Monday, September 28, 2009

Homework #14

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. innocuous
2. baritone
3. aesthetic
4. laments
5. elusive

Due Monday October 5, 2009

Homework #13

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. squalid
2. intuit
3. evocative
4. quaver
5. laceration

Due Monday October 5, 2009

Homework #12

Define the following words:

1. squalid
2. intuit
3. evocative
4. quaver
5. laceration
6. innocuous
7. baritone
8. aesthetic
9. laments
10. elusive

Due Monday October 5, 2009

Homework #11

Click or paste the following url into your browser.

Read the article:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13477-album/

Due Monday October 5, 2009

Monday, September 21, 2009

Homework #10

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the most distinctive thing about BLK JKS?
2. How do they get their sound?
3. What is one problem the writer sees in their music?
4. What is one thing the writer likes about them?
5. What is the reason they were playing this gig?

Due Tuesday September 29, 2009

Homework #9

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. flailing
2. polyglot
3. melodramatic
4. propulsive
5. gratuitous

Due Tuesday September 29, 2009

Homework #8

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. austere
2. volatile
3. bewilderment
4. metronomically
5. pulverizing

Due Tuesday September 29, 2009

Homework #7

Define the following words:

1. austere
2. volatile
3. bewilderment
4. metronomically
5. pulverizing
6. flailing
7. polyglot
8. melodramatic
9. propulsive
10. gratuitous

Due Tuesday September 29, 2009

Homework #6

Click or paste the following url into your browser.

Read the article:

http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-09-15/music/blk-jks-all-solos-all-the-time/

Due Tuesday September 29, 2009

Monday, September 14, 2009

Homework #5

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the writer saying in the first paragraph?
2. How has Jay-Z been able to generate interest in his new albums?
3. What is "On to the Next One" supposed to be about?
4. What is the reviewer's biggest problem with this Jay-Z album?
5. Why does he think "Young Forever" is a good closer to the album?

Due Monday September 21, 2009

Homework #4

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. reiterate
2. salutation
3. lingua franca
4.
rhetoric
5. trenchant

Due Monday September 21, 2009

Homework #3

Create original sentences with the following words using them in the proper context. Pay attention to case, tense and whether it is a noun, verb, adjective or adverb.

1. bromides
2. contradictory
3. imploring
4. punchdrunk
5. ubiquity

Due Monday September 21, 2009

Homework #2

Define the following words:

1. bromides
2. contradictory
3. imploring
4. punchdrunk
5. ubiquity
6. reiterate
7. salutation
8. lingua franca
9.
rhetoric
10. trenchant

Due Monday September 21, 2009

Homework #1

Click or paste the following url into your browser.

Read the article:

pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13445-the-blueprint-3/

Due Monday September 21, 2009

Wednesday, September 9, 2009