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Passage 7.3

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Passage 7.3

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  1. williamwaggish made a tasteless but funny joke about girls and there wierd habits but no one listened they were use to his lame limericks vapid jokes and strange sense of humor the last member of the troop samsagacious simply stood wisely and silently waiting for the clamor to die down a erudite young man sam held a book the count of montecristo by alexander dumas in his hand and he read as he waited Seven Extra Credit Points: Correct the “Caught Ya!” error, define the six bold words, and underline an example of alliteration. Passage 7.3

  2. Indent paragraph x2 • New topic • New speaker • Capitalize the first word in sentence x4 • Capitalize proper nouns x10 • Comma to separate series of 3 or more x2 • Run-On sentences x4 • Separate into 2 sentences • Separate with comma and conjunction • Separate with semi-colon • End punctuation x4 • Homophones (their, there, they’re) • Spelling: weird • Comma to set off appositives x5 • Pronoun Error: Use the article “an” before words beginning with a vowel • Title Error: Long works (books, movies, albums) in italics, underlined, or all caps ¶William Waggishmade a tasteless but funny joke about girls and theirweird habits,but no one listened.They were use to his lamelimericks,vapidjokes,and strange sense of humor. ¶ The last member of the troop,Sam Sagacious,simply stood wisely and silently, waiting for the clamor to die down.Anerudite young man,Sam held a book,The Count of Monte Cristoby Alexander Dumas,in his hand,and he read as he waited. • Extra Credit: • Add an extra check to the Caught Ya! error if you got it right on your own. • Vocabulary • waggish(adj.) roguish in merriment and good humor; funny • lame(adj.) impaired or disabled through defect or injury; weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory • vapid(adj.) lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious • sagacious(adj.) having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd; wise • clamor(adj.) a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people • erudite (adj.) characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly • Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds within a line of poetry or prose. Sam, Sagacious, simply, and silently all begin with the consonant sound, /s/. The names in this story are also alliterative. Why doesn’t “stood” belong in this list? Passage 7.3 Errors: 34

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