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SAT WOW 4/29-5/3 in Google Classroom

SAT WOW 4/29-5/3

You know what to do. Fill out the vocabulary with your example sentence. Make a picture or drag and drop and suitable image. 
Pernicious (adj.) - having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

•Quote: Friar Laurence:
These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and
powder, Which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite:
Context: Friar Laurence uses this to warn
Romeo that sudden joys have sudden endings and that their passionate love could
lead to destructive outcomes.

Prodigious (adj.)- something is very large, impressive, or marvelous.

•Quote: "Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy."
•Context: Juliet speaks this line upon learning that Romeo is a Montague, the enemy of her family.

Importune (v.) - to ask someone pressingly and persistently for or to do something.

•Quote: "I do beseech you, sir, have patience: Your looks are pale and wild, and do importune me. Who is the man?“ (Act
5, Scene 1)
•Context: Juliet, anxious and confused, begs her nurse to be patient and explain the news she brings.

Invocation (n.) - the action of invoking something or someone for assistance or as an authority.

•Quote: "O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn   to despair.“
•Context: Romeo speaks this line to Juliet during their first meeting at the Capulet ball. He uses the term "invocation" metaphorically to elevate his request for a kiss to a spiritual plea,

Due:

SAT WOW 4/29-5/3 in Google Classroom

SAT WOW 4/29-5/3

You know what to do. Fill out the vocabulary with your example sentence. Make a picture or drag and drop and suitable image. 
Pernicious (adj.) - having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

•Quote: Friar Laurence:
These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and
powder, Which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite:
Context: Friar Laurence uses this to warn
Romeo that sudden joys have sudden endings and that their passionate love could
lead to destructive outcomes.

Prodigious (adj.)- something is very large, impressive, or marvelous.

•Quote: "Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy."
•Context: Juliet speaks this line upon learning that Romeo is a Montague, the enemy of her family.

Importune (v.) - to ask someone pressingly and persistently for or to do something.

•Quote: "I do beseech you, sir, have patience: Your looks are pale and wild, and do importune me. Who is the man?“ (Act
5, Scene 1)
•Context: Juliet, anxious and confused, begs her nurse to be patient and explain the news she brings.

Invocation (n.) - the action of invoking something or someone for assistance or as an authority.

•Quote: "O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn   to despair.“
•Context: Romeo speaks this line to Juliet during their first meeting at the Capulet ball. He uses the term "invocation" metaphorically to elevate his request for a kiss to a spiritual plea,

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