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Cut and paste your Word Smith work onto this page, then list your words in the Word Bank. Taylor, Alyssa, Heidi, Martina

Explain the clues for sadistic better. Clues missing in #3. Sentence needs work. #4 also needs work. The new sentence needs clearer context clues. 1.Sadistic Context clues: Holden says that Ackley always brought out the sadist in him. Synonym:evil; Connotation: demonic; "I was pretty sadistic wih him quite often". "Terrorists have a sadistic mindset". Terrorists are evil and enjoy peoples pain so therefore they are sadistic. Adjective. 2.Unscrupulous; Holden gives the impression that Stradlater cannot be trusted. synonym: untruthful. Connotation: aggrevation. " I'd double dated with that bastard a couple times and I know what im talking about. He was unscurpulous, he really was". " When I asked him a question, his answer was unscrupulous which made me curious". If his answer left you curious,you are then questioning his honesty. Adjective. 3.Undertaking; there was a new type of parlors. Synonym: voyage. Connotation: the start of something new. " What he did, he started these undertaking parlors all over the country that you could get members of your family buried for 5 bucks a piece". " A person should be buried without proper undertaking". Verb because it describes an action. 4. Qualms: Holden was asked if he was apprehensive about leaving Pencey. Synonym: Suspicion. Connotation: uncertainty. " Do you have any particular qualms about leaving Pencey?" " He has no qualms for his habit of lying". NOun because it is implying a feeling.

Stephanie Woolsey, Sharon Rhodes, Amelia Giordano, Kevin Sweeney:: Unscrupulous; Holden was talking about how Stradlater was a sex hound and that he did not respect women. Pre-fix: Un-, meaning ‘not’ or the opposite of; Antonym: scrupulous - having moral integrity “I’d double-dated with that bastard a couple of times, and I know what I’m talking about. He was unscrupulous.” “Between his greasy smile and the glazed-over look in his eyes, his unscrupulous character was tangible, and I further inferred he was lying.” When someone lies, they are not expressing good morals and the description of his smile being greasy gives the vibe he is up to no good. Adjective.

Halitosis; The word is most likely describing something of bad hygiene because he was also described as having sinus troubles, pimples, lousy teeth and crumby fingernails. Synonym: oral illness, which means an illness or disease where one has bad breath “Sinus trouble, pimples, lousy teeth, halitosis, crumby fingernails.” “The doctor recently diagnosed me with halitosis, which makes me think I really need to practice better oral hygiene.” It was an ailment affirmed by a doctor and there was a reference to oral care. Noun.

Ostracized; Holden left the equipment on the bus and everyone was upset with him for it. Synonym: avoid, which means to leave out or shun “The whole team ostracized me the whole way back on the train.” “All of her friends ostracized her after her parents were arrested, too afraid that maybe she’d follow in their footsteps (and I’m sure all of the tattoos and piercings didn’t help).” Generally, when someone is afraid of someone else, they will avoid them. Also, piercings and tattoos, especially in large quantities are generally socially unaccepted, which would cause people to shun them. Verb

Qualms; He’s bothered by everything and is always making fun of everyone. Synonym: agitation, which means an uneasy feeling “Do you have any particular qualms about leaving Pensey?” “He didn’t have any qualms about lying, because it came so easily to him.” There was no sense of worry, because when something comes easily to someone, they’re confident in it and not worried. Noun

Jaimie Rogner, Stefanie Turk, Dylan Ose, and Katie Ahladas:

1.) Word: halitosis Context clues: Because it is embedded within a sentence in which Holden is listing Ackley’s various health issues, it probably is some type of medical condition. Synonym: foul breath Affix: -osis, which means affected with, condition, abnormal process, disease Connotation: One would not want to be burdened with this problem. Original sentence: Sinus trouble, pimples, lousy teeth, halitosis, crumby fingernails. New sentence: When I wake up in the morning, I tame my halitosis by brushing my teeth. Part of speech: noun Context clues: Brushing teeth would freshen one’s breath, which indicates that it is the solution to the problem of bad breath mentioned in the sentence.

2.) Word: unscrupulous Context Clues: It was used to describe his roommate’s actions that worried him. Synonym: unethical Affix: un-, which means not Connotation: It seems negative, for it sparks anxiety. Original sentence: He was unscrupulous. New sentence: Winston’s lack of money led him to unscrupulous means of obtaining clothes and video games. Part of speech: adjective Context clues: It was used to describe what is implied to be theft.

3.) Word: bird Context clues: It is used in a description of Pencey, a school which boasts its assets but in Holden’s opinion has very few. Synonym: blind follower Affix: N/A Connotation: This would be someone who does not bother to be well informed, is ignorant, oblivious, and accepts what they are told without questioning it. Original sentence: Strictly for the birds. New sentence: Only a bird would believe smoking is glamorous. Part of speech: noun Context clues: Latching onto the idea that harming your body is attractive would only happen to a person who let others think for them.

4.) Word: stark Context clues: It seems to mean unquestionably or extremely, because it is used in a sentence in which Holden is expressing anger towards Stradlater. Synonym: downright Affix: N/A Connotation: Very complete and certain, without a doubt. Original sentence: It just drove me stark staring mad when I thought about her and Stradlater parked somewhere in that fat-assed Ed Banky’s car. New sentence: She was lost in stark confusion when the teacher started to delve into the complications of derivatives. Part of speech: adjective Context clues: If the teacher was going over difficult material, then the student’s confusion would be total.

Christopher Rhodes, Riyadh Hossain, Danielle Rodriguez, Cory Fagerstrom Unscrupulous He was describing someone by sayig bastard in sentence. corrupt un- which means not scrupulous negative connotation I'd double-dated with that bastard a couple of times, and I know what I'm talking about. He was unscrupulous. He was so unscrupulous that he would sell you rotten eggs. adjective sentense describes doing something meanby selling rotten eggs

Ostracized I left all the stuff on the subway... the whole team ostracized me the whole way back. excluded to seperate exclusion/lonliness the whole team ostracized me the whole way back on the train. he broke the bed made of sticks and rope we worked on for weeks, se we ostracized him from our group. verb the people obviously worked hard and since he broke it they excluded him

Qualms regrets regrets/problems(although not larg ones) Do you have any particular qualms about leaving Pencey? David dropped out of school at age 16, currently finds it hard to get a job, and struggles with his qualms of his actions of the past. noun David made bad decisions in the past which caused him hardships now.He struggles with his regrets(qualms)of his past actions.

Monotonous ...talking...voice sounding the same He started talking in this very monotonous voice The teacher talked monotonously in front of the class and all the students began to pay less attention adjective It describes how the teacher was talking and that it bored the students

Sam Panek, Nick Bartolotti, Brenna Marnell, Sarah Berman Context clues for #3?? 1.) "Unscrupulous"- Context: He's angry at Stradlater...calls him a bastard in the previous sentence Prefix/suffix- "Un"-which means-"not" Connotation: Negative, makes you feel almost mysterious. Original Sentence: He was unscrupulous. New sentence: His most unscrupulous action was when he lied to his mother and went to a party. Part of speech: Adj. Context 2: He's lying to his mother which is a clue to his dishonesty

2.) "Qualms"- Context: Spencer is asking him about leaving Pencey, which is not a good subject. Synonym: concerns, regrets - which means- worried or thinking about Connotation: Makes you feel nervous and feel uneasy Original Sentence: Do you have any particular qualms about leaving Pencey? New Sentence: I have many qualms about what happened at the party last night. Part of Speech: Noun Context clue 2: The sentence makes you feel as if something bad happened at the party last night which leads to you to think the person is regretting it.

3.) "Halitosis"- Bad breath Orginial Sentence: Sinus trouble, pimples, lousy teeth, halitosis, crumby finger nails... New Sentence: That man with halitosis always had bad breath. Part of Speech: Noun

4.) "Monotonous" - Context Clues: Holden, shortly after the sentence, makes it clear he whats Ackley (who's talking in the Monotonous voice) to go away. Prefix: Mono-which means- singular, one Conotation: Mono means singular, and when people talk say someone talks in a monotonous tone, they mean its very flat and boring and has a singular tone. Original Sentence: He started talking in this very monotonous voice, and picking at all his pimples. New sentence: The period semed to drag on forverer with the subsitute teacher and his monotonous voice. Part of speech: Adj. Context clues 2: You know the teacher must have a boring voice because it's what's making the period seem to go on forever.


 * Group:** Ben Smith, Jenny Greenland, Jen Puglesie, Komal Kazim

2 more words. Also, be sure to explain the context clues. Don't just list them. **1) Word-** grippe 3. Word- Sterling Context- Holden is describing one of the women he was dancing with's sense of humor. They are drinking Tom Collinse's while Holden is just drinking Coke. He is using it in a sarcastic manner. Synonym- Excellent/ Admirable. Connotation- Sterling can mean something strong or something of a high degree. It brings to mind sterling silver which is a high quality silver product. Original Sentence- She had a sterling sense of humor. New Sentence- I think that when she sings she possesses a sterling example of pitch control. Part of Speech- Adjective Context- Holden is being sarcastic, so by using the word sterling he is using the opposite of what he truly means. 4. Crocked Context Clues- Holden says that you should hear the conversation they were having and then goes on to describe what they were doing to each other like feeling each other up under the table and talking about aspirin. Synonym- Drunk Connation- Not normal, lacking cohesion. Original Sentence- In the first place, they were both slightly crocked. New Sentence- The way the professor was talking, you could tell he was still crocked from a heavy night of drinking. Part of Speech- Adjective Context Clue- Holden talks about how they are just all over the place with their words and actions and how "they killed" him.
 * Context Clues-** Holden asks, “How’s your grippe, sir?” Also there is medicine all over Mr. Spencer’s room and he smells of Vicks Nose Drops.
 * Synonym-** cold/flu
 * Connotation-** a cold or flu-like illness
 * Original Sentence-** “How’s Mr. Spencer? He over his grippe yet?”
 * New Sentence-** He was in bed with a heating pad because of his grippe”
 * Part of Speech-** noun
 * Context Clues-** heating pad/in bed
 * 2)Word-** chiffonier
 * Context Clues-** Some kind of furniture (holds things) is in a dorm (page 22)
 * Synonym-** wardrobe
 * Connotation-** Something that stores items
 * Original Sentence-** “He got it off Stradlater’s chiffonier, so he chucked it on the bed.”
 * New Sentence-** I rested my book on top of the chiffonier.
 * Part of Speech-** noun
 * Context Clues-** Type of furniture that can have the same function as a table.

Sharon Rhodes (Group with Stephanie Woolsey, Kevin Sweeney, and Amelia Giordano) Cadence Synonym: Tempo Meaning: Rhythmic flow, often used in poetry. Connotation: The stress in pronunciation of a word. Example: The cadence of the reading left a falling inflection of the voice. Part of speech: Noun Context Clues: His reading left a decrease in volume of his voice.

Diction Synonym: Enunciation Meaning: Distinction in pronunciation. Connotation: None. Example: Mr. Perkins dramatically reads __The Catcher in the Rye__ with great diction. Part of speech: Noun Context Clues: Dramatically.

Satire Synonym: Irony Meaning: Irony or sarcasm used to ridicule or scorn. Connotation: Negative Example: On __SNL__, Tina Fey poked fun at Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Part of Speech: Noun Context Clues: Poked fun at.

Soliloquize Synonym: Chant, utter. Meaning: To talk to oneself, narrate. Connotation: None Example: While feverishly working on his math, Bob often soliloquizes to himself. Part of Speech: Verb Context Clues: Feverishly, to himself.

Idiom Synonym: Street talk, slang terms. Meaning: Expression who's meaning is not predictable. Connotation: None Example: Eventually, old Mr. Spencer will kick the bucket. Part of Speech: Noun Context Clues: Old.

Heidi Puccio

Repetition New Sentence: Mr. Andews really loved his daughter, she was his pride and joy, he really loved her. Context Clues: Apparently this is a very important statement, because the author chose to repeat it for emphasis.

Diction New Sentence: The speaker read his essay with great diction and emotion to the class. Context Clues: read his essay...emotion

Imagery New Sentence: That night was frigid cold, the howling wind was biting at my face, as i strolled down the empty alley. Context Clues: frigid cold, howling wind, biting at my face

Alliteration New Sentence: Amy ate apples at Amandas amber apartment. Context Clues: the letter A begins 7 words in a row

Foreshadowing New Sentence: This boy that did not like her, was waiting ahead, grimacing in her direction. Context Clues: did not like her, grimicing

Martina Hojsak

Alliteration New Sentence: Charles chased crying Carlos Context Clues: the consonant sounds are repeated.

Assonance New Sentence: Meet my sweet geek's feet. Context Clues: there is repetition of vowel sounds with no consonant sounds.

Onomatopoeia New Sentence: The bee's buzz was loud as it swished by me. Context Clues: buzz, swish

Paradox New Sentence: You can save money by spending it. Context Clues: the statement is contradicting itself.

Tone New Sentence: The sun was shining brightly on the beautiful flowers. Context clues: the sun was shining brightly sets a happy tone.

Alyssa Wood

Exposition New Sentence: The moon was high in the sky as young Anna walked down the empty street, wondering where to seek refuge at on this cold winter night. Context Clues: This shows the background information, such as the setting is a cold winter night on a deserted street and that the character Anna is looking for a place to go.

Symbolism New Sentence: Everytime Johnny held that scarf in his hand, he could almost feel as if Jane was there with him again. Context Clues: The scarf is a representation of Jane to Johnny.

Direct Characterization New Sentence: At nearly six and a half feet tall with a skinny frame and a big white smile, Noah always stuck out in a crowd. Context Clues: The author gives several pieces of desciption about the character Noah, such as his height, build, and smile.

Hyperbole New Sentence: The whole world was staring at me. Context Clues: Since it is not possible for the whole world to stare at you, this is an exaggeration.

Simile New Sentence: In his ratty tennis shoes and stained t-shirt, Tyler looked like a homeless man. Context Clues: The character Tyler is being compared to a homeless man.


 * Kevin Sweeney**

Hyperbole New Sentence: I could eat a horse. Context Clues: This Hyperbole because its an exaggerated way of saying im hungary.

Theme New Sentence: The theme of the book was sad and gloomy after his father's death and his attempted sucide. Context Clues: The author is giving pieces to show the state of his emotions are and how they afftect the attitude of the book.

Simile New Sentence: He runs as fast as a cheetah. Contex Clues: This is Simile because its a comparision between two things using like or as.

Irony New Sentence:The priest told us today that he had a mistress. Context Clues: This is ironic because the preist preaches one thing and does another.

Imagery: New Sentence:The ignorant and self-centered girl in her new dress threw with passion her red cold slushi at her scared and frightened boyfriend's face in the cafteria. Context Clues: This is imagery because it gives vivid details about the scene thats happening.

Dylan Ose

Theme The theme of the book is sad and depressing after the death of his mother in the car crash.

Foreshadowing The hint of the key in the beginning of the book is that they found in the hole that they dug up and it opened the mysterious trapped dog.

Irony It's ironic when the teacher of the defensive driving course was speeding on his way home from the course.

Imagery The imagery in the book is when Ben is describing his homeland to Dan when they were fighting in the war in France.

Simile In his torn up shirt and ripped pants, he looked like a homeless man.

__Bourgeois;__ Context clues: Things that are new are normally very stylish and of commercial interest. Synonym: Materialistic Connotation: The word reminds you of social classes. Original sentence: “He kept saying they were too new and bourgeois.” New sentence: “She found his clothing to be quite bourgeois and could tell he had quite a bit of money.” Context clues: By saying he has money it is implyed that his clothing would be stylish or classy. Part of speech: Adjective __Frock;__ Context clues: Holden had just hung up her dress, which is the only item she could be asking him to go get for her. Synonym: Dress, Gown Connotation: Sounds like a clothing item or piece of aparrel. Original sentence: “Do you mind getting me my frock? Or would it be too much trouble?" New sentence: “She was a very polite lady and always crossed her legs while wearing her frock." Context clues: Polite women do such a thing while wearing a dress or skirt. Part of speech: Noun __Rostrum;__ Context clues: If the headmaster is sitting next to someone who was speaking, you would imagine him to be sitting on a platform. Synonym: Podium Connotation: Feels formal or official Original sentence: “The headmaster was sitting right next to him on the rostrum and all" New sentence: "He stood nervously on the rostrum as he gave his speech." Context clues: You can assume one stands on a stage while speaking, or would be nervous on a stage in front of an audience. Part of speech: Noun __Burlesque;__ Context clues: The way he speaks about her as if she isn't someone very important implies that the word burlesque could mean amateur. Synonym: Phony Connotation: Has a sneaky, sly feel to it Original sentence: "She used to be a burlesque stripper or something." New sentence: "From the moment he heard the tone of her voice he knew she was a burlesque of an impersonator." Context clues: It is clear that her voice displayed a bad immitation. Also, by saying she was impersonating someone you are lead to believe she is mimicking someone. Part of speech: Noun __Innumerable;__ Context clues: When someone is dead they will rot for the rest of eternity. So when the sentence says innumerable centeries you can tell that the word means countless or never ending. Pre-fix: 'in' meaning not Connotation: Feels endless or without a definite answer. Original sentence: "Modern science would still like to know what the secret ingredients were that the Egyptians used when they wrapped up dead people so that their faces would not rot for innumerable centuries." New sentence: "The amount of favors he has done for me is innumerable, I am very grateful. Context clues: You can assume that because the person is so grateful, the amount of favors is countless. Also the prefix in meaning not could translate the word into literally meaning not countable. Part of speech: Adjective
 * Sarah Berman:**

Sarah Berman, Brenna Marnell, Nick B, Sam Panek

Matinee context clues: Holden says its sunday and asks her to go to it. synonym: Movie - which means: a film connotation: an early show original sentence: "It's sunday, but there's always one or two matinees going on." new sentence: It was raining this weekend, so I went to see a matinee with my brother." part of speech: noun context clues: "it was raining", so it must be indoors. "went to see", you must watch it.

Bourgeois context clues: "he was always saying snotty things about them" synonym: smug - which means: annoyingly self-satisfied original sentence: "He kept saying they were too new and bourgeois." new sentence: The popular girl seemed to be very bourgeois. part of speech: adj context clues: "popular girl"

Dueling context clues: "he was too much like a goddam general" synonym: fighting - which means: physically hurting another original sentence: "He has a terrific voice, and he's a helluva handsome guy, and he's very nice to watch when he's walking or dueling or something, but he wasn't at all the way D.B. said Hamlet was." new sentence: The fencers were dueling it out at their weekly practice. part of speech: verb context clues: fencers

Galoshes context clues: The way Holden says that his gloves were IN the galoshes and he was talking about gloves and snow. synonym: boot - which means: a type of shoe that goes up the ankle or leg original sentence: "Hidden in his goddam galoshes or something, for instance." new sentence: Before I went out in the blizzard, I put on my galoshes. part of speech: noun context clues: blizzard, "put on"

Chateau context clues: "a sophisticated guy", "on the riviera" synonym: estate/castle - which means: large, elegant home or property original sentence: "He had this big chateau and all on the Riviera, in Europe, and all he did in his spare time was beat women off with a club." new sentence: The french man lived in his chateau with his wife and servants. part of speech: noun context clues: "lived in", "servants"


 * Jennifer Porter**

Irony New Sentence: The guest speaker started to lecture us about how smoking is bad. After he was done he went outside and smoked a cigarette. Context Clues: Its ironic that the guest speaker smokes even though they say its bad and that we shouldn't do it.

Theme New Sentence: The theme of the story was happy and joyful because something exciting happened to her. Context Clues: The author tells you that something good happened so the theme is happy.

Simile New Sentence: The boy's hair was soft like a warm fuzzy blanket. Context Clues: The boy's hair is being compared to a warm blanket

Hyperbole New Sentence: I waited in line for centuries. Context Clues: Its an exaggeration because you can't wait in line for centuries if you don't even live that long.

Symbolism New Sentence: Whenever Joe orders a pizza, he thinks he is out eating with his ex girlfriend. Context Clues: The pizza is representing Joe's ex girlfriend.