1. Vocabulary
Vocabulary
w e e k f i v e

2. campaign
_a_p_i_n
(n)
a race between candidates for elected office

3. l_ag_ _
league
(n)
an association of sports teams that organizes matches

4. _ab_r
labor
(n)
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

5. c_ _ _ e r
confer
(v)
have a meeting in order to talk something over

6. g _ a _ t
grant
(v)
allow to have

7. _ w_ l _
dwell
(v)
think moodily or anxiously about something

8. _nt_ _t_ i_
entertain
(v)
provide amusement for

9. _ o _tr _ _ t
contract
(n)
a binding agreement that is enforceable by law

10. _ arn_ _ _
earnest
(adj)
Characterized by a firm, humorless belief in one’s opinions

11. _ i_ ld
yield
(v)
give or supply

12. apostrophe L I t e r a t u r e S p e c I f I c V o c a b u l a r y
juxtaposition
anaphora
apostrophe
A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech.
a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.
the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect
“Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand?
Come, let me clutch thee!
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way…”
“O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?”
“Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as nought; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness.”