For The Tempest you're required to make at least one vocabulary post during the course of the play.
Your post should look like this:
Word (that you didn't know the definition of or were unsure of)
Context (give the sentence that it appeared in)
Definition (after looking up meanings, write a definition of the word in your own words)
Sentence (come up with your own interesting sentence that uses the word in context)
Be sure you don't repeat a word that's already been done, and be sure to sign your name at the end!
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Bat-Fowling
ReplyDeleteBat-Fowling- The act of creating light through a lantern or flame which attracts fowl(birds). Dazzled by the light, the birds are easily caught and are beaten to death by bats or netted by the creator of the light.
Though sports like Baseball and Basketball have been named "America's Pastimes", our generation has seen such a huge increase in Bat-fowling to the point where it has become a sport in itself, one fully embraced by the American people.
Daniel Thomas McNulty
Bat-Fowler Extraordinaire
Gaberdine
ReplyDelete"My best way is to creep under his gaberdine; there is no other shelter hereabout" (42).
Gaberdine- a long, loose coat or frock for men, worn in the middle ages, especially by Jews
This particular mans gaberdine billowed in the wind in a way that drew all eyes to his gorgeous figure that he kept by Bat-fowling on the weekends.
Kelsey G.
Marmoset
ReplyDelete"Show thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how to snare the nimble marmoset" (47).
–noun; any of several small, squirrellike, South and Central American monkeys of the genera
Upon arriving in the South American jungle I came upon many small marmosets who were eating small wild tree nuts.
Haley
Mettle
ReplyDelete"You are gentlemen of brave mettle" (58). Gonzalo
Noun - courage; temperament
It would require a man (or woman) of particularly courageous mettle to jump across cliffs.
Rapier
ReplyDelete"Fetch me the hat and rapier in my cell" (77).
Rapier-(noun.) A modest sword, particular to the eighteenth century, used for thrusting.
Ronaldo had the last say in battle when his rapier thrashed through the flesh of the enemy.
-Amanda R
Hilarious Danny- but be sure to give the context of the word- the sentence it appears in in the text!
ReplyDeleteKelsey G- awesome incorporation of America's true pasttime (and an excellent aerobic workout, at that)
Haley- I think marmosets shoudl watch out when there's batfowling afoot.
Jason- that you for remaining gender-neutral. :)
Amamda- eww! good job.
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wide-chopped
ReplyDelete"This wide-chopped rascal - would thou mightest lie drowning..."
wide-chopped (adj.) describing one that that speaks out of his/her turn often at inappropriate and places - A big mouth
Because he was such a wide-chopped fiend the criminal lost his court case due to several obscene outbursts.
-Allison
Chanticleer
ReplyDelete"Hark, hark! I hear
The strain of a strutting chanticleer"(22).
chanticleer(noun)A rooster, from 14th century english. In modern english, often used as to refer to voices or singing, like the sound a rooster makes.
While living on a farm, I was awoken every morning at the crack of dawn by the chanticleer's loud crowing.
-Shelby
Penitent
ReplyDelete"'They being penitent, the sole drift of my purpose doth extend not a frown further'" (75).
penitent (adj): feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed to atonement and amendment.
While serving his time in jail, the felon felt penitent for all the crimes he had committed.
-Kelsey French
Allison- wide-chopped is my new favorite insult.
ReplyDelete:)
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Promontory.
ReplyDelete"Have I given fire and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt; the strong-based promontory Have I made shake and by the spurs plucked up The pine and cedar;..."
(Pg 76)
Promontory (adj) describing land overlooking a lower land or body of water/coastline
Then Donald Trump glanced anxiously beyond the dusty promontory he was standing on, wondering if he should jump into the water and away from the ferocious lion with a large apetite, lacking resume and no appointment.
Viands
ReplyDelete"No matter, since they have left their viands behind; for we have stomachs." (pg. 59)
Viands (noun)- articles or dishes of food
As John looked upon the never ending viands at the Thanksgiving feast, he began to question his willingness to remain on the Sotuh Beach diet.
Kyle
Love the cultural references. Very entertaining!
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Spendthrift
ReplyDelete"Fie, what a spendthrift is he of tongue!" (28)
(noun)-Someone who spends money recklessly or extravagently"
There was no chance of stopping the wealthy spendthrift from the very second he entered into the city of Las Vegas.
-Jeff B.
foison
ReplyDeleteEarth's increase, foison plenty, Barns and garners never empty, Vines with clust'ring bunches frowing, Plants with goodly burden bowing; Spring come to you at the farthest In the very end of harvest.
foison (n) rich harvest, abundance
Due to the foison of corn on my family farm, I ate corn almost everyday.
Sydney
Frippery
ReplyDelete"O, ho, monster! We know what belongs to a frippery. O King Stephano!" (72).
(n.): something of little value, secondhand, cheap clothing
During the recession, more families are shopping for heavily discounted frippery for themselves.
-Danielle F.
Sinews
ReplyDelete"Go, cahrge my goblins that they grind their joints with dry convulsions, shorten up their sinews with aged cramps, and more pinch-spotted make them than pard or cat o' mountain." (74)
(n.): [1] A Tendon [2] Vigourous stregnth or muscular power
He had well developed sinews in his fingers for he had worked with his hands all his life.
--Nicole L.