Thursday, 9/5/13 - Due Tomorrow: KBARR
Test #2 Tomorrow: Vocabulary, Adjectives, Husker Du, Outsiders
Checking Today: Vocabulary Homework

"Warm Up, 9/5/13 - Adjectives"
Click it and copy the answer (not the letter).
  1. She speaks so softly that I can hardly hear her.  a) softly - adjective,  hardly - not  b) softly - not,  hardly - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
  2. I'm a good bowler; my ball has pretty flowers on it.  a) good - adjective,  pretty - not  b) good - not,  pretty - adjective  c) both adjectives  d) both not
  3. In the following sentence, the word savvy is used as an adjective: A savvy Kal-El  knew just what to do.  a) True  b) False
  4. Click the only word that is an adjective:  We hastily retreated from his lair.    a) hastily  b) his  c) lair  d) from  e) It's a trick; there aren't any adjectives.
  5. "Two-Bit nodded sagely. 'Nice cut, too. Makes you look tough.'"  a) sagely  b) nice  c) too  d) sagely, nice  e) NOTA
  6. "He would be real handsome if his eyes weren't so cold."   a) real  b) handsome  c) cold  d) handsome, cold  e) all of the them
  7. The savvy investor made a million dollars buying old buildings.  a) savvy  b) million  c) old  d) savvy, old e) all of the them
  8. With his silly attitude, he fits the role of the jester perfectly.   a) silly - adj./perfectly - not  b) silly - not/perfectly - adj.  c) both adjectives  d) both not
If yesterday (/12) + today (/8) > 18/20, you are exempt from the adjectives portion of the test tomorrow.

Go over Vocabulary Homework.
"Vocabulary Pretest #2, 9/5/13" -- You will use words more than once. You will use them all. Raffle King says what?
Write the word for each in your notebook.
aloof, elite, wince, elude, incredulous, contemptuous, roguish, gallant, facade, ironic, asset
  1. At the party, he stood ______(ly) off to the side of the room, quietly watching the festivities.
  2. If you make the Scholar List you are a part of the educational _____ of the school.
  3. The old-school gentleman _____(ly) put his jacket over the mud puddle so his lady wouldn't soil her shoes.
  4. "Guess what I've been in for?" asked Dally, grinning ________(ly).  He was proud of being an outlaw.
  5. Dally spat _______(ly) as he thought of what the Socs did to Johnny. He hated them for it.
  6. Maybe his cold unfeeling exterior is simply a _____ that hides his true feelings.
  7. The paper said that the business man was a(n) ______ to society...
  8. ...but _________(ly), he was secretly a mobster. 
  9. Even after I read the poem three times, the meaning still ______(ed) me.
  10. It is rather ________ that Mr. Coward's web page about the "Perfect Paper" assignment had a mistake in it. 
  11. I looked at my grandma _____(ly) when she said she wanted to ride the colossal roller coaster.
  12. The bank's _____ was cracked and damaged by the wind, but the inside was fine.
  13. The delinquents ran to _____ responsibility for their actions. 
  14. Joey ___(ed) at the thought of his brother being a drop-out. He just couldn't stand it. 
  15. It would be ironic if a poor hobo spent his last dollar on a lottery ticket, and won.  a) True   b) False






The Outsiders.
After:
Conflict = Plot = Story. 
No conflict means no story. 
What is our main conflict in The Outsiders so far? What are other conflicts we can see? 
_____ vs _____ ?