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Here are the words and definitions we went over in class today.  Respond to this post by writing sentences with several of the new words.

  • Villain = bad guy 
  • Chapter = section of a book; character= person in a story
  •  To consent = to say yes to someone; content = to be happy (CONtent = the inside materials of a book)
  • Gracious = to be pleasantly kind and courteous.  Characterized by good taste, comfort, ease, or luxury.
  • Incinerator = a furnace for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.
  • Furiously = to do something passionately with urgency, or to do something very angrily.
  • Dawdle = to waste time and move slowly.
  • Scuttled = to run with quick, hasty steps; to scurry.
  •  liquid = anything that is in a form like water or gasoline or chocolate syrup (so not solid like ice and not gas like the air). 
  • ascend / descend  = to go up / down a staircase or elevator.
  •  ludicrous = so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous. 
  • Repulsive = disgusting, horrific, nasty (I think kiwi is repulsive, but watermelon is delicious!) 
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Great job, Ashley!  The only thing we need to talk about for these is the difference between verbs, nouns and adverbs.  

Consent is a verb, so you can use it with the past tense:...teacher consented to.

Furiously is an adverb (word describing a verb) because of the "ly" at the end, so this sentence probably doesn't need it.  If she was furiously working to fix her dress, that's when the "ly" comes in!

Descent is a noun.  So a plane can start its descent OR it can descend (when you change the t to a d it turns into a verb!)

 

I hope this helps clear things up; otherwise, fantastic job!

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