WUP for Tuesday, 4/15

T.S. Eliot (1888–1965). The Waste Land. 1922.

		APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding
		Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
		Memory and desire, stirring
		Dull roots with spring rain.

Vocab
desecrate (v.) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
The search continues for the vandals who desecrated the cemetery.
SYNONYMS: profane, defile, violate
ANTONYMS: revere, honor, venerate, consecrate

Lit Term
AUTOBIOGRAPHY An account of the writer’s own life. Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography (Collection 1) is one of the most famous autobiographies in American literature. An excerpt from Richard Wright’s autobiography, Black Boy, is on page 969.

Usage

affect, effect Affect is a verb meaning “to influence.” Effect may be either a verb meaning “to bring about or accomplish” or a noun meaning “the result [of an action].”

EXAMPLES

How did the House of Usher affect the narrator?

Renewed interest in Moby-Dick during the 1920s effected a change in Melville’s reputation.

What effect did the war have on Paul Berlin?