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Across
2) treacle
4) timbre
6) strident
9) implacable
13) docile
15) furtive
16) novice
18) bellicose
19) nuance

Down
1) Grovel
3) conjure
5) curtly
6) scabrous
7) abjection
8) sepulchral
10) pretentious
11) ludicrous
14) reverie
17) coy

Vocab haiku

Conjure - to create something from nothing, or from a mixture of ingredients such as brew.

Acclamation - to like something very much.
Novice - a rookie, or newbie.
Bellicose - angry, quarrelsome.
Grovel - to beg.
Coy - shy, or reserved.
Furtive - nervous, unsure.
Ludicrous - ridiculous, not believable.
Pretentious - a quality of assuming a position above other people.
Treacle - insincere flattery.
Sepulchral - a gloomy atmosphere.
Scabrous - ugly, unattractive, down-trodden.
Docile - easily manipulated.
Strident - harsh.
Implacable - a quiet and strong demeanor.
Nuance - a subtlety noticed by being attentive or through experience
Abjection - without pride or dignity
Timbre - a sound with a distinct quality about it.
Reverie - a thoughtful state. The act of talking to yourself in your head.
Curtly - shortly, in a way that makes you seem irritated.

He spoke curtly and
with abjection. I remained
docile, as usual.

This Boy's Life

I agree almost entirely with these two quotes. In a sense, it's impossible to not be influenced by our environment, and the people that become a part of our life, because as soon as we are born, our eyes turn to the giants living in the giant world around us and it is our instinct to follow them. Sometimes we follow the wrong person, and that's where the second quote comes into play. However, even if it was wrong to allow that person to corrupt us, there is still a possibility for growth, as long as we learn from the experience.

CST Practice Questions 14-18

14) A
15) D
16) D
17) C
18) B

CST Practice questions 1 - 13

1) C
2) A
3) D
4) A
5) C
6) A
7) B
8) B
9) B
10) B
11) A
12) C
13) D

Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacy refers to a structural flaw in an argument which renders it invalid.

Ad Hominem refers to a argument that can be attributed to the speaker's personal beliefs of background.

False Casualty - an argument that states that an event is caused by another, without providing a logical connection between the two.

Red Herring - purposefully changing subjects to make your argument appear stronger.

Overgeneralization - an argument that is too vague or simple, so that it could be applied to anything.

Bandwagon Effect - the act of doing or believing in certain activities or ideas simple because everybody else does or believes; following a fad

(Yeah, Marissa and I did this yesterday)

Huck Finn Practice Test

1) A
2) B
3) B
4) A
5) A
6) B
7) B
8) A
9) A
10) B

11) C
12) B
13) D
14) C
15) C
16) B
17) A
18) B
19) D
20) D

21)
22)Buck Grangerford
23)Mrs. Judith Loftus
24)Jim
25)
26)Colonel Sherburn
27)Jack
28)
29)Tom Sawyer
30)
31)Boggs
32)
33)Harney Shepherdson
34)The King
35)
36)Huck Finn
37)Pap Finn
38)
39)
40)
41)Sophia Grangerford
42)Judge Thatcher
43)
44)Silas Phelps
45)
46)
47)
48)Tim Collins