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WoW #14Day #1 ostentatious

• Definition• Part of speech• Related forms (adj., adv...)• 3 Synonyms• 1 Antonym• 1 Sentence per form

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WoW #14Day 2 ostentatious

• Draw a picture that will help you remember the word "ostentatious"• Write a FEW sentences in which you explain why /how

the picture relates to "ostentatious" (Do NOT include the word "ostentatious" in the sentence.)

When thinking about this week's word of the week, singer and song writer, Elton John, immediately comes to mind. When performing he wears eccentric outfits and flamboyant costumes. His has style has contributed to his fame.

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Ballad Stanza #2

ostentatiousWoW #14Day 3

Your Task: Continue last week's ballad by adding Stanza #2. Remember to  maintain an "ABCB" rhyme scheme with a mixed meter of “alternating four­stress (iambic tetrameter) and three­stress (iambic trimeter) lines.”

But a brave child had a plan (A/8)Born from her little brain (B/6)So ostentatiously arrayed (C/8)In costumes never plain (B/6)

He was a nefarious man (A/8)And he liked to cause pain (B/6)Children would run and hide away (C/8)They knew he was insane. (B/6)

Stanza #1Week #13nefarious

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