1. Choose two vocab words to write in sentence form.
2. List your ideas for personal narrative. How did you come up with your ideas?
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vacuity - a state of being without contents; absence of thought or intelligence
sallow - of a sickly, yellow color
pertinacity - persistence
quaff - to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
The young college students were quaffing at the party.
ReplyDeleteThe college student accomplished getting his diploma because of his pertinacity.
Freshmen year. I came up with it because it was a turning point i guess
The child pertinacity was to convince his mom to let him go to a friends house for the night.
ReplyDeleteThe sallow old grandmother was getting more sick as the days went on.
-volleyball
-parents divorce
I just thought of the most significant things in my life.
Vacuity - The man sitting in the center of the room had a certain vacuity about him.
ReplyDeleteSallow - The man had begun to turn a sallow color when he was poisoned by the thief.
The sallowness of the aphasia patient's face emphasized the vacuity of his mind.
ReplyDelete1) How playing school soccer influenced and continues to influence my high school experience
2) How club soccer and the friendships I made there molded me as a person
Emerging from the shadow came a sallow figure who happens to be Professor Rappaccini.
ReplyDeleteThe pertinacity of Barcelona won the game yesterday.
Camping in the Summer
Travel/Vacation
Accidents
School Activities
Residing in a new Location
I came up with these ideas because they could be a significant part of an individual's life.
My uncle is known to quaff beers at family functions, making them more exciting for everyone.
ReplyDeleteAs the student sat in vacuity, staring at his test, he knew he was doomed to fail.
The girl quaffed the intoxicating drink, her vacuity was her downfall though, she ended up becoming sick from the drink.
ReplyDeleteAn idea for my personal narrative was when my parents got divorced. After they got divorced I feel as if I changed as a person. Another idea is when I did volleyball in high school and how that changed my perspective on certain things. Another idea is when I came to high school and how going from a small Catholic school was much different than a public high school.
Vacuity- The cat walked through the house and ate the food in a state of complete vacuity.
ReplyDeletePertinacity- The researcher showed great pertinacity when searching for a cure to the cold.
Ideas
-Getting a job
-Joining church
-Experiences with my Grandfather
I got these ideas from the moments in the life that have most influenced my life and what has become a large part of my life.
After the week of taking four AP tests, the students were left in a state of vacuity and exhaustion.
ReplyDeleteAt Mr. Smith's New Year's Eve party, everyone quaffed and celebrated.
-Moving
-First coming to high school
-Trip to Disney
-Visiting Pittsburgh for the first time
-Camp
-Parent's divorce
I thought of significant moments in my life
When we visited my grandmother in the hospital, we felt horrible because her face was a sallow color and she looked miserable.
ReplyDeleteThe vacuity of Anna was astounding as she blurted out random answers to the question.
My parent's divorce or how my relationship with my siblings has impacted my life. My family's dynamic has effected my life a lot and I wanted to write about the times that I changed because of them.
The polls had a vacuity of Trump supporters because of his racist comments the day before.
ReplyDeleteThe pig's pertinacity of avoiding the farmer and ax was uncanny.
A day at the baseball field, How I developed a conquering mindset- I am focused on being the best I can be
Vacuity - Considering the fact that challenging circumstances often lead to irrational decisions, it is rather remarkable that the astronauts on the Apollo 13 mission possessed no VACUITY of mind and managed to survive amidst all of the odds against them.
ReplyDeletePertinacity - Although he admittedly faced a dependence on the drink, the alcoholic continuously exemplified PERTINACITY in his efforts to shake his destructive habit.
Personal Narrative Ideas:
-Experience at Creation Festival in which I came to love Christian music; time at Uprise Festival in which my faith was strengthened
-Time during marching band this year when I exploded over a minor instance and learned the degrading impact of my words
-Experience with helping a homeless man in which I learned that not all people who claim to be impoverished are truly willing to except every gift offered to them
-Time at Band Camp in which I learned the power of peer pressure and the consequences associated with giving in to such temptations
-Discovering that I enjoyed playing guitar that caused me to take two years of lessons and explore musical ambitions
-Summer employment at Messiah that clarified the importance of hard work and dedication in the work force
-Event at a weekend retreat in which my dad sustained an injury that revealed the fact that the world is imperfect and life is unpredictable
I came up with these ideas because all of these events had an impact on me. I remember some of them better than others, but all of these occurrences at least left an impression on me that allowed me to learn about the world and myself.
Babies look sallow when they are born.
ReplyDeleteIan's pertinacity payed of when the girl finally said yes to a date.
freshmen year, because it is when I truly decided to strengthen my academic work lode.
The ability to drive, gives me a way of getting to where I want to go independently.
when I helped at the soup kitchen.
DeleteThe princess was impressed by the suitor’s pertinacity, but this scarcely made up for his sallow appearance or vacuity.
ReplyDeleteIdeas-
My first job
My experience at sixth grade camp/as a counselor at sixth grade camp
Athletes must have a certain pertinacity to succeed in their sport.
ReplyDeleteHer face turned a sallow color as a result of her food poisoning.
How my childhood goal of playing the violin came to be
I wanted to write a narrative about how music has influenced my life
Signor Pietro Baglioni quaffed Tuscan wine while he was talking to Giovanni.
ReplyDeleteAfter Baglioni quaffed so much wine he finally passed out and had a sallow tone to his skin.
My first night at work scary new experience.
The one day I walked into Mrs. Barnharts class and Haylee told me something that shattered everything I ever workered for or thought was correct.
First time I had in-school-suspension because that was whack.
The woman's face was sallow because felt under the weather.
ReplyDeleteThe blonde woman's brain displayed vacuity.
Ideas:
- My trip to Nicaragua
- My niece being born
- Softball
Arnold can not be defeated; he has infinite pertinacity.
ReplyDeleteJaundice causes a sallow of the skin.
Ideas -
Pneumonia
Putting my dog down
Taking my dog to the Brethren Home
The fool quaffed his Guinness until he was sallow and fumbling for his keys, at which point the valiant bar tender slapped him and took them away.
ReplyDeleteGill was sallow in appearance after quaffing too much alcohol at the party last night.
ReplyDeleteIdeas:
Soup Kitchen
First Job
At the zenith of his depression, Jason quaffed the cough syrup with the pertinacity of someone who wanted to die.
ReplyDeleteIdeas: deciding between two events from my summer job as a camp counselor
Ideas-
ReplyDeleteBaby Squirrel
RPI NASA camp
Cooper Testing Labs
Fishing Story
The sallow man man had been sick with jaundice for years.
ReplyDeleteThe large drunkard quaffed three pints of the fruity beverage.
Ideas: Jumping feet first into the fire, meeting Aaron, my ascent from anger, relations with my brother, and my summer camp at Brown. I thought really hard about my ideas.
Many of the college students were quaffing at the party, which then caused their faces to turn sallow with sickness from the excessive amounts of alcohol.
ReplyDeleteIdea: I don't know. Something from the teenage years so far.
The pertinacity of the sickness cause the student to develop a sallow skin tone.
ReplyDeletePersonal Narrative:
Mission trips
FCA Camp
Baby cousins being born
Car accident
These are times that have influenced who i am now.
Micheal had great pertinacity towards asking Amy to prom.
ReplyDeleteThe starburst was sallow, I did not want to eat it.
Ideas for personal narrative essay:
1.) Tryouts week for Sports
2.) Divorce or break up
3.) Family member getting cancer
4.) Shooting my first doe
Sallow- My face became swallow after overindulging on cookies.
ReplyDeletePertinacity- The businessman's pertinacity manner helped him achieve his ambitions.
1. Travel
2. Accidents
3. First Job
They are all significant in my life.
Her face was sallow from the disease, and her face showed vacuity.
ReplyDeleteFamily experiences
Car accident
Being an aunt
My first walk through the streets of a small town in Mexico
ReplyDeleteThe time I started my first dance at my 15
When I first played my cello in front of an audience alone.
All of these event impacted me one way or another.
Vacuity - Every time I go to take a test, minutes before my mind enters a state of vacuity.
Pertinacity - The reason I despise answering the phone is because of the telephone salesman's pertinacity on buying their products.