semester 2 (2015-16)
( Base Tier, Top Tier)
mastery words
1) Annihilation destruction by obliterating something
Novel Sentence: “We do not fight, we defend ourselves against annihilation” (Remarque 113).
Stand-alone: Why would countries go to war, when all that leads to is the annihilation of humanity.
In Writing: "That is why the system transforms men into emotionless automatons, a mere artillery to carry out the annihilation of entire races" (Q3 Freewrite #2 What is the conflict? How do the characters react to the conflict?).
2) Artillery large but transportable armament
Novel Sentence: “Battle planes don’t trouble us, but the observation planes we hate like the plague; they put the artillery to us” (Remarque 128).
Stand-alone: Solders were once human, but the war has turned them into an army or heartless artillery.
In Writing: "That is why the system transforms men into emotionless automatons, a mere artillery to carry out the annihilation of entire races" (Q3 Freewrite #2 What is the conflict? How do the characters react to the conflict?).
3) Automaton a mechanism that can move independently of external control
Novel Sentence: “...the earth is background of restless, gloomy world of automatons...” (Remarque 115).
Stand-alone: The march of death rips out the soul of the human and transforms the man into an army of automatons.
In Writing: "That is why the system transforms men into emotionless automatons, a mere artillery to carry out the annihilation of entire races" (Q3 Freewrite #2 What is the conflict? How do the characters react to the conflict?).
4) Beckon summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
Novel Sentence: “...he beckons with his ladle to everyone that passes, and spoons him out a great dollop” (Remarque 1).
Stand-alone: The privileged beckon the young naive men, coaxing them into joining a cause that is for the good of their country.
In Writing: #1 "The feeling as if something out there was calling to me, beckoning me to leave the nest and venture to where I rightfully belonged" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
#2 "Continuing to marvel at the strangeness of the thing, I beckon Thalia over" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
5) Disquietude feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
Novel Sentence: "My disquietude grows” (Remarque 172).
Stand-alone: When I am at the front, in the trenches, I have this instinctive feeling marked by disquietude.
In Writing: "My disquietude grows with every step as I drag my legs behind me" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
6) Tremble move quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
Novel Sentence: “I tremble with rage as I go along with the orderly” (Remarque 32).
Stand-alone: A normal man would tremble at the sights Paul has seen, but the war has stripped him of all his humanity.
In Writing: "I feel my body tremble as I stop to catch my breath, taking a break, I can now look back to see my progress" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
7) Unbearable incapable of being put up with
Novel Sentence: “The night is unbearable” (Remarque 108).
Stand-alone: War is an unbearable thing that dehumanises the men who give their lives to a supposed cause.
In Writing: #1 "I follow the same mundane repetition of the same thing, the same food, and the same unbearable life" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
# 2 "The wait is becoming unbearable, so when my chance arrives I take it" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
8) Reverberate ring or echo with sound
Novel Sentence: “The roar of the guns make our lorry stagger, the reverberation rolls ragin' away to the rear, everything quakes” (Remarque 53).
Stand-alone:The cries of generations of lost souls at war can be heard reverberating deep in the velvet earth.
In Writing: "The words begin to reverberate off the Shiny Tall Thing and I am able to make them out, "Timmy! Get your butt over here!"" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
9) Reluctantly with a certain degree of unwillingness
Novel Sentence: “I tread on Muller’s foot: reluctantly he puts the fine boots back again under the bed” (Remarque 17).
Stand-alone: I reluctantly retain from speech, as to not reopen old wounds.
In Writing: "Thalia stands there in silence, with an expression you would expect someone to have right before they murder you. “Okay fine I’ll show you, if you shut up”, says Thalia reluctantly" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
10) Remnant a small part remaining after the main part no longer exists
Novel Sentence: “And at each call a little group separates itself off, a small handful of dirty, pallid soldiers, a dreadfully small handful, and a dreadfully small remnant” (Remarque 135).
Stand-alone: If you are lucky, a shoulder may bring home with his broken body a remnant of the person he was long before.
In Writing: #1 "At this, Thalia looks up from her small remnant of fungi, “You’ve gotta be kidding. I almost died and you’re asking me to go back out there. Bet you just want a chance to escape. No way.”" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
#2 "The night quickly turns to day and I am on my last remnant of fungi" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
11) Ludicrous inviting ridicule
Novel Sentence: “Nothing could look more ludicrous than his forage-cap and his uniform” (Remarque 176).
Stand-alone: It is ludicrous to believe that sending men no older than a child to fight to their deaths is morally just.
In Writing: "Who say’s “wee”, seriously, as if being a fruit fly isn’t ludicrous enough" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
12) Marvel be amazed at
Novel Sentence: “It is a marvel that our post has had no casualties so far” (Remarque 21).
Stand-alone: Young boys marvel at their fathers, hoping to someday follow in their footsteps.
In Writing: "Continuing to marvel at the strangeness of the thing, I beckon Thalia over" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
13) Ceaseless uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
Novel Sentence: “But on the last day an astonishing number of English heavies opened up on us with high-explosive, drumming ceaselessly on our position, so that we suffered severely and came back only eighty strong” (Remarque 2).
Stand-alone: War is a disgusting, wrongful, and ceaseless march of greed and pride.
In Writing: #1 "They seem completely satisfied with their ceaseless cycle of wake, work, eat, rest, wake" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
#2 "Except war is a ceaseless and vicious cycle, so the killings will never end" (Just War Theory: Human Nature Creates War).
14) Commotion a disorderly outburst or tumult
Novel Sentence: “I sit by Kemmerich’s bed. He is sinking steadily. Around us is great commotion” (Remarque 26).
Stand-alone: The raids set a sudden rush of commotion that strikes fear into the hearts of the living and the dead.
In Writing: "All the commotion is causing the other animals in the barn to make quite the racket" (Q3 Freewrite ShortStory: Run Fox. Run).
15) Essentially at bottom or by something's very nature
Novel Sentence: “In himself man is essentially a beast, only he butters it over like a slice of bread with a little decorum” (Remarque 44).
Stand-alone: The reason humans fight and go to war is essentially because we are creatures driven by pain and pleasure, in this case the fear of dying and rewards of taking.
In Writing: "He compares the nature of man with that of a beast, specifically a dog, saying that man is at his very core essentially a wild creature"
(Q3 Freewrite #4 What techniques did you find in the chapter(s)? Why did the author write that way? How did that influence your understanding of the book?).
16) Foreboding a feeling of evil to come
Novel Sentence: “Our forebodings increase as rum is served out” (Remarque 103).
Stand-alone: Foreboding is your survival sense in the trenches, it's what stands between you and death.
In Writing: "The book shows education as a waste when in the war, the only skill which really helps a soldier to survive is his instinct and ability to forebode looming danger" (Q3 Freewrite #3 What is the author's background? What is the author's desired message? How are these related?).
17) Ghastly shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Novel Sentence: “He looks ghastly, yellow and wan” (Remarque 14).
Stand-alone: The suffering of people is a godawful, ghastly sight, which I do not wish upon anyone to witness.
In Writing: Meaning the frontline of the war is just a whirlpool which sucks the men into a bloody, ghastly, and inevitable death" (Q3 Freewrite #4 What techniques did you find in the chapter(s)? Why did the author write that way? How did that influence your understanding of the book?).
18) Gigantic so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant
Novel Sentence: “The slide along it like gigantic tapering rulers” (Remarque 59).
Stand-alone: The bombs used to bombard our side are gigantic, as big as three stallions.
In Writing: #1 "When my eyes finally adjust, I see rows and rows of black shapes across the gigantic paper and even larger squares of colors next to the black rows" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
#2 "Well, you humans may have figured it out, but that gigantic paper is a travel brochure, “Shiny Tall Thing” is actually the Empire State Building, and the “Big Apple” is, of course, New York" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
19) Indignation a feeling of righteous anger
Novel Sentence: “Three quarters of his vocabulary is derived from these regions, and they give an intimate flavour to expressions of his greatest joy as well as of his deepest indignation” (Remarque 8).
Stand-alone: When I think of war and people doing inhumane things to one another, I feel a great indignation towards the heartless monsters to blame.
In Writing: "I feel a wave of indignation come over me every time I see Ryan talking to other girls" (Q4 Short Story: Pride Shall Be My Greatest Fall).
20) Insatiable
impossible to satisfy
Novel Sentence: “Muller is insatiable and gives himself no peace” (Remarque 77).
Stand-alone: Some people are just so insatiable that enough will never be enough for them.
In Writing: #1 "Somehow I knew that the world beyond would quench my insatiable thirst for something bigger"
(Honors Collaborative Short Story).
Novel Sentence: “We do not fight, we defend ourselves against annihilation” (Remarque 113).
Stand-alone: Why would countries go to war, when all that leads to is the annihilation of humanity.
In Writing: "That is why the system transforms men into emotionless automatons, a mere artillery to carry out the annihilation of entire races" (Q3 Freewrite #2 What is the conflict? How do the characters react to the conflict?).
2) Artillery large but transportable armament
Novel Sentence: “Battle planes don’t trouble us, but the observation planes we hate like the plague; they put the artillery to us” (Remarque 128).
Stand-alone: Solders were once human, but the war has turned them into an army or heartless artillery.
In Writing: "That is why the system transforms men into emotionless automatons, a mere artillery to carry out the annihilation of entire races" (Q3 Freewrite #2 What is the conflict? How do the characters react to the conflict?).
3) Automaton a mechanism that can move independently of external control
Novel Sentence: “...the earth is background of restless, gloomy world of automatons...” (Remarque 115).
Stand-alone: The march of death rips out the soul of the human and transforms the man into an army of automatons.
In Writing: "That is why the system transforms men into emotionless automatons, a mere artillery to carry out the annihilation of entire races" (Q3 Freewrite #2 What is the conflict? How do the characters react to the conflict?).
4) Beckon summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
Novel Sentence: “...he beckons with his ladle to everyone that passes, and spoons him out a great dollop” (Remarque 1).
Stand-alone: The privileged beckon the young naive men, coaxing them into joining a cause that is for the good of their country.
In Writing: #1 "The feeling as if something out there was calling to me, beckoning me to leave the nest and venture to where I rightfully belonged" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
#2 "Continuing to marvel at the strangeness of the thing, I beckon Thalia over" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
5) Disquietude feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
Novel Sentence: "My disquietude grows” (Remarque 172).
Stand-alone: When I am at the front, in the trenches, I have this instinctive feeling marked by disquietude.
In Writing: "My disquietude grows with every step as I drag my legs behind me" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
6) Tremble move quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
Novel Sentence: “I tremble with rage as I go along with the orderly” (Remarque 32).
Stand-alone: A normal man would tremble at the sights Paul has seen, but the war has stripped him of all his humanity.
In Writing: "I feel my body tremble as I stop to catch my breath, taking a break, I can now look back to see my progress" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
7) Unbearable incapable of being put up with
Novel Sentence: “The night is unbearable” (Remarque 108).
Stand-alone: War is an unbearable thing that dehumanises the men who give their lives to a supposed cause.
In Writing: #1 "I follow the same mundane repetition of the same thing, the same food, and the same unbearable life" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
# 2 "The wait is becoming unbearable, so when my chance arrives I take it" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
8) Reverberate ring or echo with sound
Novel Sentence: “The roar of the guns make our lorry stagger, the reverberation rolls ragin' away to the rear, everything quakes” (Remarque 53).
Stand-alone:The cries of generations of lost souls at war can be heard reverberating deep in the velvet earth.
In Writing: "The words begin to reverberate off the Shiny Tall Thing and I am able to make them out, "Timmy! Get your butt over here!"" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
9) Reluctantly with a certain degree of unwillingness
Novel Sentence: “I tread on Muller’s foot: reluctantly he puts the fine boots back again under the bed” (Remarque 17).
Stand-alone: I reluctantly retain from speech, as to not reopen old wounds.
In Writing: "Thalia stands there in silence, with an expression you would expect someone to have right before they murder you. “Okay fine I’ll show you, if you shut up”, says Thalia reluctantly" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
10) Remnant a small part remaining after the main part no longer exists
Novel Sentence: “And at each call a little group separates itself off, a small handful of dirty, pallid soldiers, a dreadfully small handful, and a dreadfully small remnant” (Remarque 135).
Stand-alone: If you are lucky, a shoulder may bring home with his broken body a remnant of the person he was long before.
In Writing: #1 "At this, Thalia looks up from her small remnant of fungi, “You’ve gotta be kidding. I almost died and you’re asking me to go back out there. Bet you just want a chance to escape. No way.”" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
#2 "The night quickly turns to day and I am on my last remnant of fungi" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
11) Ludicrous inviting ridicule
Novel Sentence: “Nothing could look more ludicrous than his forage-cap and his uniform” (Remarque 176).
Stand-alone: It is ludicrous to believe that sending men no older than a child to fight to their deaths is morally just.
In Writing: "Who say’s “wee”, seriously, as if being a fruit fly isn’t ludicrous enough" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
12) Marvel be amazed at
Novel Sentence: “It is a marvel that our post has had no casualties so far” (Remarque 21).
Stand-alone: Young boys marvel at their fathers, hoping to someday follow in their footsteps.
In Writing: "Continuing to marvel at the strangeness of the thing, I beckon Thalia over" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
13) Ceaseless uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
Novel Sentence: “But on the last day an astonishing number of English heavies opened up on us with high-explosive, drumming ceaselessly on our position, so that we suffered severely and came back only eighty strong” (Remarque 2).
Stand-alone: War is a disgusting, wrongful, and ceaseless march of greed and pride.
In Writing: #1 "They seem completely satisfied with their ceaseless cycle of wake, work, eat, rest, wake" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
#2 "Except war is a ceaseless and vicious cycle, so the killings will never end" (Just War Theory: Human Nature Creates War).
14) Commotion a disorderly outburst or tumult
Novel Sentence: “I sit by Kemmerich’s bed. He is sinking steadily. Around us is great commotion” (Remarque 26).
Stand-alone: The raids set a sudden rush of commotion that strikes fear into the hearts of the living and the dead.
In Writing: "All the commotion is causing the other animals in the barn to make quite the racket" (Q3 Freewrite ShortStory: Run Fox. Run).
15) Essentially at bottom or by something's very nature
Novel Sentence: “In himself man is essentially a beast, only he butters it over like a slice of bread with a little decorum” (Remarque 44).
Stand-alone: The reason humans fight and go to war is essentially because we are creatures driven by pain and pleasure, in this case the fear of dying and rewards of taking.
In Writing: "He compares the nature of man with that of a beast, specifically a dog, saying that man is at his very core essentially a wild creature"
(Q3 Freewrite #4 What techniques did you find in the chapter(s)? Why did the author write that way? How did that influence your understanding of the book?).
16) Foreboding a feeling of evil to come
Novel Sentence: “Our forebodings increase as rum is served out” (Remarque 103).
Stand-alone: Foreboding is your survival sense in the trenches, it's what stands between you and death.
In Writing: "The book shows education as a waste when in the war, the only skill which really helps a soldier to survive is his instinct and ability to forebode looming danger" (Q3 Freewrite #3 What is the author's background? What is the author's desired message? How are these related?).
17) Ghastly shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Novel Sentence: “He looks ghastly, yellow and wan” (Remarque 14).
Stand-alone: The suffering of people is a godawful, ghastly sight, which I do not wish upon anyone to witness.
In Writing: Meaning the frontline of the war is just a whirlpool which sucks the men into a bloody, ghastly, and inevitable death" (Q3 Freewrite #4 What techniques did you find in the chapter(s)? Why did the author write that way? How did that influence your understanding of the book?).
18) Gigantic so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant
Novel Sentence: “The slide along it like gigantic tapering rulers” (Remarque 59).
Stand-alone: The bombs used to bombard our side are gigantic, as big as three stallions.
In Writing: #1 "When my eyes finally adjust, I see rows and rows of black shapes across the gigantic paper and even larger squares of colors next to the black rows" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
#2 "Well, you humans may have figured it out, but that gigantic paper is a travel brochure, “Shiny Tall Thing” is actually the Empire State Building, and the “Big Apple” is, of course, New York" (Honors Collaborative Short Story).
19) Indignation a feeling of righteous anger
Novel Sentence: “Three quarters of his vocabulary is derived from these regions, and they give an intimate flavour to expressions of his greatest joy as well as of his deepest indignation” (Remarque 8).
Stand-alone: When I think of war and people doing inhumane things to one another, I feel a great indignation towards the heartless monsters to blame.
In Writing: "I feel a wave of indignation come over me every time I see Ryan talking to other girls" (Q4 Short Story: Pride Shall Be My Greatest Fall).
20) Insatiable
impossible to satisfy
Novel Sentence: “Muller is insatiable and gives himself no peace” (Remarque 77).
Stand-alone: Some people are just so insatiable that enough will never be enough for them.
In Writing: #1 "Somehow I knew that the world beyond would quench my insatiable thirst for something bigger"
(Honors Collaborative Short Story).