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5
Writing
12th Grade
03/29/2011

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Term
“Billy!” Sarah shouted, “Get off of the couch!”
Billy sipped his coke and shoved a handful of chips in his mouth, “It’s not happening.” He didn’t even take his eyes off of the television. “Get me another coke.”
Sarah rolled her eyes and said, “You’ve been glued to the couch all weekend!”
Definition
Lazy
Term
“I can’t believe you lied to me!” Laura said as tears were rolling down her face. “I really trusted you!”
Tierney sniffled and responded, “I’m really sorry Laura. I never meant for any of this to happen. I’ll make it up to you.”
“I didn’t think you could do this to me. It’s hard for me to look you in the eye anymore,” Laura said. She picked up her keys and began to walk away from Tierney. Laura hesitated and said, “I just need some space to get over this.”
Definition
Disappointed/Sad
Term
The house was lit up with flames as high as you could see. Smoke flushed through the shattered windows. People gathered in the street to see the commotion.
“My son is still trapped in there!” Tom shouted, “Somebody please help me!”
I couldn’t bear to watch the woman panic without trying to help. I busted through the crowd of neighbors and ran up to the woman.
“Where is he? I’ll go in,” I informed her.
Definition
Courage/Brave
Term
The house was completely ruined. The tornado crushed every last bit. The only thing that stood where the house used to be was rubble. The family gathered at the edge of the driveway staring at what used to be there.
The little boy said, “I lost all of my racecars. Every single one.”
The teenage daughter responded, “All of my makeup is in ruins. My expensive clothes are gone too!”
The mom steps in and says, “We have our family. At least all of us are safe. The insurance company will help cover most of the stuff. Keep your heads up children. We can get through this!”
Definition
Optimistic
Term
The man holding a gun pointed it at the teenagers and said, “What are you doing trespassing in my house?”
“Uh..we’re really sorry sir. We are leaving right now,” the boy responded.
The man walked closer and said, “Who do you boys think you are going on other people’s property? I should call the police!”
The other boy lived his head and said, “Please don’t! We won’t ever come back! We didn’t know that you lived here.”
The man screamed at the boys, “GET OFF OF MY PROPERTY THIS SECOND OR I WILL SHOOT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU!”
Definition
Anger
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