Passage 7.4

1. since his joke had fallen flat and no one had laughed williamwaggish regaled his freinds with a new limerick about girls whom wear black brown faced with expressive dark pupils william composed mischievous poems to hide his real aspirationtwo be as eloquent and articulate a poet as his secret hero langstonhughes there once was a strange girl from mack who’s hair and clothes were all black she looked like a crow and she should have said no to trying a magical act Eight Extra Credit Points: Correct the “Caught Ya!” error, define the five bold words, underline a complex sentence, and circle the suffix that changes nouns to adjectives and means “full, full of.” Passage 7.4

2. Indent paragraph x2 • New topic • New speaker • Capitalize the first word of a sentence x4 • Parallel construction (since) • Capitalize proper nouns x6 • Run-On sentences x4 • Separate into 2 sentences • Separate with comma and conjunction • Separate with semi-colon • End punctuation x4 • Capitalize the first word of each line in a poem x5 • Comma to separate tag line from quotation • Quotation marks around dialogue • Punctuation inside quotation marks ¶Since his joke had fallen flat,and since no one had laughed,William Waggish regaled his friendswith a new limerick about girls whowear black.Brown-faced with expressive dark pupils,William composed mischievous poems to hide his real aspiration:tobe as eloquent and articulate a poet as his secret hero, Langston Hughes. ¶ There once was a strange girl from Mack Whosehair and clothes were all black. She looked like a crow, And she should have said, “No,” To trying a magical act. • Extra Credit: • Add an extra check to the Caught Ya! error if you got it right on your own. • Vocabulary • waggish(n.) roguish in merriment and good humor • regaled(v.) to entertain lavishly or agreeably; to delight • aspiration (adj.) strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition • eloquent(adj.) having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech • articulate(adj.) expressed, formulated, or presented with clarity and effectiveness • Underline a complex sentence. • Suffixes are affixes that are added to the end of sentences. Suffixes that change adjectives to nouns include –ous, changing mischief, conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance; a tendency or disposition; to tease, vex, or annoy, to mischievous. which literally means “full of mischief.” Passage 7.4 Errors: 38