The Chase

A man walks into a bar and sees a familiar outline through the
 smoky haze. He moves silently towards the other side of the room and sits down at a table in the shadows near the back door. He doesn't look in her direction but feels her presence. He orders a high ball and spends some time studying the ice cubes as they begin to melt. When he finally looks across the room, he cannot find that splendid form, that tender silhouette he knows as well as his own. He finishes his drink and meanders towards the door, hoping he will see her, praying he won't see her. Suddenly, the door in front of him opens and he sees the same silhouette exit the parking lot in a lemon colored Corvette that traveled at the speed of light. The man hopped into his 2013 black Mustang and fled as if he had stolen something. The corvette dashed in and out of lanes, slowing down after seeing the lingering red light in the distance.
The two merged onto the BQE (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) towards Downtown Brooklyn. The two vehicles skated down the parkway towards Flatbush Avenue, exiting and moving faster than the changing lights in front of the Barclays Center. The man contemplated stopping at Sugarcane, his favorite Caribbean restaurant, but he had to catch up to the Corvette.  The two raced past  Prospect Park, Eastern Parkway,  and Erasmus Hall High School. The corvette finally hung left at Flatlands Avenue and parked in front of a home in Canarsie. As the Corvette parallel parked, smoke was released from the tires. The man got out of the mustang and shouted, "Mom what did I tell you about speeding through the city? You're ninety-two years old! You could have gotten hurt". The spunky old woman replied, " Oh hush up, Freddy!  I had to get back home to watch Scandal! We were out of wine again and you know I need my wine to enjoy Olivia Pope!" The man just shook his head and smiled in relief as the two walked in the house.

Vocabulary 

1. splendid- (adjective)-very impressive and beautiful
2. silhouette-(noun)-a dark shape in front of a light background
3. meanders-(verb)-to walk slowly without a specific goal, purpose, or direction
4. BQE (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway)- (noun)Interstate 278 is an Interstate Highway in New Jersey and New York in the United States.
5. Flatbush Avenue-(noun)-is one of the major avenues in the New York City Borough of Brooklyn. It runs from the Manhattan Bridge south-southeastward to Jamaica Bay
6. Barclays Center-(noun)- a multi-purpose indoor arena in Brooklyn, New York City.
7. Prospect Park-(noun)-public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn located between Park Slope, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Ditmas Park, Windsor Terrace and Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
8. Erasmus Hall High School-(noun)- a four-year public high school located at 899-925 Flatbush Avenue between Church and Snyder Avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
9. Canarsie-(noun)-neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City.

Grammar Point

Nouns name people, places, and things. Every noun can further be classified as common or proper. A proper noun has two features: It will name a specific [usually a one-of-a-kind] item, and it will begin with a capital letter no matter where it occurs in a sentence.The passage above contains many proper nouns. Proper nouns can include the names of cities, specific streets, places and people.

Common Noun	Proper Noun
writer teacher beagle cookie city restaurant document school	Herman Melville Mrs. Hacket Snoopy Oreo Orlando Tito's Taco Palace Declaration of Independence University of Southern California

Vocabulary Exercise

Write a short story including names of five proper nouns.

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