Write a sentence that describes each of the photographs above. Use at least TWO vocabulary words in each sentence, and please demonstrate in the sentence that you understand what the vocabulary word means. As usual, you may always change the form of the word to suit your needs.
Picture 1: The loquacious steer quickly became a misanthrope after the humans tied his snout together to prevent him from talking.
ReplyDeletePicture 2: After our sojourn at a small B&B in far west Texas, we had to convince my tenacious brother that we would come back at some point because he had such a great time.
Picture 3: To pour orange juice on toast would look sordid and prodigal because you would end up wasting a piece of toast and a glass of orange juice to make a disgusting looking concoction.
1. The horse sat tenaciously even though he found himself in a quagmire: to remain in his spot and be pushed around or to go with the humans who wanted to harm him.
ReplyDelete2. A long time ago, the prodigal people of Hurricane wasted all of the water, leaving it to the magnanimous people of the neighboring town to save them from dehydration.
3. These days, people are so lackadaisical when they write that they have become notorious for nonsensical sentences.
Picture 1: The tenacious horse would not budge and the while the zoo keepers though he was lackadaisical, the horse was actually just tired.
ReplyDeletePicture 2: The people of New Orleans were in a major quagmire they were caught in the notorious Hurricane Katrina.
Picture 3: A stoic person would show no response to eating a sordid and disgusting piece of toast covered in orange juice.
1: The wranglers are given kudos for catching such an obdurate steer.
ReplyDelete2: The desert has notoriety for being plebeian to its travelers.
3: The bottom picture is very sordid while the top one is more of a repose
1. The tenacious horse refused to move because he enjoyed previously being in repose, simply being able to rest.
ReplyDelete2. People who sojourn in Hurricane, Texas are glad to know that their faucets are replete with clean drinking water, instead of full of dirty water.
3. Joe gained kudos, but not notoriety by putting orange juice on toast because everyone thought it was an awesome idea and started putting orange juice on their toast too.
1. Even though a superfluous amount of people attempted to pull down an obdurate horse, it didn't work because the extra men were still not strong enough to overcome the stubborn horse.
ReplyDelete2. A notorious sign in the city Hurricane is the palpable sign sticking out in the middle of the desert ironically indicating clean water.
3. The Oxford comma has received lots of kudos for helping clarify situations without anyone being able to interpret a sentence in a tangential way.
1: The obdurate horse did not want to get up. The trainers knew what they were getting into because the horse is very notorious for being stubborn!
ReplyDelete2: As we walked through the desert we saw a sign with "Hurricane" written across it. I laughed. I wish that we would get a remuneration for all of our work. Yet, even though we are in a severe drought, rain does not come. We are in a quagmire!
3: The sophomoric child thought it would be funny to drench his mother's toast in orange juice. Although the child had eggs, the mother acted stolidly to the fact that her toast was drenched in OJ. Then again, she was used to having having very immature children around her.
1. The task of moving the obdurate horse was so difficult that the remuneration was very high.
ReplyDelete2. When the notorious Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, many magnanimous people in Houston offered up their homes to the many refugees.
3. The sophomoric student's habit of never listening to his teacher contributed to his quagmire of never putting commas in the right place.
1. Although normally the pugnacious horse normally would have tenaciously refused to be held down by the ropes, he was tired from his previous efforts, so he ignored his quarrelsome attitude and gave up the struggle.
ReplyDelete2. The palpable sign sat proudly at the top of a wooden pole as it stated that instead of sordid water there would be fresh, pure water to come.
3. A lackadaisical person might see the Oxford comma as a waste of effort and think it is just superfluous punctuation; however, it is necessary to correctly convey the meaning of a sentence.
1. The tenacious horse obdurately and fiercely tried to resist the people with ropes tying him down, but his attempts were futile.
ReplyDelete2. It is clear that the town of Hurricane is in a perennial drought from the large expanse of dead flora, however, they still manage to have taps that are replete with drinking water.
3. Though some people may consider the Oxford comma superfluous and may think that sentences still make sense without it, I think they are just acting lackadaisical.
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ReplyDelete1. Despite their preponderance, the men were unable to get out of the quagmire of moving the obdurate horse.
ReplyDelete2. Many people like to stop for a sojourn in the little town of Hurricane, it boasts approved drinking water which is not a quotidian thing in the desert.
3. Many times, polyglots whose native tongue is not English can misuse the oxford comma, proving to be a malediction for them no matter how much they pontificate.
1. The obdurate horse found himself in a quagmire as the surrounding people tied him down.
ReplyDelete2. The notorious Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans superfluously.
3. It is palpable that people have become lackadaisical with the use of the comma.
1) If the obdurate horse refuses to cooperate with his rider, then the racing team will find the next best racing horse from their repletion of horses.
ReplyDelete2) My family has lived in the perennial town of Hurricane for the last 5 generations, and we have never encountered problems with sordid drinking water.
3) The addition of the Oxford comma in a sentence may seem superfluous or unnecessary to a polyglot learning English.
1) I give kudos to those men. They deserve a good remuneration for holding back that rampant horse!
ReplyDelete2) Since the sign is in the middle of the desert, driving by it is not a quotidian occurrence, and the surrounding area is not replete with water.
3) Obviously, the person who made this poster is not lackadaisical about their grammar and is obdurate about using that comma!
1. The obdurate, stubborn mule (Get it? Stubborn as a mule!) is adamant about not moving from his spot; he acts tenaciously, holding firm and refusing to be pulled to either side because of the men with ropes.
ReplyDelete2. The image of the word “hurricane” seems very non sequitur to me when the sign underneath it says “approved drinking water; a preponderance of people would agree with me that they don’t come to the conclusion of good drinking water from a sign that reads “hurricane.”
3. Eating a piece of bread replete with orange juice is both disgusting and something I would refuse to do; I would resort to polemics if someone was trying to force me to eat a piece of bread soaked with juice!
1) The men found themselves in a quagmire as they battled the tenacious horse.
ReplyDelete2) Its notoriously known that being prodigal with water in this environment can be fatal.
3) Adding a comma in a sentence could be superfluous to some lackadaisical people.
1. The men received kudos for finally tying down the obdurate horse after several hours of tussling.
ReplyDelete2. Hurricane is no utopia, the heat there is a bane- is causes mass death.
3. If someone was in possession of that delicious concoction above, they would be in quite a quagmire because i would pilfer it in two seconds.
1. The horse had been in repose when the pugnacious men disturbed him by capturing him.
ReplyDelete2. The abundance of clean water in Hurricane almost seems superfluous; there's not exactly a preponderance of people around to take advantage of it.
3. The toast responded stoically as his friend talked about eggs; though he couldn't pinpoint why, he had felt lackadaisical since his Oxford comma left.
1. The tenacious horse would not stand up even as pugnacious men tied ropes around the horse and pulled.
ReplyDelete2. My face would not be in repose if I had to sojourn in the middle of a desert with no sign of civilization.
3. Although the specific message seems very non sequitur, you should not be obdurate and follow this message.
1. The horse, notorious for behaving in a tenacious manner, would not run the race even though many angry men were pulling on his rope.
ReplyDelete2. It seemed as if the desert possessed a malediction of no rain, therefore creating a quagmire to locate any water at all.
3. The sophomoric attempt to use the Oxford comma correctly in the sentence above, resulted in a lackadaisical effort of proper grammar usage.
1. The horse is notorious for his tenacity; no one can get him to move against his will.
ReplyDelete2. That sign is incredibly sophomoric: using a non sequitur conclusion that there are hurricanes and therefore an approved water source in the middle of the desert.
3. What an ostentatious show of grammatical knowledge, going off on a tangent by bending the meaning of the sentence. (So cool)
1. The humans make a paramount effort to secure the tenacious horse.
ReplyDelete2. Kudos to the prodigal people of hurricane, all their water has been sucked dry.
3. The polemic decision of whether or not to use the oxford comma leaves many in a quagmire.
1. It took a preponderance of business men to tie down the tenacious horse; at least 6 of them had to be called in before they could make it sit down.
ReplyDelete2. Lizzy was faced with a quagmire: she couldn't decide if the sign meant that hurricanes provided approved drinking water, which didn't help her anyway because there was no palpable sign of rain, or if she was just having mirages because of the heat.
3. People who forget to use commas where they should are just lackadaisical: it takes two seconds to check over your work and it is just a sordid habit to get into, especially when writing job applications!
The horse quickly learned it was wrong to trust the perfidious, sordid men who said they would not tie him up but soon reneged.
ReplyDeleteThe people who lived on Hurricane street were in quite a quagmire when their drinking water hadn’t been approved, but they were able to go to a state of repose when the water was finally good.
I tenaciously still use the oxford comma because I feel to go with out it is just lackadaisical and a plebeian way of writing.