Assignment 1 for Eng1511
Question 1: Identify two style features of the story above.
Informal and simple
Question 2: What is the tone of this story? Why do you say so?
Lovestruck, The writer convey the way he felt about Mimmy.
Question 3: Write all the dictionary entries of the following words.
• Tenant o A person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee. o Law. A person who holds or possesses for a time lands, tenements, or personally of another, usually for rent. o An occupant or inhabitant of any place.
• Intrigue o To arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work. o To achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity, fancy, or interest: to intrigue one's way into another's notice. o To draw or capture: Her interest was intrigued by the strange symbol. o To accomplish or force by crafty plotting or underhand machinations. o Obsolete. to entangle.
• Audacity o Boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions. o Effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness: His questioner's audacity shocked the lecturer. o Usually, audacities. Audacious acts or statements.
• Oblivious o Unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration. o Forgetful without remembrance or memory: oblivious of my former failure. o Archaic. Inducing
Informal and simple
Question 2: What is the tone of this story? Why do you say so?
Lovestruck, The writer convey the way he felt about Mimmy.
Question 3: Write all the dictionary entries of the following words.
• Tenant o A person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee. o Law. A person who holds or possesses for a time lands, tenements, or personally of another, usually for rent. o An occupant or inhabitant of any place.
• Intrigue o To arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work. o To achieve or earn by appealing to another's curiosity, fancy, or interest: to intrigue one's way into another's notice. o To draw or capture: Her interest was intrigued by the strange symbol. o To accomplish or force by crafty plotting or underhand machinations. o Obsolete. to entangle.
• Audacity o Boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions. o Effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness: His questioner's audacity shocked the lecturer. o Usually, audacities. Audacious acts or statements.
• Oblivious o Unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration. o Forgetful without remembrance or memory: oblivious of my former failure. o Archaic. Inducing