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Defining Twilight SAT Study Guide $500 Essay Contest

by Will on May 13, 2009 · Comments

in Twilight

Defining Twilight SAT Back in April we posted about Defining Twilight , a study guide for the SAT that uses vocabulary from Twilight to help you ace the test. Author Brian Leaf is now having a contest for ages 13-18 to write an essay of up to 1,000 words using 8 of the vocab words from the first chapter of the book. The words are: noble, sauntered, inconsequential, omnipresent, exiled, detested, erratic and permanence. I gave it a shot since I’m not eligible and while this isn’t an essay, here’s a sentence that uses all 8 words–

A formerly noble preacher sauntered into the pub, exiled from his parish with permanence after his erratic behavior on Sunday under the omnipresent eye of the lord–the preacher was now detested by his peers because the effect of the morning’s scotch on the sermon was not as inconsequential as he had first thought.

For full rules, check Brian’s webpage. The book is also available for pre-order now.

[thanks, Brian!]

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  • Okayy ... i know this is old now ... im old enough but i suck at english :S
    ohh well
    good luck (Y) x

    btw team Jalice ;P x
  • TheLionFellIn<3W/Ceci-ROBECI
    DAMN!! I'm only 21 and this is the FIRST time that I feel too OLD for something.... LOL.... how funny.... good luck to those who enter... you youngins... lol I'm just jealous... Shoot, why couldn't they do this when I was in High School? Punks!!

    LOL... I liked your sentence Will... very creative!!
  • im sorry English just isn't my thing if there was a Twilight guidebook for math and a contest for it I would so join :D
  • cutesweetiezzz
    I wonder do they have this book at my bookstore. I want to buy it so I can study for my PSAT and SAT. It'll be very useful to me.
  • good luck too all who r entering this essay contest :D
  • i couldnt reply on the other one so here it goes........
    yeah shes awesome she has a poster of it in the classroom....... sometimes i stare at it like A LOT..... jejeje and dnt pay attention to her......... i guess i go to a fanpire school........ the friday of the dvd release they had a " twilight party"..... they showed the movie.... i had a lot of fun.... jejeje i still remember it....... we screamed sooooooo much when THEY kissed in bellas room........ like if we were in a pep-rally kinda scream..... i dont think they are gonna show movies n e more bacause of that.... ohh well its funny..... the only time they do that......... and its TWILIGHT..... how awesome
  • wow newmoonmovie.org!!!!......... that was really good.......
    i wanna enter the contest...... but the thought of writing an essay really doesnt appeal to me at all......jejeje
  • lol same here haahahahahah hurts my brain to much lol just kidding hahahahah
  • i know with skool ending & summer coming....... the last thing i wanna think about is writing an essay...... of 1000 words........ nah.....
  • ya right lol cant wait for the summer and then after summer new moon will be coming out shortly so excited :D
  • yeah.......... its like........ SUMMER......then......BACK TO SKOOL..... then....... HALLOWEEN..... then........ OMG......NEW MOON MOVIE!!!!!!............then CHRISTMAS....... then........ NEW YEARS......then 2010...... etc.... ohhh & dont 4get eclipse in the NEXT summer....... is it in june or july????
    wow i jux finda gave u my important dates... lol
  • lol its in june when eclispe comes out lol :D........ya oh and halloween i just love that holiday but ...sorry that was random lol ....but i am very excited for new moon yayyyyy :D
  • me too....... ohh and thnx i didnt know in which of those 2 months it was....... jejejeje..... this time i wanna go see new moon at 12:00 when it 1st comes out...... i mean i went to go see twilight the day it opened but idk....... as soon as its open to go watch i wanna go..... im not gonna be able to wait...... & besides when you go at 12 they give you free stuff....
  • i wish i could go at midnight but idk i may with my friend but we dont know yet ......but u really get free stuff when u go at midnight ?
  • yea my teacher ( which is like super KOOL).....told us that friday......cause she went at midnight that friday..... that they gave them shirts....she wore it to skool that day...... it was a..... TEAM EDWARD shirt...... it was the same one they had a while ago at hot topic....... dont know if its still there...... pretty kool....... i still dont know eather....... if not im still gonna but my ticket a day earlier....... u never know if they run out.......
  • wow that is sooo cool i wish my teachers were like that u know fanpires but only one of my teachers read the book and liked it but she is not a huge fan but....if i go to the mdnight premiere that would be soo cool lol :D
  • zomglions
    hah. Wow. I wish they had this when I was taking the SAT.
  • othersescape
    I'm so excited! My company is publishing this book! :D
  • 4thewolf
    I was 15 not so very long ago. *cough* *cough*
    OOh, let me try it just 'cuz I"m nerdy that way.

    Confessions of a wolf-a-holic: Chapter 1: Where's my wolf anyway?

    So... yah, the other night, I was planning on heading over to LaPush to have an INCONSEQUENTIAL fling with MY wolf on MY day (FINALLY! YES!!! ) when I found TWP there, trying to snag my boy on a Friday and then pass him off to Howl without me knowing. I DETESTED the fact that I was like monkey in middle, and Jake was always somewhere out of my reach, and in someone else's.
    It's like the other wolf-girls are OMNIPRESENT So much fun, but dang! When you want a private moment with the boy it's like you can't get rid of the other wolf-girls. Their PERMANENCE is almost unreal. Like, should I start charging money to have you watch, or can you go... cliff dive or something for a second?
    My..um...love life at this point is fairly ERRATIC (not erotic, two different words) , 'cuz you think it's your turn to finally get Jake, and then... all the sudden, Howl's missing and the boy is nowhere to be found.
    Guess I'm EXILED from all the excitement and will be hanging out watching sports with Billy Black tonight. Again. *twirls finger, woohoo*
    Guess she got to him first, which was nowhere close to NOBLE, but I guess I deserve it for provoking her when she's always so nice to me. I DETESTED being tricked, but *gasp... bones go liquid... hormones out of control.... Grabs tree to keep standing. Look who just SAUNTERED out of the forest in cut-offs... Going weak...
    *whimper* Ok. Ummm. I'm gonna be a bit busy, so let me sign off.
  • cutesweetiezzz
    LOL
    That was really really good. You should win. :)
  • 4thewolf
    LOL. You're very sweet. 15 yrs old has come and gone for me (I just have way too much going on in my brain, so wanted to write) , but if they give out other things, I will VERY happily take a wolf as a consolation prize.

    If you get bored, I wrote my extremely fascination version of why Nikki is really going to Italy under that topic (in which they blast the poor girl out of the water). It involves Taylor, Alex, a fight in an alleyway and Ashley's dog.
  • joanna86 aka Charlie's Angel
    LOL screw the age limit, YOU WON! :D
  • 4thewolf
    Thanks, joanna (: Perhaps they could send ME to Italy to scout out new vocab words for their next book. I could help Mr. Lautner chaperone Taylor, as an added bonus. Or, better yet, perhaps I could give the man a much-needed break, and offer to room with... never mind.
    LOL
  • joanna86 aka Charlie's Angel
    LOL! and afterwards you'd probably get caughed by customs officials in attempt to smuggle an underage werewolf and a Demetri through the border! ;)
    (Demetri would be for my benefit, of course ;))
  • 4thewolf
    Perhaps I could ask him to phase and pretend I am blind and need him for a guide. (Good excuse to have to hold onto him, also)
  • joanna86 aka Charlie's Angel
    LOL I can see where you're going with this... :D you'll ACCIDENTALLY forget to ask him to phase and end up holding on to Taylor in his human form ;)
  • 4thewolf
    Wow, and THAT would be such a...shame, Joanna. Wouldn't want THAT to happen. LOL
  • joanna86 aka Charlie's Angel
    LMAO!
    just don't feel bad afterwards - you can't avoid unavoidable :D
  • 4thewolf
    Sweetheart, I highly doubt it would be POSSIBLE to feel bad afterwards. *cough* *avert eyes*
  • joanna86 aka Charlie's Angel
    okay then, go have fun with Taylor! :)
    (I'll send you a spoon so that you can dig your way out of prison! LOL)
  • LMAO

    No that will be me holding on to him!! LOL and its Thursday my day with the pack and they are keeping me busy already!! WOOOOOO!
  • oh and I love how you didnt diss me in your story...I like you a little more now! LOL
  • 4thewolf
    Hey, alpha-girl, as much as I enjoy bringing out the claws, I've only got 1 day to...um...anyway..., IF all goes well, do you really think I would dis' you (knowing that you're here, at least?)
    LOL
  • LOL...I don't consider myself the alpha but I am honored you see as the alpha....is that because of all the dirty smut talk that comes from me??!!
  • 4thewolf
    LOL! TSH: 3 reasons for the nicknames

    1. I have an uncontrollable urge to mess with everyone's names, therefore ancha35 has become chili pepper (ancho), nikitajuice is now "juicy", etc...

    2. You can do dirty like almost no one else.

    3. Howl2 basically told me everything goes through you and TWP and you do come off as very...authoritative(how do you SPell that word?) So... I just consider you guys the "alphas" of the wolf girls.
  • ROFLMAO

    I'm so how guessing your an creative writing teacher or something...?
  • 4thewolf
    Actually, my mom was very VERy strict and I was pretty much grounded for 4 solid years of my teenage life. One becomes really good at creating scenarios in one's mind when one is not allowed to answer the phone or hang out with friends.
    (Have I introduced you to my invisible friend?) ... LOL (just kidding, I'm exaggerating a bit... it was only 3 years of my life...) and consequently I have taught creative writing..among other things.
  • Kimoppi
    That was an exceptionally long sentence. Nice job.
  • Eri
    Nice sentence!! haha
  • sweet im the right age AND i love writting.
    Should i or shouldn't i?
  • Patience Isn't My Specialty
    Do it! Do it! Do it! :)
  • Ok you convinced me! lol
  • Jake-is-my-h3ro
    damn! im 19...............wish i could do it
  • twilover112
    sorry but isn't that a tad easy?
    you can use those 8 words in a paragraph, let alone a 1,000 word essay!
    soz but i think it is a tad weird
  • twifan89
    hah, that was really good!!! im too lazy to even attempt this (i'm not eligible either).
  • ItsRobert_Effing_Pattinson
    yea, but at least you can claim laziness, I am just too brain-dead ~ i had brain-freeze just reading the words he wanted people to use, if I tried to use them in a essay I'm pretty sure that I would forget to swallow my own spittle and start drooling.... Guess it is a good thing I am not eligible either! lol
  • edward_addicted
    LMAO!!!! yea i know what u mean! Im too old too!!!!
  • nooooooooooh!
    i'd LOVE to join!
    but again....
    "All participants must be legal residents of the United States."
    when is it gonna stop?? :'D
    ;C
  • damn, im 22 :( soon to be 23, like RPattz! awww he & i make a great couple lol
  • ItsRobert_Effing_Pattinson
    gee - another one I cannot participate in, I am starting to get a "you're too old for this" complex! :)
  • joanna86 aka Charlie's Angel
    LOL
    I'm 22 and now, for the first time in my life, I feel too old :D (weird feeling :P)
  • ItsRobert_Effing_Pattinson
    haha! get used to it!! lol
  • joanna86 aka Charlie's Angel
    *runs to her mirror to look for wrinkles* LOL
  • ItsRobert_Effing_Pattinson
    Hey, Grab me some Geritol or Centrum Silver on your way back, would ya?!? LOL
  • joanna86 aka Charlie's Angel
    and a walker! LOL
  • ItsRobert_Effing_Pattinson
    yes, thanks - aw crap, there goes my hip! *falling onto the floor, then pees pants*. Could you grab a fresh Depends as well?? LOL
  • joanna86 aka Charlie's Angel
    oh! oh! I'm coming to help... coming, cooooming... oh dear, I dropped my walking stick!... it might take a while to lift it from the ground, sorry! *starts reaching towards her walking stick and sth snaps in her back* Dammit!

    HELLO! CAN ANYBODY HELP US??
  • ItsRobert_Effing_Pattinson
    WHAT!!! my hearing aide fell out on the floor! I can't hear you deary! Where are those annoying "i've fallen and can't get up" people when you need 'em - I'm starting to get a diaper rash over here!!
  • edward_addicted
    LMFAO you too are soo funny man ya'll do make me feel old by seein these comments..lmao and im only 29
  • joanna86 aka Charlie's Angel
    damn you all young ............ efweferjweh rlvwkrhbkh erwe rrqrtqgregqe
    *her dental plate fell out of her mouth and landed out of her reach*
  • edward_addicted
    LMAO!!!!
  • Patience Isn't My Specialty
    Hahah! There is a child in all of us :D I'm too old too, 25, but I dont care. I would take advantage of Taylor and Robert (at least he is at legal age) anytime.
  • 4thewolf
    Just take advantage of Rob. I'll keep Taylor, uh....safe.... for you until he's old enough.
    LOL!
  • no WE'LL take care of Taylor!! LOL
  • 4thewolf
    AACCCKKKK!!!! Dang, alpha. You guys just appear out of the woodwork!!!
    Of Course I meant WE
    *stares at ground momentarily, breathing out*
  • LMAO!

    oh and you may want to consider moving to the UK where Taylor isn't jail bait!
  • 4thewolf
    *immediately checks airlines for direct flight to UK. Leaves fake message for Taylor to redirect flight from Italy to stop in Uk first.*

    Hotel recommedations?
  • 4thewolf
    *instantly begins packing suitcase. Sends fake message to Taylor's agent, rerouting him from Italy to Britian"
  • ROFLMAO....your welcome here hun!!
  • 4thewolf
    Glad I'm welcome. Already on my way. Taylor enroute. Hoping you will hang out with his dad, who didn't understand that he wasn't needed on...um..set...for this particular filming location.

    LOL
  • Patience Isn't My Specialty
    I'm tempted to move now! An entire year seems to long to wait. November seems like an enternity away!
  • I've had access to Taylor since he turned 16!! Although that does sound abit pervy!! LOL
  • Patience Isn't My Specialty
    He had too much of a baby face at 16...he still does, but I can tell he will be one hot 18 year old! I love how he buffed up and the long hair makes him look older *sigh*
  • no is a MAN now...he doesn't look 17 at all!!
  • ItsRobert_Effing_Pattinson
    nah, that's okay.....wouldn't wanna impose! I am PRETTY sure I can behave myself till he turns 18, darn shame if I slipped up though, I think it would be worth a short stint in jail... LMAO
  • 4thewolf
    Truly, I would so miss your comments on here if you were in prison with no computer access. Step away from the uh...jailbait...That's right.. See. That wasn't so awful,now was it?
    Ok, now...Ohhhh. Look over there- I see Rob, shirtless over there, gazing at you. He has something painted on his chest that says, "Kiss me, it's my birthday, I believe..." Why don't you go check it out and I'll just stay right over here with Taylor.
    (C'mon Taylor.... RUN!!!!... No, don't STOP to jump over a hydrant! How old are you, anyway?? Oh...right.. 17 *sigh*)
  • ItsRobert_Effing_Pattinson
    Ah! you play dirrtty!! Job well done distracting me by the thought of a shirtless Robert - I am still wiping the drool off my face. You win this round - but I'lllllll be baaaaaack!! Watch your back - or rather my back when I steal Taylor away from you again!! LMAO
  • 4thewolf
    LOL! Thanks for the kudos! I'm so looking forward to another round,but if you happen to get past me, it's not your back I'll be watching....It'll be Taylor's.. gotta love the muscle. LOL
  • ItsRobert_Effing_Pattinson
    lol, yea, I know which muscle you'll be watching - the Gluteus maximus!! LMAO - Cant say I blame ya there, boy has a F-I-N-E booty!!! LOL
    ....enjoy the victory, I will have to make sure I lock Robert up for the next time so that he cannot distract me so much!! ;) lol
  • 4thewolf
    LOL!!! Why have coffee when I can just mess with you? It's so refreshing! LOL

    Ok.. actually I'm not a butt kind of girl. I'm more a back and shoulders...*whimpers*

    Let me get off this topic NOW!!!!!
  • 4thewolf
    LOL!!! Why have coffee when I can just mess with you? It's so refreshing! LOL

    Ok.. actually I'm not a butt kind of girl. I'm more a back and shoulders...*whimpers*

    Let me get off this topic NOW!!!!!
  • ItsRobert_Effing_Pattinson
    heck yes, I know that's right!! LOL
  • IndiesR
    You are never too hold for anything...well, except this! LOL

    But you are never too old for anything else. :)
  • ItsRobert_Effing_Pattinson
    Gee, thanks!! Now I feel ALOT better! LOL
    ;)
  • Crooked Smile
    fifth!!! oh yeah,,,oh yeah *does the happy dance*
  • twerdiewerdie
    beat ya :)
  • Crooked Smile
    nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! damn you !! congrats though :) *continues happy dance*
  • twerdiewerdie
    unfortunately i'm too old to participate...i'd give it a shot otherwise...

    btw, i liked your sentence...
  • fourth!!
  • IndiesR
    hahaha
  • LMAO....well I was close enough!
  • Lol you'll get it next time TSH. I believe in you.
  • IndiesR
    Third!!
  • Patience Isn't My Specialty
    second? lol
  • Patience Isn't My Specialty
    Anybody here in Florida?
  • Twi_Wife
    I know you asked this like forever ago but I live in Florida =)
  • daniel_cullen
    Wow! I'm first???

    I think I put my hat in the ring for this one!!

    Chilax!!
  • IndiesR
    Congrats on 1st. :)
  • daniel_cullen
    thanks! I can't believe it :)!
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