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Misplaced: I misplaced my homework and now I can't find it.
Misbehaves: Since the child misbehaves, he is now sitting in the timeout chair. Misspelled: When he misspelled his word, he had to rewrite it. Misjudged: The man was misjudged because they thought that he couldn't do the challenge. Misleading: The title was misleading and was later changed Misinterpret: The man will misinterpret the directions and make a mistake Misunderstanding: There was a misunderstanding with the directions given. Mistakes: The teacher said that everyone makes mistakes Misery: There was misery when they announced the news Miserable: The man was miserable at the funeral. Mischievous: The mischievous raccoon took food from the trash can Miscellaneous: There was a box labeled miscellaneous in the back of the store. Misgivings: People had misgivings about having many people at one place at one time. Mississippi: The family lives in Mississippi Missouri: Missouri is a state in the United States.
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Word: Pandemonium
Part of Speech: Noun Definition: A state of extreme confusion and disorder Sentence: The classroom was filled with pandemonium when a new student walked in Word: Assuring Part of Speech: Verb Definition: Giving confidence Sentence: The news was reassuring to the sad man Word: Proverbial Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: relating to or resembling a condensed but memorable saying Sentence: I am going to stick out in the crowd like a proverbial item Word: Gaze Part of Speech: Verb Definition: Look at with fixed eyes Sentence: He gazed back at the stranger who was staring at him Word: Postpone Part of Speech: Verb Definition: To hold back on a later time Sentence: The meeting was postponed because there was an emergency Word: Glare Part of Speech: Verb Definition: Look at with a fixed Sentence: The suspect glared with mean eyes towards the defendant Word: Conspicuous Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: Obvious to the eye or mind Sentence: The man was very conspicuous in the crowd Word: Elimination Part of Speech: Noun Definition: The act of removing or getting rid of something Sentence: They hired people by process of elimination Word: Temptation Part of Speech: Noun Definition: the desire to do something that you know you should avoid Sentence: The temptation of eating the sweets even though that person was on a diet Word: Gorgeous Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: Dazzling beautiful Sentence: Jess said that Ms. Edmunds was gorgeous Accusation
Definition: A charge of wrongdoing Part of Speech: Noun Sentence: The victim's accusation was robbery Consolidated Definition: Brought together into a single whole Part of Speech: Adjective Sentence: The club consolidated in the park Conspicuous Definition: Easily seen or noticed Part of Speech: Adjective Sentence: The ninja was very conspicuous in the sun Crimson Definition: Deep purplish-red Part of Speech: Adjective Sentence: The spider's back was colored crimson Foundling Definition: An infant or small child found abandoned Part of Speech: Noun Sentence: The foundling was left on the front steps of the orphanage Hypocritical Definition: To be of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc. Part of Speech: Adjective Sentence: The parents were hypocritical when they told their child not to talk when they later started talking during the presentation. Obliged Definition: To require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity Part of Speech: Verb Sentence: The man obliged with the cashier for a discount Ominously Definition: Portending evil or harm Part of Speech: Adjective Sentence: The stranger was ominously approaching the dog Rumpus Definition: A noisy or violent disturbance Part of Speech: Noun Sentence: The room next door in the hotel had a rumpus dog Stricken Definition: To deal a blow or stroke to a person or thing Part of Speech: Verb Sentence: The glove was stricken by a baseball that was coming as fast as a race car Suppressed Definition: To put an end to the activities of a person or thing Part of Speech: Verb Sentence: The lights were suppressed by the dark cloth Wretched Definition: Very unfortunate in condition or circumstances Part of Speech: Adjective Sentence: The wretched king was overthrown How Sugar changed the World is about how sugar dominated as the world's most prized item that would sell for lots of money and people would use slaves to harvest the sugar out of the sugar cane. This nonfiction book is important because it shows how life was and how poorly slaves were treated while they were working for their owners while harvest sugar, and how valuable sugar was a long time ago compared to now. I learned the sugar was first used in 700 AD, this makes me wonder how hard it was to get sugar if it was hard hundreds of years later. Europeans would use sugar as a sign of their wealth, this makes me wonder if they would ever use sugar as food other than a sign of their wealth. This book definitely made me look at sugar differently because in the 21st century, sugar is cheap, but a long time ago, sugar was very hard to obtain and would be a sign of people's wealth.
On Wednesday, March 15, 2017, I went to the Huntington Library. While on a field trip there, I saw two recognizable pieces of art, Blue Boy and Pinkie. Blue Boy was made by Thomas Gainsborough in 1770 and Pinkie was made by Thomas Lawrence in 1794. Both paintings were portraits done on canvases, both were also made using oil. Blue boy was a painting of Thomas Gainsborough's nephew and showed his nephew standing in a social stance making him look important especially because his bright blue costume contrasts. This painting is important because Thomas Gainsborough wanted to prove his point against how other artists said that using light blue for only a small piece of clothing or the background, but instead, Thomas Gainsborough used it as his clothes, which made it expensive to paint because blue paint is especially hard to make because they wouldn't have a place for paint to be made other than the modern day paint where we can just buy from the store. Pinkie was a painting of a Jamaican girl who was a granddaughter of her grandmother living in Jamaica at that time. Her granddaughter was temporarily living in Jamaica with her grandmother when she was told to go back to England. Her grandmother was especially sad because she wouldn't get to see her again since the only way to get from place to place was by horse or by boat. So the grandmother asked a painting studio to paint a portrait of her granddaughter to remember her. Something I like best about the Huntington Library were the gardens. The gardens were very accurate on what the desired place were to be, from Deserts to Chinese gardens. The Desert gardens were filled with drought resistant plants such as aeonium, cacti, and aloes. There were also Japanese gardens that were filled with pink cherry blossoms and had many waterfalls and different types of Japanese culture surrounded in that area, there were also Chinese gardens which were, just like the Japansese garden, filled with different Chinese culture items, and even a restaurant to eat in, other than the Japanese garden. Other than the gardens, the paintings and the sculptures were amazing as well. I had a great time in the Huntington Library, and would want to go back there as soon as I can. http://www.huntington.org/ The Science Fiction novel Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut takes place in the United States of America during 2081. It tells the story of Harrison Bergeron, a 14-year-old teenager who wants to overthrow the government. He must fight against the Handicappers, a group of people who want to make the world equal by making people who have advantages over others have handicaps. First, Harrison is arrested and place in jail under suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. Then, he escapes out of jail and goes to a local news station to say that he is the new emperor. Next, he obtains his empress, a beautiful ballerina. Finally, they dance in the news station. As the story ends, the director of the Handicappers goes to the news station and kills the ballerina and Harrison Bergeron with a shotgun.
2 Commercials that I watched were ASPCA and a Texting and Driving PSA.
The ASPCA commercial was about how there were dogs in the world and in shelters that need a home, and who were in danger before they were in the shelter suffering from the environment outside our being treated harshly in past homes. The ASPCA commercial used ethos because it changed people's feelings about how they should help adopt the animals because they were suffering. The Texting and Driving PSA that told a story about a high school student who started driving and months after her starting to drive she got into an accident while she was texting and showed the car nearly destroyed because of her driving. The Texting and Driving PSA used ethos because just like the ASPCA commercial, it made people feel sad and it was basically telling people not to text while driving and could save a life and more if they have passengers Abide: The man had to abide by the country's law. Bemused: The people were bemused by the comedian's jokes Contemplating: The genius was contemplating what to do next Countenance: Her countenance explained what she was thinking at that moment Deplorable: The joke that he made was deplorable. Envision: The man will envision what will happen next in the next episode Fatigue: They have been running for so long that the man had fatigue Ferocious: The dog was very ferocious at the mailman Hastily: The mailman ran hastily from the dog Immersed: The players were so immersed in the game that they were not paying attention to their fans Impressive: The play that just happened was very impressive Impulse: They had the impulse to stop the game Incompetent: The man in the yellow hat was incompetent Obliterated: The building on the road was obliterated. Placidly: He placidly got up from his seat Procured: He procured the treasure Remorse: He felt no remorse after they had won the game Reprimand: His toy was reprimanded after he wouldn't stop playing with it Resolved: The problem was resolved after both sides apologized Withering: The ego of the man was withering Abruptly: The man abruptly interrupted the man while he was speaking Cajoling: The man started cajoling to get a better deal of the T.V Coherent: The reason of the project was coherent Dread: The man dread in fear that he was going to get caught Initiative: The man took the initiative of studying Once upon a time there was a corrupt witch that lived a rotting house. She spent her time going around town laughing incessantly trying to jeopardize everyone's day. One day she remembered the day as if it was yesterday, another witch bewitched her and turned her into a witch, from that day on all she thought about was vengeance, vengeance against that cruel witch, she conveyed her anger by casting a spell which tainted her garden that she had embedded in front of her house, when she had ceased her whole garden was burning and the smell of burnt leaves undulating the air around her. Her neighbors smelled the dismal smell and called authorities, and reporting that they smelled fire and that it was a menacing and solemn since it could spread to their house. Once authorities had reached the witch's house, they put out the fire and the neighbors encouraged the authorities while doing so. They thanked them and left the seen. The witch thought that the scene was insignificant for she would have put out the fire herself, so she just went to bed just to forget about that day.
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