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While reading during this unit, you need to look for words you are unfamiliar with or that

you do not
commonly use.

On your A-Z project, you will identify at least one word that starts with each letter of the alphabet.
Your slides must be alphabetical order.

With the exception of the following letters which you may find anywhere in the word: Q, V, W, X, Y, or Z

On each slide you must include:


The word
The part of speech of the word (as it is used in the text)
The definition of the word (as it is used in the text)
The sentence from the text in which the word is used with a correct citation (Last Name Page #)
A break down of the word parts if applicable. What is the root word? Does the word have any
prefixes or suffixes? Search: “what are the word parts of ____”

You will be graded on 20 of the 26 letters.


Arbitrarily
adjective

in a random or indiscriminate manner

I arbitrarily punch buttons on the control board and end up hopping from foot to foot as alternating jets of icy cold
and steaming hot water assault me. (Collin’s, page 86)

Comes from arbitrary


Banal
adjective
so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
Effie makes me say a hundred banal phrases starting with a smile
(Collin’s, page 114)
Callous
showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
they were so callously murdered
(Collin’s,page 334)
adjective
Despondent
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
maybe haymitch’s has noticed my despondency
(Collin’s, page 238)
adjective
de=not
Evasive
1. elusive or evanescent.
“she is not weepy or evasive”
(Collin’s, page 38)
adjective
Formidable
adjective
inspiring fear and respect through skill
“formidable through guile in peace and war”
(homer, 18)
Guffawed
verb
loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.
“Haymitch guffaws and we all start laughing”
(Collin’s, 107)
Hoist
verb
to lift with great effort
“Then hoist myself back on my branch”
(Collin’s, 163)
Invaluable
adjective
high in value.
“This sleeping bad radiating back, preserving my body heat will be invaluable”
(Collin’s, 156)
very=in
Lenient
verb
to be forgiving
Muse
noun
any one of the
nine goddesses of the arts.
“Sing in me muse” (homer, line 1)
Nectar
noun
drink of the gods
“heres a bit of nectar”
(homer, line 309)
Offing
noun
distant part of the sea. Visible from shore
“so we moved out. Sad in the vast offing”
(homer, line 424)
Pectoral
noun
located in or on chest
“my men riding on the pectoral fleece”
(Homer, line 38)
Travail
noun
ery hard work
“and all this time in travail”
(homer, line 794-795)
Shrouded
verb
to cover with
“shrouded land and sea in a night of storm”
(homer, line 832)
Winedark
adjective
resembling dark color
“their ship in the winedark sea”
(homer line 919)
Keel
Verb
capsize
“keel from ribs”
(homer, line 57)
Unyoking
adjective
cease work
“the sun passed during unyoking time”
(Homer line 61)
Works Cited
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. New York: Scholastic, 2008.
Douglas Johnson, G. “Your World”. Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art, Harper Collins, 2001.
Frost, Robert. “The Road Not Taken.” Robert Frost Selected Poems, Fall River Press, 2011, p. 25.
Homer. The Odyssey. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday. 1961
Sexton, Anne. “Courage.” The Awful Rowing Toward God, Houghton Mifflin, 1975.

Add works cited for any independent reading choices you used in your project.

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