WoW #10 truculent.notebook
WoW #10
Day #1
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truculent
Definition
Part of speech
Related forms (adj., adv...)
3 Synonyms
Come up with your own
Antonym
• 1 Sentence per form
WoW #10 truculent.notebook
WoW #10
Day #2
truculent
• Draw a picture that will help you remember
the word "truculent"
• Write a sentence in which you explain why /how the
picture relates to "truculent" (Do not include the word
"truculent" in the sentence.)
Hockey, in my opinion, is one of the
most violent games. The players
bash each other against the glass,
and it gets pretty bloody.
WoW #10 truculent.notebook
Day #3
WoW #10
truculent: any form
+ two other word of the week words
Construct a Quatrain in Blank Verse
­Quatrain: a four­line stanza, or a grouping of four lines of verse
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­Blank Verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter (much of the plays of
Shakespeare are written in this form)
The ferocious dog snarled truculently (10)
And the people tried to crawl and saunter (10)
Clandestinely, as they feared and thought of (10)
The deleterious bite from the beast (10)
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His clandestiness made it difficult (10)
To elucidate his truculent ways (10)
But eventually he was discovered (10)
And obsequiously begged for freedom (10)
WoW #10 truculent.notebook
WoW #10
Day #4
truculent
Pair the word with an explanation, synonym, simile,
or metaphor. Choose three options.
Examples:
• (Explanation) His gregariousness gets in his way­ he can't spend time
alone
• (Synonym) He is so hubristic; people are often shocked ­ audacious,
pretentious, vain.
• (Simile) Her clandestineness is like the woodchuck who steals from my
garden. I can suspect him but can never catch him in the act.
• (Metaphor) Avarice is an ocean that pulls you down and drowns you.