WUP for Monday, 5/12

Monotony is the awful reward of the careful. --A.G. Buckham

Vocab
pretentious (adj.) done for show, striving to make a big impression; claiming merit or position unjustifiably
Talking about one's wealth is thought to be pretentious and in poor taste.

Literary Term
NARRATIVE POEM A poem that tells a story—a series of related events with a beginning, a middle, and an end. A narrative poem also features characters and, frequently, dialogue. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is famous for his long narrative poems based on figures from myth and from European and American history. The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline are major examples of his narrative poems.

Usage

some, somewhat In formal situations, use somewhat instead of some to mean “to some extent.”

EXAMPLE

My grades have improved somewhat [not some].