Composition
Welcome to Composition. I look forward to working with you this semester as you embark on your own personal quest to become better readers, writers, and communicators. It’s a process that requires creativity, dedication, practice, risk-taking, a willingness to share, and a variety of other skills and qualities. Composition is considered a college preparation class and is taught with that in mind. You will be responsible for much of the learning in this class. The course activities are intended to challenge you to go beyond the lesson and to be creative.
My Homework Page Daily Journal Prompts Vocab_Cartoons
Vocabulary Words
Quiz every other Friday
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| chattel | incongruous | trenchant | migratory | quixotic | arduous |
| austere | bulwark | evade | procrastinate | beleaguer | reminisce |
| lament | connoisseur | efface | roster | milieu | opportune |
| aloof | cacophony | asunder | impede | histrionic | dulcet |
| cerebral | expunge | incite | forbear | bludgeon | porcine |
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| lassitude | propulsive | aptitude | giddy | myriad | demonic |
| coterie | askew | harrowing | irascible | accolade | noxious |
| ballistics | enrage | chronic | cower | grandiloquent | proficient |
| ambiance | cranny | endure | gossamer | caucus | harangue |
| girth | cubism | laconic | queue | dromedary | atrophy |
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| catapult | paranoia | ||||
| glutton | facilitate | ||||
| muster | craven | ||||
| beget | mode | ||||
| curtail | alienate |
Vocabulary Model Sentences:
Week 14 -
Josh was absolutely paranoid about walking under a ladder.
Cassette tapes facilitate learning a foreign language
To let his wife do his fighting for him was the act of a craven husband with no backbone.
Once he became a lawyer, Hal put aside his jeans and dressed in the mode of his contemporaries, conservative dark suits, white shirts, and ties.
The boss alienated his secretary by shouting at her when she made a mistake.
Week 13 -
When the Dolphins beat the Steelers, the victory catapulted them into first place.
Jack was a glutton for punishment; no matter how many times he was knocked down in the fight, he kept getting up.
In 1836 the Texans at the Alamo mustered all the available troops to defend against the Mexican army.
Chronic lying becomes a habit that starts out with one small lie, which begets a second lie, then a third, and so on.
Sheriff McDougall curtailed all further night patrols east of the river until bullet-proof windows were installed in his patrol cars.
Week 12 -
Walter had a demonic approach to business; he was only out there for himself and the money.
The noxious pollutants discharged into the bay by the paper mill killed all the marine life.
Wally was the most competent, proficient ice skater in our league.
Our sergeant harangued the recruits for not keeping in step as the platoon practiced marching.
The author's interest in writing atrophied after he won the Pulitzer Prize for literature.
Week 11 -
George was a hypochondriac, weighted down by myriad concerns about his health.
Jane and Jack received accolades for their Civil War project.
It was another grandiloquent political affair; the candidates made the same promises for lower taxes.
A caucus was held by the members of the delegation to determine if they should hold a special caucus for the unmarried members.
The dromedary is widely used as a beast of burden in Northern African and Western Asia.
Week 10 -
After Sue Ellen won the beauty contest, she was absolutely giddy with joy.
Uncle Tim was a real grouch; even on his birthday, he would find a way to become as irascible as a spoiled child.
The sound of the rusty door opening in the middle of the night made Sue cower behind her bed.
The bride wore a veil with a gossamer of fine Italian lace gently touching her face.
The sisters decided not to attend the movie because a line was queuing up as they arrived, and they didn’t want to stand in line.
Week 9 -
Benjamin's laconic speech habits gave him a reputation for thoughtfulness and intelligence.
The harrowing experience of being in a tornado is one that will stay with you forever.
Chris has had a champion's aptitude for tennis since she was four years old.
Settlers in the 1800s endured many hardships on their way to California.
George was a chronic complainer; he never saw the positive side of anything.
Week 8 -
After the flood receded, the bridge was found to be askew of the road that connected to it.
When Harry went to art school, he studied the cubism style.
Rock climbers look for any cranny where they can get a foothold.
What enrages my wife is when I forget to wipe my feet before coming into the house.
Most naval warships carry propulsive missiles.
Week 7 -
After eating three servings of Thanksgiving dinner, George succumbed to a feeling of lassitude and fell asleep on the couch.
Today's tennis stars rarely travel alone, but with a coterie of managers and coaches.
Detective Culleton specializes in ballistics and is always called to a crime scene whenever a firearm is involved.
The ambiance of the locker room after the team lost the championship was depressing.
Before crawling into a sewer pipe, it is first wise to measure the girth.
Week 6 -
Swimming three miles was the most arduous exercise Jeannie every had.
My parents listen to the music of the 80s and reminisce about when they were dating.
During the family reunion, Chris felt it the opportune moment for announcing his job promotion.
There was nothing dulcet about the rock-and-roll music that shook the house each night from Jeff's room.
She had a porcine attitude about food; that is to say she would eat anything and everything.
Week 5 -
Putting all taxpayers on the honor system is a quixotic suggestion.
The teacher asked her students not to beleaguer her with insignificant questions during class.
After a long sea journey, a sailor on land for the first few days feels out of his milieu.
The children's histrionics when they couldn't find their toys made everyone uncomfortable.,
The police arrested the lumberjack on suspicion of bludgeoning a co-worker with an axe handle.
Week 4 -
Most American Indian tribes in the old west were migratory and followed the movements of the buffalo.
Larry hated to cut the grass and would procrastinate about it for weeks.
When the navy ship docked in Hong Kong Harbor, Jeremy was disappointed when he saw the duty roster had his name on it.
My uncle encouraged me to not let anyone impede my ambition to go to medical school.
Please forbear feeding the bears.
Week 3 -
Steve had a trenchant tongue and was always putting his friends down behind their backs.
Jane always managed to evade helping her sister wash the dinner dishes by claiming she had homework.
To assure that he left no clues, the thief effaced his fingerprints from the stolen car.
Our team lost its unity and became a group of individuals who played entirely for themselves, asunder from each other.
The mob was incited to riot when the police arrived and began hitting people with their nightsticks.
Week 2 -
Ed appeared incongruous wearing his tuxedo on an old-fashioned hay ride.
Our mother was a bulwark against bad times.
My uncle is a connoisseur of fine wines; he especially appreciates vintage wines from Italy.
Gene thinks all rap music is a cacophony to be avoided whenever possible.
The judge ordered the clerk to expunge the lawyer's statement from the record.
Week 1 -
Please do not order me around Lady Boswell, I am neither your servant nor your chattel.
Jill's father was austere, rarely smiled and was always stern with her.
The nation laments the passing of the President while at the same time celebrating his achievements.
Most everyone thought Theodore aloof when actually he was only very shy.
Dr. Clark was too cerebral to be a Boy Scout leader; he could only relate to the boys on an intellectual level.