions

1. What is Jack doing as the chapter opens (be specific)?

Answer: capturing a pig and trying to kill it, but the pig is getting away.

2. Ralph and Simon are building huts.

3. Why can't Jack get the pig to stay on his spear?

Answer: because the spear wouldn't be sharp enough

4. All the hunters but Jack have gone where?

Answer: swimming

5. Who helps the littluns get fruit?

Answer: Simon

6. At the end of the chapter, where does Simon go?

Answer: To the jungle to enjoy the sweet- scented flowers, butterflies, and the chirping birds at his hideout.

Who said it? (Indicate page number)

7. "We want meat!"

Jack pg. 71

8. "I was talking about smoke! Don't you want to be rescued? All you talk about it pig, pig pig!"

Ralph pg. 78

9. "I thought I might kill"

Jack pg. 65


Chapter 4 Discussion Questions

1. Who "still felt the unease of wrongdoing?"

Maurice

2. Who was affected by the "taboo of the old life?"

Jack

3. How was Jack "liberated from the shame of self-consciousness?"

When he was beating up Piggy in front of Ralph

Why did the "littluns" always obey the summons of the conch?

4. to appear in the meetings
5. they don't want to be bothered the older boys who were bullies

6. Why did Jack want Sam and Eric to get him a coconut?

He needs it to kill a pig to go on hunting again

7. Why weren't the boys rescued?

The fire was let out again like last time

8. Why were the littluns used to "Stomach aches and a sort or chronic diarrhoea?"

No one is supervising them about the stomach aches and the diarrheoa. They would always eat raw meat for their diet.

Who said it?

9. "You don't half look a mess"

Piggy pg. 79

10. "They don't smell me. They see me, I think. Something pink, under the trees."

Jack pg.63

Lord of the Flies Vocab. List 3 Sentences

21. Everytime a person is telling a lie, that lie is surely full of dubious concept.

22. My friends are always ebullient with me when we are at school.

23. When Jack killed that pig, that showed a sign of ferociousness on his face.

24. I love it when beautiful fruits flourish during the summer.

25. I saw a beautiful red rose with big foliages on the stem with the thorns.

26. My sister is sometimes furtively sneaky at her behavior.

27. Jeremy was very gravely about losing his glasses today.

28. Leroy's heart was unable to impervious, and he suddenly died.

29. On "Charmed," Phoebe, Piper, and Paige can do lots of incantate spells by theirselves.

30. One time I saw a inscrutable message on the wall in Egypt.

Lord of the Flies Vocab. List 3

21. Dubious - causing doubt.

Synonym - moot, open, unsure

My Definition - Someone is feeling doubt about something.

22. Ebullience - enthusiasm.

Synonym - agitation, liveliness

My Definition - Somebody is more joyful than themselves.

23. Ferocity - fierceness.

Synonym - cruelty, violence

My Definition - It's based on a serial killer.

24. Flourished - grow, prosper; wave about.

Synonym - arrive, bloom, develop

My Definition - Plants, people, vegetables, and fruits.

25. Foliage - leaves, plants, trees, and shrubs.

Synonym - growth, umbrage

My Definition - There are big and small leaves on plants, and fruits.

26. Furtive - sneaky, secretive, sly.

Synonym - cautious, creepy, cunning

My Definition - Somebody is being a lot more slicke and sly.

27. Grave - serious, gloomy.

Synonym - dignified, dull, sad

My Definition - When a person is being too depressed all the time.

28. Impervious - unable to be penetrated, long-lasting.

Synonym - impassive, immune, fixed

My Definition - Immune to any disease in your body, and the medicine can fix the area that you're having a problem with.

29. Incantation - spell, magic.

Synonym - chant, charm, enchantment

My Definition - A witch uses magic and spells to summon the dead, and the living to their command.

30. Inscrutable - hidden, mysterious; blank.

Synonym - mystic, secret, difficult

My Definition - Something ancient and old of a message that's been there for centuries.

Lord of the Flies Vocab. Sentences List 2

11. Some people can be a lot more credulous these days.

12. Jeremy is being a lot more cynical than usual.

13. In math, the declivity can either increase or decrease on a graph.

14. My mom can sometimes be a lot more decorously dressed at times.

15. Nikia is trying to get out of a demuring project that is due today.

16. My sister is so derisively being rude at my mom all the time.

17. Sometimes Elizabeth can be a lot more diffidently fearful.

18. The math problem I had was a lot more discursive to understand.

19. This puzzle was more disentangled than usual.

20. The bloody murders of a serial killer is more disinclining than ever.

Lord of the Flies Vocabulary List 2

11. Credulously - childishly.

Synonym - foolishly, stupidly, acting bizarre

My Definition - Someone who is being dumb or acting so bizarre.

12. Cynically - without hope, desperate, sadness, and dispair.

Synonym - desperate, sadly

My Definition - The person is being depressed about their lives so much.

13. Declivities - slope, downward change in value.

Synonym - incline, drop, decrease

My Definition - When a line is dropping down or going upward.

14. Decorous - appropriate, suitable.

Synonym - becoimg, civilized, worthy

My Definition - When a person is becoing classy or dressed proper.

15. Demur - disagree, back off.

Synonym - cancel, abandon, challenge

My Definition - Someone who wants to get out a problem.

16. Derisive - exhibiting unkind behavior or words.

Synonym - insolent, flip, sassy

My Definition - When children, teenagers, or adults be disrespectful to one another.

17. Diffidently - in fear, in a modest manner.

Synonym - alarm, bashful, shy

My Definition - Someone who is afraid to show thier fears.

18. Discursive - rambling, difficult to understand.

Synonym - erratic, spreading

My Definiton - Something is more awkward.

19. Disentangled - unwind, solve.

Synonym - part, open, solve

My Definition - When somethign is a lot easier for a person to do.

20. Disinclination - unwillingness to do or believe something.

Synonym - aversion, dislike

My Definition - Some people do not believe in some things that are true and real.

Lord of the Flies Scenario (200 Words)

The people should survive with me will be Bobby, Mrs. Victor, Mary Evans, Mr. Newton, and Mrs. Clark. The reason why I've chosen these people is because we have the power to help each other, technique skills, and a lot of survival skills to save each other to get to civilization. The first one I've chosen is Bobby. The reason why I've chosen Bobby is because, he's a lot more mentally handicapped with himself. Also Bobby has 70% chance of surviving with the rest of the other four people I've chosen. The second is Mrs. Victor. The reason why I've chosen Mrs. Victor is because she knows how to handle things her own way. She also got married when she was sixteen, but then Victor got a divorce when she was eighteen years old. The third person I've chosen was Mary Evans. The reason why I've chosen this woman is because she can draw a boat to get the five of us including me, off the island to civilization. The fourth person is Mr. Newton. The reason why I brought him is because he can treat the five of us with medical care, and create some medicine to cure our sickness. The fifth and final person I choose is Mrs. Clark, the 28 year old daughter of a minister. The reason why I've chosen her is because she can build a radio to signal the helicopters for rescue if the boat thing does not turn out we planned. The person who should survive is Mary Evans. Mary Evans hasn't done anything in her life that was bad.

Lord of the Flies Discussion Questions Chpt. 2

1. Who is the only one who may interrupt the speaker holding the conch?

answer: Jack

2. Who saw the beast/beastie/snake-like thing?

answer: Ralph

3. Who says, again and again that there isn't a beast?

answer: Ralph

4. On page 37, Ralph makes a two-fold "mission statement." What are the two parts?

answer: 1. building a bonfire, 2. getting the list of names

5. Why do they need a fire?

answer: to get help if a helicopter comes to rescue them

6. What did the boys use to start the fire?

answer: some dead wood, platform, and dry leaves

7. Who is the first boy to die?

answer: Piggy

Who said it? (remember to indicate page numbers)

8. "How do you expect to be rescued if you don't put first things first and act proper?"

answer: Ralph pg. 36

9. "I told you to. I told you get a list of names!"

answer: Ralph pg. 37

10. "Well have rules! Lots of rules! Then when anymore breaks 'em-"

answer: Jack pg. 34

Lord of the Flies Vocab. Sentences List 1

1. There was a deep abyss in the ground.

2. The Egyptian syllables articulate the signs of the undead.

3. My mom has a lot bastion, and defense for herself.

4. Donald sometimes make a blunder when he talks negative.

5. Water can cascade everywhere, even in countries too.

6. Someone is contemptuously being a jackass lately.

7. The compressed walls are coming close by Indiana Jones.

8. My sister is going to be contritely about having fits everyday.

9. Some people can be corpulenting at times.

10. The mater mind can covert a secret hard code.

Lord of the Flies Vocabulary List 1

1. Abyss - a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity, vast chasm.

Synonym: immeasurable

My Definition: It's really a deep cavity or vast chasm.

2. Articulate - uttered clearly in distinct syllables.

Synonym: Coherently

My Definition: Very strange distinctive syllables.

3. Bastion - support, fortified place.

Synonym: defense

My Definition: A lot of support and defense.

4. Blundered - make mistake.

Synonym: Blow, confused

My Definition: Someone makes mistakes.

5. Cascades - something falling especially water.

Synonym: descend, pour, overflow

My Definition: Overflowing too much water.

6. Compressed - compact, condense.

Synonym: bind, close, contract

My Definition: Binding something.

7. Contemptuously - boastfully.

Synonym: arrogantly

My Definition: Somebody is mean, disrespectful, and a jerk.

8. Contrite - Regretful.

Synonym: apologetic

My Definition: Feels a lot of sorrow, sadness, and despair of what they did wrong.

9. Corpulent - fat, chubby.

Synonym: large, gross

My Definition: Completely huge.

10. Covert - chandestine, underhanded.

Synonym: concealed, private

My Definition: A lot more secretive.

Lord of the Flies Discussion Questions Chpt. 1

1. How did the boys arrive on the island?

answer: Plane crashed, and shut down

2. How did Ralph call the first meeting?

answer: By blowing on a conch shell

3. What are the names of the twins?

answer: Sam and Eric

4. What does Ralph's dad do?

answer: Royal Navy

5. What nationality are the boys?

answer: British

6. The island was roughly boat - shaped.

7. What is the "scar?"

answer: the island

8. For whom did Piggy vote as chief?

answer: Ralph

9. Who went to make sure the island was really an island?

answer: a. Ralph, b. Jack, c. Simon

10. Who is your favorite character so far?

answer: Ralph

Daily Grammar

These are nine parts of speech

1. Nouns

2. Verbs

3. Pronouns

4. Adjectives

5. Adverbs

6. Conjunctions

7. Articles

8. Prepositions

9. Interjections

Killing Mr. Griffin Discussion Questions Chpt. 5

1. How does the author illustrate Kathy Griffin's stubborn personality?

Answer: She's pregnant, dislikes her husband's behavior. Feels a lot tortured by him.

2. Briefly explain Mr. Griffin's reason for leaving Stanford to teach high school.

Answer: Because he doesn't want to teach sorry slacking students who wants to fail his English class.

3. What does Mr. Griffin think about Susan?

Answer: She's scared of her own voice. The most gifted writer in the class. He doesn't like her very much.

4. Why is Kathy Griffin upset by her husband's description of Dolly?

Answer: She was offensive by that point. Also thought that Brian had thought her as a dolly.

5. How does her husband make her feel better?

Answer: Mr. Griffin is going to tell Susan that she is a very talented, brilliant, and a good writer in his class.

6. Why does Mrs. Griffin want Brian to compliment Susan on her writing?

Answer: Because Susan won't be shy anymore.

7. Find an example of foreshadowing in this chapter.

Answer: Without a reason, terror shot through her like a bullet came in her chest.

8. Why do you suppose the pills are mentioned again? Why does the author bother mentioning his tie?

Answer: He has heart problems in his chest while he's coughing. The author must of had it too.

Killing Mr. Griffin Vocabulary Sentences

1. Mark is inferring that Mr. Griffin should beg for mercy.

2. Susan making an allusion from her song that she wrote.

3. I had a tremendous flashback when I was in Glynn Middle School.

4. My mother and father had the rite of passage of becoming adults.

5. Mr. Griffin was a foil to Susan when she was shy all the time.

6. The police had to forensic a crime scene where the girl was stabbed to death with a knife in her chest.

Killing Mr. Griffin Discussion Questions Chpts. 3&4

Chapter Three

1. The members of David's family are introduced. Briefly identify them.

Answer: his grandmother, mother, father

2. Why does David think he needs a good education?

Answer: Because David's father went to Stanford. He wanted to go to the University of Mexico. Trying to be a lawyer in law school.

3. Find the metaphor in this chapter that helps illustrate the emptiness of David's life.

Answer: All of David's life rose up behind him in one great, gray wave.

4. Support of refute the following statement:
David goes along with Mark because he dislikes Mr. Griffin and needs a better English grade to get into law school.

Answer: I don't blame David, because he worked so hard to become a law student in law school.

Chapter Four

1. Why are Saturday's special for Susan?

Answer:Because she always hear the telephone ringing, and aware of who calls her.

2. Find a quotation in the illustrates the idea that Susan feels a part of the picnic group.

Answer: "With the wind down and everything, a bunch of us thought we'd take a picnic up into the mountains. I was wondering if you might like to go."

3. Who is Luna?

Answer: Mark's ex- girlfriend when Mr. Griffin gave it the ax.

4. How does Susan feel about Mark before the picnic?

Answer: That he was the nicest guy there when he went with Lana to the picnic once for going hiking.

5. A symbol is an object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself. How may the eyeglasses be a symbol in this chapter?

Answer: When took her glasses and David said that she looked better with them on instead.

6. Foreshadowing is also used to create intrest and build suspense. Since this is a mystery story, there are many examples of foreshadowing. Find an example of foreshadowing in this chapter that lets the reader know Susan is going to have problems.

Answer: "Are you kidding we have to take the glasses off before we blindfold him. We don't want to shove them straight through his eyeballs.

Killing Mr. Griffin Discussion Questions Chpts. 1&2

Chapter One
1. Briefly identify the children in the McConnell family.

Answer: Susan, Melvin, Francis, Craig

2. What does Susan mean by "someday"?

Answer: she wants everything to be normal and exactly the way she wants her life to be.

3. Who is David Ruggles? How does Susan feel about him?

Answer: The president of the senior class. She has a huge crush, and dreams about him.

4. Several other students of Room 117 are introduced. Briefly identify them.

Answer: Betsy Cline, David Ruggles, Mark Kinney, Jeff Garrett

5. In the classroom scene, what emphasizes Susan's feelings of being an outsider?

Answer: She feels so alone, sickened, alienated, and afraid. She doesn't fit in with her classmates.

6. Two teachers are introduced. Briefly identify them.

Answer: Mr. Griffin, Mrs. Dolly Luna

7. Mr. Griffin is very strict and stern with the students. Do you think these qualities make him a good teacher? Briefly explain your answer.

Answer: Probably not, because he gives no student extra credit, and most of all he gives them so many F's for a late paper. making them fail a lot.

8. An allusion is when a writer refers to a person, place, poem, book, or movie that the reader, is expected to recognize. Find an example of allusion in this chapter.

Answer: Susan's song she wrote.

9. In what ways does Susan think she and the dying female in Hamlet are similar?

Answer: She didn't do her best in her work. Felt so depressed that she cried, and felt so ashamed.

10. A metaphor is a comparison of two things that are basically unlike, in order to create a sharp picture. In this first chapter find the metaphor involving a bird that helps the author define how Susan is feeling about her life.

Answer: She had a sudden, irrational urge to put her head down on the desk and weep for all of them, for the whole world, for the awful day that was staring so badly.

11. Jeff says, "That Griffin's the sort of guy you'd like to kill." Why doesn't Susan think he is serious?

Answer: Because Jeff really hated Mr. Griffin so much that he had a plan to do that, but Susan thought that he was bluffing which he wasn't.

12. Frequently, objects which seem inconsequential when first mentioned become an important part of the plot later. In the last six paragraphs do you noticed any object that might be foreshadowing?

Answer: Yes that Jeff explained to the gang how to kill Mr. Griffin by tying him with some rope, and blindfolding him.

Chapter Two

1. Why does Mark say the following? " Jeff's done a neat job of lining us up for a mass flunk out."

Answer: Because Mr. Griffin keeps on giving Jeff F's all semester.

2. Explain Mark's special dislike of Mr. Griffin.

Answer: He had to take the English course again for the second time, and he wanted to him since he came to Mr. Griffin class.

3. "Jeff had seen that look before, and it always meant something." What look does Jeff see? What does Jeff think it means?

Answer: That killer look that Mark had when he wanted to do something for the pleasure of it. He really wanted to kill Mr. Griffin so badly.

4. Why do Jeff and Betsy go along with the plan?

Answer: They were tired of flunking his class all the time, but they weren't trying to fail. They were trying to pass and get out of his class for good.

5. Why does Mark believe Dave will go with the plan?

Answer: He likes a challenge, also Mark knows too much about David.

6. What does Mark know about Susan that makes him think she will be their decoy?

Answer: Because she's Mr. Griffin's teacher pet, and plus on the mid- semester she made good grades in his class.

7. A flashback is a scene that interrupts the ongoing action to show an event that happens earlier. Briefly describe the flashback in this chapter. Explain why the author chooses to include it.

Answer: It's how Susan and David met each other when they were in middle school. The humiliation that Jeff has been through, it was the first thing that the plan would work.

8. What is implied, but never stated, about Mark's "transformation"?

Answer: He was sort of a psychic when he heard the call roll. He set a cat on fire, and he also had a special beauty, something too strange to explain about him.

Killing Mr. Griffin 200 Word Response

Question: What motivates people to murder? Is murder ever justifiable? Why or why not? What should society do to help bring down the murder rate? How should society educate and mediate murderers in society to prevent and reduce murders?

When the people were being treated badly when they were kids. Their parents were so disrespectful, careless, cruel, and ignorant as they were treating the kids like crap. It always happens when the parents get a divorce, abuse each other, and leaving their children behind. I wish that there were no serial killers in towns and countries. Like this story with that man who killed 26 people, and he really enjoyed it a lot. When he was little, he was smelling some dead animal bones, and that's when he truly realized that he wanted to kill people. He started slipping in school until he graduated when he was 18 years old. By the age of 20, he started killing people that was doing the wrong that he saw. So the man starts taking his victims in his house, and he starts killing them one by one. When the cops came, they suspected nothing until the smell caught the man. Afterwards he was sentenced to 95 years in prison. Society should track down these serial killers, and bring them some justice for what they've done to their innocent victims. Take the murderers to a rehab center, jail, or an juvenile center so that they can get rid of this problem they have that is affecting people. It's not right to kill innocent people like this, and if you see the person that is responsible for these crimes, call the police so they could be put away for good.

Killing Mr. Griffin Vocabulary

1. the act of drawing a conclusion that is not actually stated.

For Example: when Jeff recalls the transformation, Mark underwent when he set the cat on fire - Jeff and the reader infer that Mark enjoys killing.

2. Allusion - whenever a writer refers to a person, place, poem, book, or movie that he expects alluding, indicating inference.

3. Flashback - a scene that interrupts the ongoing action in a story to show an event that happened earlier.

4. Rite of Passage - the young adult must undergo some ritual or test to become an adult.

5. Foil - a character whose qualities or actions usually serve to emphasize the protagonist, by providing a strong contrast. On occasion the foil is used as a contrast to a character other than the main one.

6. Forensics - the study of evidence discovered at a crime scene and used in a court of law. Forensic science is a multidisciplinary subject, drawing principally from chemistry and biology, but also form physics, geology, psychology, social science, etc.

Daily Grammar

1. Parents often argue about what is best for their children.

2. People in small towns sometimes worry about what other people say about them.

3. Johnny Blogger and Susie Grammar traveled with their mother to Carwheal in Corwall.

4. When his mother told him about moving, Johnny said he wouldn't mind starting at a new school.

" The Best Thing I Did This Summer"

The best thing I did this summer is going to Summer Waves for a picnic a the boys and girls club. I also been chilling at St. Simon's beach too, but I didn't like the saltwater anyway. Some saltwater got into my mouth, and it tasted so nasty that I almost threw up. It was for a cookout for my friends birthday party. Then we went to her house to celebrate her birthday too, I had to go short because my dad had to go to work. Plus I went to a slumber party at a hotel over the summer, and I went straight to the pool so I could cool off a bit. Then my sister and I went to change in our sleeping clothes so we can go to sleep for bed. Finally I was hanging out at my friend Angelique's house. One time we went to her house and ate some crabs with butter on the side too. Man those were some good crabs that we ate. I also watch her babysitting her little cousins all the time too. The cousin babies are so adorable, and cute too. We also had my Aunt's birthday party, and we surprised her, the whole family did including me. She was crying and happy at the same time too, and I was happy for her that she was having a good time with all of my family so much. Well that's my story from this summer.

THE END

DQ's for Antwone Fisher

1. Antwone gets into a lot of fights. Do you think that he fights because people have made him angry, or is he angry already?

Answer: He's always angry at himself, and the past that he always has been.

2. When Antwone first goes to see the therapist, he is very vague with information about his background. Why would he not just come out with all of his history? Is he hiding something? How is Antwone different or the same as Melinda Sordino in Speak?

Answer: There was so many horrible personal things that he didn't want to talk about. Yes he is hiding some things from the therapist. Antwone has been raped, and being mistreated by his foster mother.

3. Why does Antwone say that he should just go to the brig? How would that be easier for him than the alternative that he is given?

Answer: Because he needs more time to get ready to confess his past to the therapist. So he won't being having these bad memories in his head.

4. When his shipmates are talking about going home for the holiday, Antwone ignores the question. Why?

Answer: Because he never had any parents who would be there for the holidays for him.

5. During the Thanksgiving dinner at the doctor's house, Antwone is put into an awkward situation when the doctor's father asks him questions. Why was it awkward for him?

Answer: Because the therapist asked him the same question when he came clean about his past for once, and he doesn't want to bring that up again.

6. The doctor at one point says that forgiveness is freeing yourself. Do you agree? Talk about Antwone and Melinda in terms of forgiving themselves. What would they be forgiving themselves for? Why?

Answer: Yes I agree. Because they don't want to be the same person that they were in their past.

7. Discuss two possible themes in Antwone Fisher? Are there similar themes in Speak? Explain.

Answer: Don't let your memories kill you. What's done in the dark, comes to the light. Yes. Don't be afraid of who you are, even if your life's a mess.

SAT Prep Words

1. Abhor - hate.

Sentence Example: I abhor going to the dentist because it only means pain to me.

I abhor the humiliation that I've been through.

2. Bigot - narrow minded, prejudiced person.

Sentence Example: Adolf Hitler was both a bigoted person and insane.

My real dad was a useless, and a bigoted person all together.

3. Counterfeit - fake, false.

Sentence Example: It was obvious that the hundred dollar bill was a counterfeit because it had Abraham Lincoln on the front.

My mom's checks were a counterfeit in the bank because it was coins instead of dollars.

4. Placid - calm, peaceful.

Sentence Example: When all seems placid, because the storm is coming.

I really want to be a real placid person in my life for once in a while.

5. Talisman - lucky charm.

Sentence Example: A rabbits foot is consider to be a talisman of good lick.

A four leaf clover is a talisman for the luck of the Irish.

6. Convert - hidden; undercover.

Sentence Example: The rainy weather in Seattle, Washington makes it possible for vampires to live convertly.

The vampires are being converted into the darkness instead of the sunlight.

7. Aberration - different from what is normal, describe, or expected.

Sentence Example: The dog eating Johnny's homework was an aberration, however, he still got a zero for the assignment. (I hate it when that happens!)

Some people are so aberrated these days.

8. Accentuate - to make a feature of something more noticeable; to emphasize.

Sentence Example: The bite marks on Johnny's neck accentuate the fact that there had been many "animal attacks" in the area.

I have to accentuate my own power point before I get an F.

9. Nuance - something subtle; a fine shade of meaning.

Sentence Example: Johnny had a nuance of remorse for attending to phase inappropriately into a werewolf during class.

I have a good nuance for drawing at least five things or objects.

10. Tangent - going off the main subject.

Sentence Example: Mr. Infante goes off on a plethora of tangents, but thankfully, he always comes back in due time.

The students were completely tangious over one subject to another.

11. Enfranchise - give voting rights.

Sentence Example: In some countries, the citizens are not enfranchised and the leaders are dictorial.

Barack Obama gives a lot of enfranchising of his word that he'll make a change this year for the United States.

12. Hamper - hinder; obstruct.

Sentence Example: In Forks, Washington the weather does not hamper vampires from being out in the open during the day.

Some people can't be hampered for long in darkness when they are criminals.

13. Noxious - harmful; poisonous; lethal.

Sentence Example: The venom of vampires is noxious but it can bring eternal life if the victim doesn't die first.

Snakes have so much noxious in their bodie that they could kill a person.

14. Abrasive - rough; course; harsh.

Sentence Example: Sometimes people with abrasive personalities seem nicer after you get to know them.

Mark's behavior can be a lot more abrasiving than it really seems.

15. Accolade - an expression of high praise and esteem; acknowledgemnet or public recognition.

Sentence Example: Johnny received accolades from his teachers for rescuing his homework from the mouth of a vicious dog.

My sister needs some accolades for her selfish behavior towards her and my mother.

Speak 4 Discussion Questions

1. Discuss the evolvement of the name of the Marryweather High mascot and the debate over each name.

Answer: They couldn't figure out a name for the mascot. So they called it the Hornets.

2. What draws Melinda and Ivy together?

Answer: They are still best friends, and they draw a tree together. Plus they were watching the sad people with their parents. Ivy drew their faces of their expressions to their parents.

3. Do you agree or disagree with "Ten More Lies..." Why?

Answer: I do agree with some of the lies that she said in her thoughts. One was true that the teachers are here to listen to us for what we had to say that was on our minds.

4. Describe Melinda's inner turmoil when she discovers Rachel is dating Andy. What should she have done? Did she do the right thing?

Answer: She felt so terrible that she didn't tell her that Andy had raped her at that party over the summer. She should have told her at the party, but she was so scared that she wouldn't be friends with her again. She did the right thing by telling her, and Rachel also broke up with Andy when they were in Andy's car.

5. What is the symbolism of Mr. Freeman's statement, "...trees are flexible, so they don't snap. Scar it, give it a twisted branch-perfect trees don't exist...Be the tree" (p. 153).

Answer: Always be yourself and not someone else. Let yourself out in the open instead in the darkness all the time. Don't let your memories kill you, because it'll get a lot worse for your life and yourself.

6. How does Melinda begin to assert herself and find her voice?

Answer: When she was talking to Heather and telling her what she wants to do with her room. Plus the her mother was listening to her too, and she was happy that she stood up for herself for the first time ever in a long time.

7. What happens when Melinda decides to talk to Rachel?

Answer: It turns out to a big argument when she told Rachel that she got raped by Andy, but she didn't believe a word she said. Now that spoiled Rachel plans to go to prom with her boyfriend.

8. What do the entries under Melinda's graffiti in the bathroom reveal?

Answer: Her beautiful drawings of trees that she did for art class, and Mr. Freeman loved them so much.

9. What is the correlation between Mr. Sordindo's treatment and explanation of the diseased tree with Melinda's "survival?"

Answer: He kept cutting down the old tree, and together Melinda and her dad put some seeds in the ground to make a new tree from the start.

10. What happens at the prom?

Answer: Melinda goes with David, her lab partner and she was happy all over again.

11. What is the resolution to the story?

Answer: Melinda found herself again in the story, and she tells her mom about what happened to her that summer when she was raped by Andy.