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All Classes--Words-of-the-Day Assignment. Due Friday, October 28, 2022.

Please see the notes you took in class on October 25, 2022. You must exactly follow those directions or you will lose points. As usual, you must have an electronic copy on your laptop and a printed-out copy in your binder on the day the assignment is due. As usual, this assignment could be collected at any time during the semester, not just the due date.

Directions Written on Board in Class

  • Document (electronic on laptop and printed-out version in binder) must be in MLA format. 
  • The title of the document: Words of the Day.
  • Your list must be numbered.
Example

1. (Aug. 16) abase (v.)--to lower; to humiliate. Sentence: "Abby felt abased for missing the base in the game. Her team lost as a result."

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