Double Trouble for NEXT WEEK's midterm!

perfunctory
curmudgeonly
brigand
comely
swarthy
vigil
dolorous
divisive
lupine (canine. bovine, feline, equine)
Machiavellian (Machiavellian machinations!)
sangfroid
milquetoast (great word, right?)
simian
saurian
tacit
Sisyphean (ooh, GREAT word! Use it, use it! Find some excuse to crowbar it into an essay..)

Open Essay Prompts

Look at the past AP Lit open essay prompts and find one which you think would suit Jane Eyre, Earnest, and Frankenstein (one for each). Oh, and obviously tell us how and why they would work! Here are the essay prompts in case you have misplaced the handout:

http://homepage.mac.com/mseffie/AP/APOpenQuestions.html

These are due on the blog by Wednesday March 10th 3:00pm

Words, art, and music!

Artists:

Kandinsky
Botticelli
Seurat

Composers:

Beethoven
Cole Porter
Gershwin

Elizabethan words:

wherefore = why
aught = anything/with a negative word=nothing
ere=before
forsooth=in truth, truly
pate=head, skull
thou, thee=you
thy/thine=yours
want(verb)=lack, be without
wont(verb)= to be accustomed to, habit (as is my wont)
wanton=carefree, incorrigible
get(verb)=to produce offspring
habit=dress, clothing
humour=disposition, mood
issue=children, descendant