Homework for March 12th

In class today, you received a worksheet that listed 5 quotes (one for each day of the week).  You were asked to complete this worksheet by Friday.  To complete this assignment properly, first you must interpret the quote listed.  Then, think of two pieces of literature (POEM, SHORT STORY, NOVEL, PLAY) that apply to this quote.  In the designated column, discuss the reason that EACH piece applies/relates to the quote.  Be clear but also concise in your explanation...you only have a limited amount of space in each box.

P.S. You will receive this worksheet every Monday in class.  Every Friday it will be collected and graded as a quiz.  This will be routine until the end of the year.

VOCABULARY FOR MARCH 12TH

9.     capricious—(adjective) unpredictable; changing on a whim; a sudden and usually unpredictable change

§        caprice, noun—a disposition to do things impulsively

§        capriciousness, noun—the quality of being unpredictable

§        capriciously, adverb

Pronunciation:  (CAH-PREE-SH-US)

SAMPLE:

Some readers consider the narrator (of Dorothy Parker’s “A Telephone Call”)

          S               Vt            DO                                                PP

capricious because her emotions quickly alternate (from sad) (to angry) (to

     OC       sub.con.          S            adv           Vi            PP          PP         

self-loathing)       as          she desperately pleads (for a single phone call).

PP               sub.con.     S       adv           Vi                  PP

10.            frivolous—(adj) not serious; inappropriately high-spirited; foolish; flippant

[from Latin “frīvolus”—silly, worthless]

§        frivolity, noun—The quality or condition of being frivolous

§        squalid, adjective—without any moral qualities: lacking in honesty, dignity, and overall moral value

§        frivolousness—the quality of foolish

§        frivolously, adverb

SAMPLE:

The narrator (of Dorothy Parker’s “A Telephone Call”) frivolously appeals

          S                                              PP                              adv        Vi

(to God), [condemning Him for conspiring against her with the man who

                                      MODIFIER

will not call her.]