Choose two words from each of the following poems in the lesson that you did not know or had to look up in a dictionary: “on shakespeare,” “l’allegro,” “il penseroso,” and paradise lost. write a new sentence for each word using the same meaning of the word as is used in milton’s text. note that some words may have a different spelling in contemporary american english.

On Shakespeare

1. sepúlchred, which is defined as entombed or buried, or as the final laying place. An example of this in a sentence would be, Cronos was sepulchred in a device that took even the power of time from him, you could say that "time was up" for the time-lord.

2. pomp, which means something that is grand, or a grand ceremony or display. This can be used in a sentence as, “All emperors and empress of China showed their grand and class even to their burial ground, their burial ceremony and mound were as pomp as the Egyptian Pharaohs.”

as you read the passage below, consider how dana gioia uses

evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims.

reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence.

stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.

explanation: