WUP for Wednesday, 4/23

Lord save us all from...a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.
--Mark Twain

Vocab
reprove (v.) to find fault with, scold, rebuke
Use the following example to write your own sentence using reprove correctly.
She reproved her staff for having followed orders blindly.

Lit Term
ATMOSPHERE The mood or feeling created in a piece of writing. A story’s atmosphere might be peaceful, festive, menacing, melancholy, and so on. Elie Wiesel’s Night (Collection 6), for example, creates an atmosphere of terror and sadness.

Usage

their, there, they’re Their is a possessive form of they. As an adverb, there means “at that place.” There can also be used to begin a sentence. They’re is the contraction of they are.

EXAMPLES

The performers are studying their lines.
I will be there after rehearsal. [adverb]
There will be four acts in the play. [expletive]
They’re performing a play by Lorraine Hansberry.

Homework
Read Chapters 15, 16 & 17 and answer the questions in your notebook.