lugubrious - Marlboro High School

WoW#15 lugubrious adjective
Day 1

• definition
• part of speech
• related forms
• synonyms
• antonyms (on your own)

WoW#15 lugubrious
Day 2

­List three lugubrious songs, books, and/
or movies. Explain each.

­Describe a person (real or fiction) who lives
lugubriously.

­When would a person's lugubriousness be
expected? Why?

WoW #15: Day 3

Write out an example of something that is lugubrious 
and a non­example of something that is lugubrious. 

Both the example and non­example should be designed to 
present situations that have similar features and require your 
thinking that zeros in on the meaning of the word lugubrious.

Non­example Example

When the raven in Poe's  In the poem, "The 
poem sits upon his  Raven," the speaker 
admits that his soul 
chamber door, the speaker 
admits that "this ebony  "shall be lifted­ 
bird beguiling my sad  nevermore!"
fancy into smiling" 
because of the raven's 
"grave and stern" 
appearance.

WoW #15: Day 3

Write out an example of something that is lugubrious 
and a non­example of something that is lugubrious. 

Both the example and non­example should be designed to 
present situations that have similar features and require your 
thinking that zeros in on the meaning of the word lugubrious.

Non­example Example

Compeyson and Miss  Ever since Miss 
Havisham's brother must  Havisham was betrayed 
have been very pleased by 
swindling Miss Havisham  by her fiance, she is 
shrouded in a world of 
out of a great deal of 
money. darkness and decay.

Week 15: Day 4 "No Tidings from the Sea" Frank Holl

Appreciating
Art

-Why do you
think this
painting is
described as
lugubrious?

-Consider the
questions on
the handout.
-

Ø What is the title of the work of art? 
Ø What does the painting "say" to you personally? 
Ø What is the mood of the painting? 
Ø What is your initial reaction to it? 
Ø What is the focal point? 
Ø Is the texture shine or dull?
Ø Is there an overall color theme or tonality used? 
Ø Has the artist used dramatic light and dark lighting effects,

much like stage lighting effects in the painting or work of
art?