VIII. Explain in your own words and illustrate the sentences of your own.

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VI. Scour the text for adjectives and nouns which are used to describe a person's characteristics. Divide them into two columns in terms of virtues and vices. Provide them with as many synonyms as possible.

V. Memory challenge. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words from the text to complete the phrases. Use provided definitions as a hint.

1. pretty annoying // Hermione, …… at first, indispensable very soon.

2. creative, having the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties // Rowling also makes her …… and at times the toughest.

3. mentally defective, mentally deficient // developmentally delayed older brother whom the other kids call …… .

4. untidy, looks as if it has not been brushed or combed // Ryan, a husky boy, …… brown hair.

5. a limitation or restriction // built out of rules and ……

6. forbearance , resignation , stoicism , sufferance , endurance // learning takes time and ……

7. lavish, munificent, open-handed, bounteous // a family as hard-working, loving and ……

8. shattering , heavy // to cope with …… sadness

9. distinct from a fictional world // she mixes the …… struggles in with the imaginary ones

10. uncompromising // smart but she can be ……

11. excessively , extremely // loving but ……

12. uncertain // loyal but ……

13. potent , influential // they praise them as …… moral tools

VII. Cite in context and use in the sentences of your own:

§ when word got out

§ ring true to somebody

§ get on your nerves

§ get mocked

§ embedded in the books

§ to intrude on their privacy

§ to drift into a coma

§ uncanny understanding

§ a healing potion

§ to embrace the popular culture

§ missionary purposes

§ biblical imagery