Wednesday, October 13, 2010

American Literature/ October 13

Vocabulary:
1. satirize- to treat with sarcasm
2. saline- consisting of salt
3. ruth- sorrow for another's misery
4. rue- to regret
5. rivulet- small stream or brook
6. rigmarole- nonsense
7. rife- abundant
8. rhetoric- art of discourse
9. revoke- to rescind
10. revisal- revision

Read Chapters 1-7 of Red Badge of Courage.

Answer the following:
What is the difference between a brigade and a regiment?
What frustrating aspect of a soldier under authority is the author trying to bring out ?

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