1.read the following sentences from the novel. using the context of each sentence, determine the part of speech for each of the italicized words. look up the definition for each of the words in a dictionary.

as you read, pay attention to how the vocabulary words are used. try to use context clues to you understand the meaning of each word. during or after reading, paraphrase the sentence from the novel that contains the vocabulary word.

note that many words used in this novel have different meanings than they do now, and that using a dictionary in conjunction with context clues is your best option for deciphering the meanings of many of the novel’s vocabulary words. there may also be times when context clues will be your only resource, though you are always encouraged to try a dictionary as well.
1."a rail fence round a two-acre yard; a stile, made out of logs sawed off and up-ended, in steps, like barrels of a different length."
2."mortification set in, and they had to amputate him."
3."but she counted and counted, till she got that addled she’d start to count-in the basket for a spoon, sometimes …"

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honestly, school in itself just seems to be a huge waste of time. a lot of people graduate but still end up not doing anything in college anyways, which really makes the whole point of graduating seem useless. i'd rather not bring anyone's hopes up then. what i'd recommend is for whoever's reading this to simply drop out.

i mean, kanye did it. he said something along the lines of, "don't let society tell you what to do." now, he's obviously a very successful person, and since his album is called the college dropout i guess he never really had to go through all that nonsense in order to become a millionaire. the same goes for anyone else then.

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.