2.  Proper nouns should be capitalized (specific names, titles, etc.)  Underline book and film titles  Use apostrophes for possessive case (before S for singular, after S for plural)

3. › Abasement (n): humiliation, degradation

4. › In stephen mitchells book, The Book of job, he wrote, “Self- abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.”

5. › Abhor (v): hate strongly

6. › “I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind,” said thomas jefferson, the third president of the united states.

7. › Acrimony (n): bitterness, discord

8.  The film acrimony from 2004 was a horror movie about the drowning of a little girl. Her memory causes hatred and retribution among the cast.

10. Begin your entry with, “If we had gone a different way…” and tell the story of this picture.

11.  Spell out numbers under 100  Do NOT use contractions in formal writing.  Say off, not off of

12. › Abject (adj): sunk to a low condition

13. › Kirk Douglas, who acted in the movie Spartacus, once said, “I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.”

14. › Abrogate (v): to do away with something, repeal

15. › The united states government abrogated Prohibition by passing the 21 st Amendment to the constitution, which was passed in 1933.

16. › Abstain (v): to desist, go without, not participate in

17. › During the civil war, many african-american Union soldiers abstained from pay for 18 months to protest receiving lower pay than their white counterparts.

18. Back story: Gollum is considering trying to take the magic ring from his “master.”

20.  Always use commas after introductory phrases  Numbers over 100 should use digits

21. › Accolade (n): tribute, honor, or praise

22. › The 1 st man to receive the purple heart award was Sgt. elizah churchill. This accolade was given to him for his service in the revolutionary war.

23. › Acerbity (n): bitterness or sourness in tone or taste

24. › 5 colonists were killed in seventeen seventy at the boston massacre an event that showed the acerbity the colonists felt towards the British.

25. › Acquiesce (v): to agree to, to give in

26. › The revolutionary war ended in seventeen eighty-three when great britain acquiesced and signed the treaty of paris.

29.  Set off appositive phrases (which have extra info) in commas (i.e. “My dog, who is named Spot, is brown.)  Words that describe VERBS are ADVERBS. They often end in –ly, not –er. (i.e. I moved quickly, not quicker. Plus, good = adj, well = adv) Appositive phrase

30. › Billowing (v): swelling, fluttering, waving

31. › The last set of armor owned by Henry VIII the king of england until 1547 had a waist of almost sixty inches. Clearly, his stomach had billowed since he was younger, when it was only 36 inches.

32. › Blatant (adj): obvious

33. › Henry VIII’s daughter Mary was known for harsher prosecuting Protestants, executing over three hundred during her reign. She was given the blatant nickname of bloody mary.

34. › Blighted (adj): something that is ruined, destroyed, or damaged

35. › After katharine could not produce a son for him henry VIII considered their marriage blighted. He then attempted to divorce her to marry anne boleyn.

37. 1. Summarize the article in three to five sentences. 2. Authors often refine their message (They start with a broad idea and work through specific examples to get to their main idea). How does the author refine her message in the article and what is her main idea? Give specific examples from the text to support your answer.

38.  For large numbers (millions and up), put the word instead of zeroes when possible  Do not abbreviate state or country names  Use semi-colons, appropriate conjunctions+commas, or a period to correct run-ons  Spell out percent

39. › Bolster (v): support or prop up

40. › More than 3,000,000 men fought in the U.S. civil war more than 2% of the entire countrys population died in it. Few other countries cared to bolster the American fighting force.

41. › Bombastic (n): arrogant, pompous language

42. › Instead of giving a bombastic speech president abraham lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address, a simple, two hundred and seventy-three word speech it became one of the most important speeches in U.S. history.

43. › Credible (adj): believable

44. › According to credible historians the Battle of Antietam was the single bloodiest day in the history of the civil war the day began in sharpsburg md and by the end of the battle 22719 men had died.

45. Punctuate the following titles correctly: 1.Website Title: “How to Punctuate a Title” 2.Book Title: Why Is This So Hard? Create correct parenthetical documentation for pages 1-3 for the following source. Schaefer, Laurie. Why I Cry When I Read Papers. New York: MacMillon, 2013. Print..(Schaefer 1-3) Now, put the period in the right place, considering that you wrote three sentences you are documenting.

46. Original Mary Poppins TrailerRemix Mary Poppins Trailer

47. While watching the video clip of The Mummy, list adjectives to describe the changing moods of the story in the clip you watch, along with a specific example from the film to explain the mood. For example: Cheerful: Everyone is smiling and laughing as they walk down the road.

48.  Use regardless; irregardless is not a word  A lot is always two words  Alright is not a word; use all right  Underline magazine titles, newspaper titles, television shows, album names

49.  Vocabulary Word › Curtail (v): to cut short

50.  Sentence › The newspaper The London Times was created in seventeen eighty- five by John Walter. Irregardless of the fact that he was often jailed for voicing his opinion his paper went on to become very popular.

51.  Vocabulary Word › Enfranchise (v): give voting rights

52.  Sentence › A newspaper called the suffragist was created in 1913 over the idea of enfranichsement for women alot of women in the National Women’s Party wanted equal voting rights irregardless of what society believed at the time.

53.  Vocabulary Word › Engender (v): to cause, to make something happen

54.  Sentence Journalist Edward R. Murrow engendered huge change for how reporters broke news stories on war he would report from the front lines of world war II and flew in more than 20 bombing missions over berlin.

57. Use comma + conjunction, semicolon, or period to fix a run-on Hyphenate a compound adjective (well-cooked steak) Never use symbols instead of words except for with the dollar sign (example: no #, %, or &) Capitalize compass points when they are referring to places, not directions Grammar Rules of the Week:

58.  Vocabulary Word › Ensconce (v): establish firmly in a position

59. › World war II came about because hitler wanted to ensconce the nazi party as the only ruling party for all of europe & eventually the entire world. 9780618706419

60.  Vocabulary Word › Envenom (v): to cause bitterness or bad feeling

61. › Of all countries that fought germany in wwii, long suffering russia has the most cause to be envenomed it lost the most men during the war: 21 million.

62.  Vocabulary Word › Forbearance (adj): showing restraint, patience

63. › Nazi scientist Dr. josef mengele known as the “Angel of Death” showed no forbearance when it came to his medical experiments he used 3,000 twins. 1 experiment included removing one twin’s eyeball & attaching it to the back of the other’s head.

64. The Pyramid— 13 levels, unfinished The Eye 1776

66. Your story begins here. What happens next?

67.  When using either, also use “or”  When using neither, also use “nor”  Insert commas between each item in a list  Spell out states and countries  When using however to combine two sentences, you must use a semicolon before and a comma after ( ; however,)

68.  Vocabulary Word › Hamper (v): to hinder or obstruct

69. › Neither Thomas Jefferson or John Adams signed the Constitution, Thomas Jefferson was in France serving as a U.S. minister and John Adams was hampered by his obligations to Great Britain.

70.  Vocabulary Word › Harangue: (v) to criticize forcefully or angrily

71. › Neither Thomas Jefferson or John Adams signed the Constitution, Thomas Jefferson was in France serving as a U.S. minister and John Adams was hampered by his obligations to Great Britain.

72.  Vocabulary Word › Harangue: (v) to criticize forcefully or angrily  Sentence › Although 42 delegates actually attended the Constitutional Convention only 39 actually signed the Constitution. Edmund Randolph George Mason and Elbridge Gerry harangued the Convention members for not adding a bill of rights and refused to sign.

73.  Vocabulary Word › Harbinger (n): indicator, bringer of news  Sentence › The debate over a bill of rights in the Convention was actually a harbinger for the much larger struggle the states would have over the same issue however eventually all states ratified the Constitution, with NC and RI being last.

74.  Vocabulary Word › Hedonism (n): devotion to pleasure, happiness, self- indulgence  Sentence › Either Ben Franklin was prone to hedonism nor he was simply a fan of self-indulgence he ran away from home at the age of 17 and acknowledged an illegitimate child by the age of 24.

76.  Conditional statements: to use an “if”, you must also have a “then”, although it can be phrased multiple ways: › If it rains, practice is cancelled. › Practice is cancelled if it rains. › You must have BOTH for a sentence to be complete  Use FEWER for things that are countable  Use LESS for things that are not › I have FEWER pennies, but LESS water

77.  Vocabulary Word › Heed (v): to listen to, to follow (i.e. advice)  Sentence › If america had heeded europe’s call to enter world war I sooner. perhaps less men would have died. There were over 35,000,000 civilian and soldier casualties in wwi.

78.  Vocabulary Word › Intrepid (adj): brave, invulnerable to fear  Sentence › The russian army was probably the most intrepid of all, sending 12,000,000 soldiers to the front. If more than 65,000,000 men fought total. Then the russians made up almost 20%.

79.  Vocabulary Word › Kindle (v): to start a fire (literally or figuratively)  Sentence › British nurse edith cavell inadvertently kindled support for the Allied forces after she was arrested and executed for helping soldiers escape Belgium. If her story hadn’t become so public. There might have been fewer support for the cause.

80.  Vocabulary Word › Lachrymose (adj): tearful, sad  Sentence › One of the most lachrymose days for Britain was the Battle of Somme where the British suffered 60,000 casualties in 1 day less men were lost during the entire war from the U.S.’ armed forces and National Guard combined.

81.  How would you prepare for a zombie apocalypse?  Why do you think that the idea of a zombie apocalypse has become so interesting to society?