American Lit Homework 2-1-2021

For today, we are starting the ten page papers. If you were gone, you need to see me. Here is a reminder of what the paper plan will look like. It is due on Wednesday.

Section 1: Background on topic

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Section 2: Argument 1

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Section 3: Argument 2

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Section 4: Argument 3

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Also, don’t forget there are vocabulary words for this week. The quiz is on Friday. Here are your words:

Vocabulary List 12

1. Kudos (n): fame or glory
2. Lament (v): to feel great sorrow; to grieve
3. Lampoon (v): to mock or ridicule
4. Malady (n): illness; disease
5. Malapropism (n): an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound
6. Negligent (adj): careless
7. Neophyte (n): beginner
8. Oblivious (adj): without memory; unaware
9. Obloquy (n): strong public criticism; loss of honor and respect
10. Panache (n): a flamboyant manner in style or action; verve
11. Pandemic (adj): widespread; occurring over a large area
12. Quarantine (n): isolation to prevent the spread of disease
13. Quell (v): suppress; subdue
14. Rancorous (adj): bitterly resentful
15. Rant (v): to speak extravagantly