Rough Draft Due 35 points

May 15 Final Paper Due (No late papers will be accepted!) 100 points

Week Twenty-eight Assignment

4/22-24/2008

1. Read and Respond:

Read Animal Farm, chapters 1-4. Be prepared for a detailed reading quix in class on Tuesday.

2. Vocabulary:

1. Vilify: To slander or defame someone’s name or standing in the community; to malign.

2. Diatribe: Bitter, critical speech or writing.

3. Vitriolic: Burning or corrosive like acid; caustic.

4. Jargon: Special language or terminology.

5. Blasphemy: Disrespect or irreverence toward something sacred or seriously important.

6. Satire: Comedy using laughter as a weapon to evoke a feeling of scorn along with amusement.

7. Slander: False, defamatory spoken criticism of someone.

8. Garble: To change or alter meaning through misrepresentation of facts or distortion of ideas.

9. Garrulous: Extremely talkative, gabby, locquacious.

10. Querulous: Complaining, fault-finding, fretful, petulant.

3. Magnum Opus:

The Calendar

April 29 Rough Draft Due (at least 6 pages) 35 points

May 15 Final Paper Due (No late papers will be accepted!) 100 points