VOCABULARY WORDS 21-25

21. ecru - pale yellowish brown or beige in color.
Sally's dog is ercu.

22. elegy - a mournful or plaintive poem, or a funeral song.
Jack played the elegy on his piano.

23. entreat - to ask earnestly; to beseech; to plead for.
On Friday, the attorney's will let him entreat his brother.

24. evince - to show; to prove; evident.
Julie tried to evince the court, but the judge threw it out.

25. expound - to explain; to argue the defense of; to clear of obscurity; to interpret.
Betty and Joan tried to expound to the store manager, but she said no anyway.

VOLCABULARY WORDS 16-20

16. desist - to cease; discontinue.
Please desist with that loud music.

17. disaffected - alienated; estranged; unfriendly.
The crowd was disaffected to the police officers.

18. dotard - one whose intellect is impaired by age; senile.
They say that Mr. Smith is dotard.

19. dub - to strike lightly with a sword in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; to invest with
any dignity or title; to style, name, or call by a descriptive nickname.
On television he was dubbed Sir Christian of Wayne.

20. duly - in a due manner; properly or fittingly; punctually.
That will be duly noted.

Fame Warm Up - page 303

Becoming famous is not something that I really want to be. I think it takes a very special person to be famous and be able to maintain the status that is required. Some of the problems that come with being famous are not being able to go places and enjoying yourself completely with family or friends. Being watched and questioned about everything you do is not my idea of having fun or having my personal privacy. Also, being followed everywhere you go because there maybe someone that wants to bring you bodily harm is not my idea of having fun. Unfortunately, there are people in the world who are very jealous of famous people and just want to bring undo harm to them or their families. I could not handle the emotional feelings that would come if someone harmed anyone in my family. I am afraid that I would want to do harm to them and that would not solve anything. So I am happy just being plain old me, not famous.

Activities Warm Up - page 291

The activity I like the best is Nascar Racing. I grew up only 11/2 hours away from Indianapolis Motor Speedway. My father and both of my brothers are/were auto body men and auto mechanics. They all had cars that were antiques and were their side projects away from it all. When the season for racing opens it always seems to send a bite to all the people in my family. That includes myself and my sister. My mother is not really into auto racing. The thrill of having the fastest car, how fast the driver dares to go, and the excitement of winning are all so breathtaking, how can you not get caught up in all the excitement. Watching the cars go around and around sometimes can get boring, but even the drivers get tired too. Wrecks and crashes are sometimes exciting and frustrating because the driver you are rooting for can be taken out of the race because of someone elses error. All in all the excitement of it all is just that, EXCITING!

Body Art Warm Up - page 278

Body art can be a beautiful expression of a persons state of mind. I personally do not have any tattoos or body piercings, except for ear piercings, but I would like to get a tattoo of a dragon on my shoulder. I have not found the dragon I want yet so I keep looking. As far as body piercing is concerned, I don't really understand why put more holes in your body than you really need. Besides, I am a baby when it comes to pain.

Culture Warm Up - page 266

My cultural background is full German. My mother's side and father's side are all German. When talking with other people I always represent myself as full German. I am told that when I get mad I am very quiet, and who or whomever I am mad at should watch out. I find this to be very true. My friends tell me that all the people they know that are German have bad tempers. I believe that some German people may have bad tempers, but not all German people. This type of stereotyping can effect a persons outlook of others. I think that people should be looked at for who they are, not what cultural background they come from.

MID-TERM ASSIGNMENT

The first essay I chose is called The Tyranny of Things by Edward Sandford Martin. I believe the approach the writer was trying to convey is the provocative approach. In his essay he gave examples like they wore no clothes at all; as Thetis took Achilles; oppression of modern con-
viences and has him hopelessly bound. The thesis statement is the opening sentence. A traveler newly returned from the Pacific Ocean tells pleasant stories of the Patagonians. The introduc-
tion paragraph was very efffective. It kept the interest of the reader to continue on with the essay. The technique the author used in his concluding paragraph is quotation. Solomon was the one he quoted and used to compare everyday situations of analysis. Some of the examples of this were when you play together it is at a sacrifice; you cannot even be rich yourself without expense and you may just as well give over trying.