January Challenges

"Promise for the New Year"

Think of a word that holds "promise" - just ONE WORD - write about what that word, and its promise, mean to you and why you think it is important for 2009. In poetry, prose or article...or any form you wish.

 

"A Day in the Life of your pet"

Write about a day in the life of your pet. This would be especially effective in "dear diary" form.

 

"A Paradoxial Parody"

paradox (noun) - a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

Write a parody to a song or ditty in paradoxial form.

 

"An Archaic Acrostic"

archaic (adjective) - marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.

Write an acrostic which takes on the form of the word archaic or any other word with the same or similar meaning. ie: antiquated or nostalgic.

 

"I Had a Dream..."

Write a poem or story beginning with the line "I had a dream..."

 

The Word Alcove

hapless \HAP-lis\, adjective:
unlucky; unfortunate

 

fastidious \fa-STID-ee-uhs\, adjective:
hard to please; extremely refined or critical

 

daunt \dawnt, dahnt\, verb:

1. to frighten; overcome with fear
2. to discourage; lesson the courage of

 

candor \KAN-der\, noun:

1. honesty in giving one's view or opinion; frankness and sincerity
2. fairness; impartiality

 

cached \kasht\, adjective:

1. stored; hidden
2. in computing, stored in a part of memory used as a cache

hackneyed \HAK-need\, adjective:
1. used too often; commonplace
2. habituated; experienced

relegate \REL-uh-gayt\, transitive verb:
1. To assign to an inferior position, place, or condition.
2. To assign to an appropriate category or class.
3. To assign or refer (a matter or task, for example) to another for appropriate action.
4. To send into exile; to banish.

irascible \ih-RASS-uh-buhl\, adjective:
Prone to anger; easily provoked to anger; hot-tempered.

indelible \in-DEL-uh-buhl\, adjective:
1. That cannot be removed, erased, or washed away.
2. Making marks that cannot easily be removed or erased.
3. Incapable of being forgotten; memorable.