By: Caleb Parker

VOCABULARY!!!

The paucity was so small and miniscule.

Paucity

The charlatan was acting as if he was Lincoln.

Charlatan

Philistine

David was in the battle with Goliath, the Philistine, and defeated him!

The storm, what people called a monsoon, went through India, destroying everything.

Monsoon

Optimus Prime was having an incredible battle with The Fallen on the California Peninsula, the land sticking out into the ocean.

Peninsula

The man was thirsty so he slaked himself by quenching his thirst with Gatorade.

Slake

The isthmus connected the land I was on with the land David was on.

Isthmus

The change in the color of the forest was a nuance

Nuance

David felt ruth for Shannon’s failing grades in English.

Ruth

David kept telling David that denotation of the word denotation is the “exact literal meaning of a word”.

Denotation

The little kid pictured his dog dead and felt extreme empathy for his friend’s dead dog.

Empathy

Instead of saying, “Grandpa died a horrible death that was painful and depressing.”, Charlie used the eupemism, “Grandpa kicked the bucket.”

Euphemism

The boy said, “It’s so cool to be in school,” satirically.

Satire

David used propaganda to get everybody to know his opinions and what he thought.

Propaganda

The olfactory organ smelled the dumpster from ten miles away.

Olfactory

Shannon’s connotation of the day was, “Chicken is a gigantic animal that we eat for every meal, everyday.”

Connotation

Mr. Gibbs used the example “David ate like a pig.” for his lesson on similes.

Simile

Shannon was described with the metaphor, “She has a heart of stone.”

Metaphor

Charles acted like he had a strong antipathy for Charlie, being mean and rude to him, while he actually was madly in love with him.

Antipathy

Charles Charlie

The two boys used their sophistry to come up with the irrational solution.

Sophistry