Tuesday, October 29 "The Yellow Wall-Paper" Vocab Quiz and Quick Write

Coming Up: there is no vocabulary next week.

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Tomorrow we will cover some background information on the author Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Victorian femme covert, and postpartum depression before we begin reading The Yellow Wallpaper.

 In class today:  The Yellow Wallpaper vocabulary quiz
1.          Admirable (adjective):  worthy of pleasure or approval; deserving of high regard; excellent
2.          Conscientious (adjective):  careful; meticulous; controlled by or done according to a sense of what is right
3.          Conspicuous (adjective):  easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable; attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities
4.          Deceit (noun):  concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating
5.          Derision (noun): the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt; a state of being laughed at or ridiculed 
6.          Fatuity (noun):  something foolish or stupid
7.          Lurid (adjective): gruesome; horrible; revolting; terrible in intensity, fierce passion, or unrestraint; lighted or shining with an unnatural, fiery glow
8.          Querulous (adjective):  full of complaints; complaining; characterized by or uttered in complaint
9.          Temperament (noun):  characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response; extremely high sensibility
10.     Undulate (verb): to have a wavy surface, edge, or markings

After quiz Quick Write
Begin with a MLA heading. The title is "Mood"

In your journals, write at least 5 sentences in response to the image below.  Consider the terms connotation and denotation.  What do you actually see and what might these images symbolize?  What is the mood of this image?
Suggestion to get you started: make a list of exactly what you see in the image. Look closely at the details.
Note: 
In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. Usually, mood is referred to as the atmosphere of a literary piece, as it creates an emotional setting that surrounds the readers


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