Yes, this is a vocabulary challenge!
The prize: Five extra-credit points on Tuesday's vocabulary test.
The object: To use as many of this week's Washington Irving vocabulary words in a single sentence. Semicolons not allowed!
The rules:
1. You may use any words in the English language in order to compose your sentence, but only the Irving vocabulary words are counted for the purpose of the competition.
2. The sentence, however silly it may be, must be grammatically sound.
3. The sentence has to make some sense: It cannot be complete nonsense. Silly and likely never to be used in the normal course of human conversation is okay. Here is an example of an "unlikely" and "silly" (and grammatically correct) sentence that avoids being classified as complete nonsense:
"Hold the bilious termagant's arms akimbo, urchin, or the shad virago will addle my galligaskins."That sentence counts for 8 vocabulary words. I'm sure you can beat that.
4. Sentences should be written here in the comments box for this post!
5. Contest entries should be posted BEFORE Monday, September 28, at 9:00 p.m. Enter as many sentences as you like.
This is an example of posting an entry:
ReplyDeleteHold the bilious termagant's arms akimbo, urchin, or the shad virago will addle my galligaskins.
How do we get the extra credit points? Do we have to submit the one with the most words?
ReplyDeleteLarry, yes -- that's right: The wordsmith using the most vocab words in a single sentence wins the extra credit points.
ReplyDeleteI have torpor and am often woebegone concerning my connubial state because I can never conciliate with my choleric, termagant of a wife who, with arms akimbo the shrieks of a virago, always henpecks me and threatens me with a ferule in heated parleys to abjure the inveteracy of my habit of taking to the flagon—the only thing that can seem to help me to find docility in my situation.
ReplyDeleteThe previous comment is my entry for the contest.
ReplyDeleteVoice, I count 15 vocab words in that sentence. Great work. You win the five XC points, not only because you were the only person to participate, but because it's also quite a nice entry. Thank you. By the way, nice Brer Rabbit photo!
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