The way i took in this tale was an old widow and her children owned a rooster and hens. The rooster was trying to tell his main hen that dreams can come true. She did not believe him, until one day it actually happened.
1.5 EXAMPLES OF INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION:
-Thereby forsaking willfully the tide,
God knows I'm sorry and I say "Good day."'
And so he took his leave and went his way.
-This Chanticleer stood high upon his toes;
Stretching his neck, he let his two eyes close
And loudly he began to crow.
-Apace
The fox Sir Russell sprang out from his place
And by the throat grabbed Chanticleer.
-(So filled with torment and with indignation,
The queen jumped willfully into the fire
And burnt to death, as death was he desire.)
-"O Chanticleer, alas!
Against you I am guilty of trespass.
To grab you in the yard and bring you out.
But, sir, I did it with no ill intent.
Come down, and I will tell you what I meant--
The truth, so help me God! You have my oath."
*These quotes from the tale show indirect characterization because they the process by which the personality of a fictious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions appearance.
2. I think Chaucer's purpose of writing this character's tale was to give a voice for the voiceless.
"Take seriously the moral, gentlemen.
For all that has been written, says Saint Paul,
Is written so that we might learn it all."
I picked that quote sense it helps me support why i think he is trying to speak up.
VOCAB:
I looked up some words that i did not understand here they are to help you out.
YORE: of long ago or former time
DALE:a valley
SOOTY: covered with
SCANTY:small
PUNGENT: having a strong taste or smell
MORSEL:small amount of food
QUALM: worry or fear
GOUT:disease
APOPLEXY: unconsciousness or stroke
PALING:wooden fence
REALM: kingdom
AZURE:bright blue
LEISURE: free time
PARAMOUR:a lover
PLUME:a soft feather
SOW:seed
DAMSEL:a young unmarried women
FELICITY:intense happiness
BEFELL:of something bad happen to someone
PERCH: branch
AGHAST:shocked
AILING:poor health
ALAS:pitty or concern
FIE: outraged
HAUGHTY: arrogant superior
ABUNDANT: large quanties
BILE: anger or aid fluid
WOE: great sorrow or distress
PERIL:immediate danger
CHOLER: anger
HIE:go quickly
TARRY:of, like, or covered with tar/
APOTHECARY : a person who sells medicine and drugs
CHOLERIC:bad tempered
ASCENT:a climb to a hill or mountain
FOURPENCE: coin that equals to four pennies
TERTIAN: Malaria
AGUE:illness that causes a fever
BANE: annoyance
LAUREL:shrubs
FUMITORY:plants
CENTAURY:plants
LORE:stories
CONGREGATED:gather into a crowd
OVERWROUGHT:anxiety
SLAIN:past participle of slay.
DUNG: exctrement of animals; manure
PITEOUS: arousing pity
LOATHSOME:causing hatred
ABOMINABLE: causing moral revulsion
ABIDE:accepted
DECREED: order
JAPES:jokes
BADE:past of bid
AVAIL: use
MIRTH:amusement
TRODDEN:past of tread
SOLACE: comfort
INDITE: write
INIQUITOUS: unfair
DISCRETION: caution
SHIRE:a county in England
BENEFICE:apermenate church appointment
SUBTLETY:state of being subtle
RAVISHED: seized
BORE: puncture
ESCHEWED: avoid using
LAMENTATION:weeping
SLEW:turn violently
PLIGHT: dangerous situation
CONFLAGRATION: extensive fire
STAVES: vertical wooden post
FLEMING: anative of flanders
CHURLS: impolite and mean spirited person
PESTILENCE: fatal disease
INVEIGLE:persuaded by flattery
FRIVOLITY:lack of seriousness
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
NETVIBE
Net-vibe:
I have a section for hair styles, nails, make up, cosmetology schools, and cosmetology scholarships. I have a couple gadgets those are the weather and the news
I have a section for hair styles, nails, make up, cosmetology schools, and cosmetology scholarships. I have a couple gadgets those are the weather and the news
What A Character
A fictional character that made an impression on me was Sammy from Before I Fall. I think what made her memorable was how different or how much she changes throughout the novel. She is a dynamic character. Also a round character which are basically the same thing.
Do You Doodle??!!
These were done in class while doing an online chat Amanda Lyons 9-25. She was talking about how doodling is a way of learning. Which i think she is right. It helps you remember things better. The thing is it is actually really hard drawing pictures for every word then just drawing or doodling the word. As a kid we are told to NOT to doodle while we are in class they want us to pay attention. But drawing actually stimulates your brain. Next time a teacher tells you to knock it off and pay attention politely say why not this helps me learn in a different way.
Character study 3
Characters
- Head honcho that owns a club
- a pimp that works for the head honcho
- a dancer
- accountant
- stoner
- fairy
East/West
- eeee eeeeeeeee
- Fudge
- Torque
Connections
- head honcho gathers all these characters/people up to rob banks. They all have different backgrounds and reasons why they need the money.
- The dancer and stoner are sisters that have the same baby daddy. His name is eeee eeeeeeeee.
- The accountant works with fudge. They are the inside job.
- Torque is the get away job.
Meet-up and
Departure
- All these characters come together by the pimp and take a journey on robbing banks one for each character. And the head honcho gets a little greedy and goes for the final take at the National Bank.
- We introduce each character with a small story why they are doing this and what their skills are.
- Each characters gets a bank the rest help rob it.
- First are the sisters who go crazy after they get their money and eeee eeeeeeee gets murdered by them.
- The accountant kills fudge after he does his job and takes the money away from his share that we promised him. Split between everybody.
- Torque is just a good friend of the pimp that is the get away driver.
Character study 2
My group includes a fairy, hit man, hooker, a someone, a girl.
Every character has a different skill that helps the gang out. Everyone is essential to the group. Our objective is to kill everyone on our hit list. To kill all the people that know to much on the RHS campus. To become the top students of the class.
Every character has a different skill that helps the gang out. Everyone is essential to the group. Our objective is to kill everyone on our hit list. To kill all the people that know to much on the RHS campus. To become the top students of the class.
Character Study 1
Figured out who was all in our group. Which are Hayley Fouratt, Vanessa Pallida, Miara Gomez, Teanna Silveira, Chase Uriarte, and of course me (Ashley Chantry).
Studying for Mid-terms
adumbrate: report or represent in outline.
° I have to write my essay in adumbrate form.
apotheosis: highest point in the development of something.
° The climax is an example of apotheosis.
ascetic- a characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline.
° Boot camp is an example of ascetic.
bauble- a small, showy trinket or decoration.
° My key chain has bauble on it.
beguile- help time pass pleasantly.
° Playing candy crush beguile when I'm waiting to see the doctor.
burgeon- begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
°Once the rose received some water they burgeon.
complement- a thing that completes or brings to perfection.
° The cherry complements the banana split.
contumacious- stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
° There are some people who are contumacious.
curmudgeon- a bad tempered or surly person.
° My mom has a curmudgeon.
didactic- intended to teach.
° The new teacher didactic.
disingenuous- not candid or sincere.
° Jandie was disingenuous about my grandparents death.
exculpate- show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing.
°The child exculpate to his parents.
faux pas- an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in social situation.
° A lot of children face faux pas.
fulminate- express vehement protest.
° A lot of people fulminate about closed campus.
fustian- pompous or pretentious speech or writing.
°Dr. Preston does a fustian everyday.
hauteur- disdainful pride.
° Some people have too much hauteur.
inhibit- restrain or prevent.
°My parent try to inhibit for me to make bad choices.
jeremiad- a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes.
° My neighbors jeremiad to the police because we like to park on our lawns.
opportunist- a person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans.
°Dr. Preston is an opportunist.
unconscionable- not right or reasonable.
°It is unconscionable to be rude to someone else.
ACCOUTREMENTS: Addition item of dress or equipment.
- The professional soccer player was missing part of her ACCOUTREMENTS.
APOGEE: Highest point; climax.
- The APOGEE is the best part in the movies and the book.
APROPOS: Reference to concerning.
- The doctor was APROPOS to the patient because he had some bad news.
BICKER: Argue about petty trivial matter.
- The Chumash casino BICKER to the government.
COALESCE: Come together.
- Everyone had to COALESCE to work on their final project.
CONTRETEMPS: Unexpected occurrence.
- We had plans to go to the water park but a CONTRETEMPS had happen which ruined our plans.
CONVOLUTION: coil or twist.
- The hose was all CONVOLUTION.
CULL: Select from a large quantity.
- The little girl was CULL to go up on stage and sing along.
DISPARATE: Essentially different in kind.
- Some people are more DISPARATE then others.
DOGMATIC: inclined to lay down principles as in controvertibly true/
- Polices officers are people who DOGMATIC others.
LICENTIOUS: quality of being lewd and lascivious.
METE: dispense or a lot justice a punishment harsh treatment.
- If you break the law you suffer METE.
NOXIOUS: harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant strong verbal or written attack.
- There are a lot of warning signs for NOXIOUS products to keep away from.
POLEMIC: on someone or something.
- I saw the spider POLEMIC from a far.
POPULOUS: having large population.
- Santa Marie is starting to be POPULOUS.
PROBITY: moral principles.
- Most people have PROBITY.
REPARTEE: witty comments or replies.
- The teacher said something REPARTEE to a student who was late.
SUPERVENE: event that typically in such away as to change the situation.
- The rain SUPERVENE for us to go to the water slides.
TRUNCATE: shorten(something) by cutting off the top or the end.
- I asked my grandma to TRUNCATE my pants because I am really short.
UNIMPEACHABLE: entirely trust worthy.
- My best friend LaNaya is UNIMPEACHABLE.
apostate: a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.
- Hitler killed a lot of Jews for their APOSTATE.
effusive: expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.
- I am EFFUSIVE after this vocab test. impasse: a situation in which no progress is possible, esp. because of disagreement; a deadlock.
- Sometimes there are IMPASSE.
euphoria: a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- I was EUPHORIA when I passed my drivers test.
lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal.
- My boyfriend can always tell when I am LUGUBRIOUS.
bravado: a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.
- The girl was BRAVADO when she went on stage to preform.
consensus: general agreement.
- My parents had CONSENSUS about my living arrangements.
dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
- The teacher told the students to tell the DICHOTOMY between the characters in the story.
constrict: make narrower, esp. by encircling pressure.
- The workers had to start all over to CONSTRICT the hall ways at school.
Gothic: of or in the style of architecture prevalent in western Europe in the 12th–16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses, together with large windows and elaborate tracery.
-They're some people who represent GOTHIC.
punctilio: a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure.
-My mom had to do PUNCTILIO on early Monday morning.
metamorphosis: (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
- The worm goes through METAMORPHOSIS when it changes to a butterfly.
raconteur: a person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.
- One of our subs was raconteur.
sine qua non: an essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary.
- When you have asthma an inhaler is SINE QUA NON.
quixotic: exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
- Most movies are QUIXOTIC.
vendetta: a blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance on the murderer or the murderer's family.
- VENDETTA was the main problem in Romeo and Juliet.
non sequitur: a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.
- I cant stand when people NON SEQUITUR.
mystique: a fascinating aura of mystery, awe, and power surrounding someone or something.
- Old antique stores always have MYSTIQUE things.
quagmire: a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.
- Swamps are known for QUAGMIRE.
parlous: full of danger or uncertainty; precarious.
- I always get a rush when I do stuff that are PARLOUS.
Accolade- an award or privilege.
° I have to write my essay in adumbrate form.
apotheosis: highest point in the development of something.
° The climax is an example of apotheosis.
ascetic- a characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline.
° Boot camp is an example of ascetic.
bauble- a small, showy trinket or decoration.
° My key chain has bauble on it.
beguile- help time pass pleasantly.
° Playing candy crush beguile when I'm waiting to see the doctor.
burgeon- begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
°Once the rose received some water they burgeon.
complement- a thing that completes or brings to perfection.
° The cherry complements the banana split.
contumacious- stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
° There are some people who are contumacious.
curmudgeon- a bad tempered or surly person.
° My mom has a curmudgeon.
didactic- intended to teach.
° The new teacher didactic.
disingenuous- not candid or sincere.
° Jandie was disingenuous about my grandparents death.
exculpate- show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing.
°The child exculpate to his parents.
faux pas- an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in social situation.
° A lot of children face faux pas.
fulminate- express vehement protest.
° A lot of people fulminate about closed campus.
fustian- pompous or pretentious speech or writing.
°Dr. Preston does a fustian everyday.
hauteur- disdainful pride.
° Some people have too much hauteur.
inhibit- restrain or prevent.
°My parent try to inhibit for me to make bad choices.
jeremiad- a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes.
° My neighbors jeremiad to the police because we like to park on our lawns.
opportunist- a person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans.
°Dr. Preston is an opportunist.
unconscionable- not right or reasonable.
°It is unconscionable to be rude to someone else.
ACCOUTREMENTS: Addition item of dress or equipment.
- The professional soccer player was missing part of her ACCOUTREMENTS.
APOGEE: Highest point; climax.
- The APOGEE is the best part in the movies and the book.
APROPOS: Reference to concerning.
- The doctor was APROPOS to the patient because he had some bad news.
BICKER: Argue about petty trivial matter.
- The Chumash casino BICKER to the government.
COALESCE: Come together.
- Everyone had to COALESCE to work on their final project.
CONTRETEMPS: Unexpected occurrence.
- We had plans to go to the water park but a CONTRETEMPS had happen which ruined our plans.
CONVOLUTION: coil or twist.
- The hose was all CONVOLUTION.
CULL: Select from a large quantity.
- The little girl was CULL to go up on stage and sing along.
DISPARATE: Essentially different in kind.
- Some people are more DISPARATE then others.
DOGMATIC: inclined to lay down principles as in controvertibly true/
- Polices officers are people who DOGMATIC others.
LICENTIOUS: quality of being lewd and lascivious.
METE: dispense or a lot justice a punishment harsh treatment.
- If you break the law you suffer METE.
NOXIOUS: harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant strong verbal or written attack.
- There are a lot of warning signs for NOXIOUS products to keep away from.
POLEMIC: on someone or something.
- I saw the spider POLEMIC from a far.
POPULOUS: having large population.
- Santa Marie is starting to be POPULOUS.
PROBITY: moral principles.
- Most people have PROBITY.
REPARTEE: witty comments or replies.
- The teacher said something REPARTEE to a student who was late.
SUPERVENE: event that typically in such away as to change the situation.
- The rain SUPERVENE for us to go to the water slides.
TRUNCATE: shorten(something) by cutting off the top or the end.
- I asked my grandma to TRUNCATE my pants because I am really short.
UNIMPEACHABLE: entirely trust worthy.
- My best friend LaNaya is UNIMPEACHABLE.
apostate: a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.
- Hitler killed a lot of Jews for their APOSTATE.
effusive: expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.
- I am EFFUSIVE after this vocab test. impasse: a situation in which no progress is possible, esp. because of disagreement; a deadlock.
- Sometimes there are IMPASSE.
euphoria: a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- I was EUPHORIA when I passed my drivers test.
lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal.
- My boyfriend can always tell when I am LUGUBRIOUS.
bravado: a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.
- The girl was BRAVADO when she went on stage to preform.
consensus: general agreement.
- My parents had CONSENSUS about my living arrangements.
dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
- The teacher told the students to tell the DICHOTOMY between the characters in the story.
constrict: make narrower, esp. by encircling pressure.
- The workers had to start all over to CONSTRICT the hall ways at school.
Gothic: of or in the style of architecture prevalent in western Europe in the 12th–16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses, together with large windows and elaborate tracery.
-They're some people who represent GOTHIC.
punctilio: a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure.
-My mom had to do PUNCTILIO on early Monday morning.
metamorphosis: (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
- The worm goes through METAMORPHOSIS when it changes to a butterfly.
raconteur: a person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.
- One of our subs was raconteur.
sine qua non: an essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary.
- When you have asthma an inhaler is SINE QUA NON.
quixotic: exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
- Most movies are QUIXOTIC.
vendetta: a blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance on the murderer or the murderer's family.
- VENDETTA was the main problem in Romeo and Juliet.
non sequitur: a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.
- I cant stand when people NON SEQUITUR.
mystique: a fascinating aura of mystery, awe, and power surrounding someone or something.
- Old antique stores always have MYSTIQUE things.
quagmire: a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.
- Swamps are known for QUAGMIRE.
parlous: full of danger or uncertainty; precarious.
- I always get a rush when I do stuff that are PARLOUS.
Accolade- an award or privilege.
- Last year I got an ACCOLADE for having a 3.0 and higher GPA.
Acerbity- sharp.
-My mom told me the knife was ACERBITY but I didn't listen.
Attrition- action of gradually reducing in size.
- Exercising everyday was my ATTRITION to losing weight.
Bromide- unoriginal remark or idea.
- Mostly everything is BROMIDE.
Chauvinists- a person who believes one gender is superior to the other.
-I know some guys who they think they are CHAUVINISTS.
Chronic- constant.
Chronic- constant.
- My mom was CHRONICALLY yelling at me about everything.
Expound- to explain or interpret.
Expound- to explain or interpret.
- Dr. Preston does a good job at EXPOUND when you don't understand something.
Factionalism- relating or belonging to a faction.
Immaculate- perfectly clean or neat.
Immaculate- perfectly clean or neat.
- My friend is OCD and everything has to be IMMACULATE to her.
Imprecation- a spoken curse.
Imprecation- a spoken curse.
- In the movie the Mummy there is an IMPRECATION.
Ineluctable- unable to be avoided.
Ineluctable- unable to be avoided.
- When your in trouble you know its INELUCTABLE to avoid your parents.
Mercurial- sudden change in mood or mind.
Mercurial- sudden change in mood or mind.
- I am bi-polar so I am MERCURIAL.
Palliate- make less severe.
Palliate- make less severe.
- There are safety equipment for sports so it is PALLIATE.
Resplendent- impressively colorful.
Resplendent- impressively colorful.
- The rainbow is REPLENDENT.
Stigmatize-regard as worthy of disgrace.
Sub Rosa- confidently, secretly.
Stigmatize-regard as worthy of disgrace.
Sub Rosa- confidently, secretly.
- A lot of people are SUB ROSA about their life.
Vainglory- excessive vanity.
Vestige- trace or visible evidence.
Vainglory- excessive vanity.
Vestige- trace or visible evidence.
-At a crime scene investigators look for VESTIGE.
Volition- power of using one's will.
Volition- power of using one's will.
- Some times I use my dad's VOLITION against my mom's.
obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
beatitude: supreme blessedness.
bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
bode: be an omen of a particular outcome.
dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.
ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches.
fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, esp. to an excessive degree.
fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant.
gargantuan: enormous
heyday: the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.
incubus: a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
lagniappe: something given as a bonus or extra gift.
prolix: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
protege: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.
sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the other in succession ).
truckle: a small barrel-shaped cheese, esp. cheddar.
obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
beatitude: supreme blessedness.
bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
bode: be an omen of a particular outcome.
dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.
ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches.
fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, esp. to an excessive degree.
fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant.
gargantuan: enormous
heyday: the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.
incubus: a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
lagniappe: something given as a bonus or extra gift.
prolix: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
protege: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.
sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the other in succession ).
truckle: a small barrel-shaped cheese, esp. cheddar.
Why this book??
Why this book? Well i chose this book because i love the author. My last lit analysis book was by the same author. With her books i can't seem to put down the book. That is the only way i am able to read books.
NOTES 9-18
THESIS- statement of an argument that you tend to prove.
*Makes a differences thoughtful essay and simple retelling of facts.
*Gives an idea of a structure. There is a frame around it.
*It goes at the end of the first paragraph.
*The thesis is like the engine of a car. It should drive the essay.
*Should be contestable- Reader should understand it right away.
*Should be specific and focused.
*Your thesis should be something that you have evidence about also flexible.
*Do a pre write.
*It should be a map and help them to look for throughout
*Avoid first person.
*Passed the so what test.
4 TEST TO KNOW YOU HAVE A GOOD THESIS
*Does the thesis include(address) all parts of the questions.
*A reasonable reader respond to it as duh or so what.
*Does it avoid generally phrasing such words like all such etc.
*Does it lead the reader toward the topic sentence.
Vocab 6
Accolade- an award or privilege.
- Last year I got an ACCOLADE for having a 3.0 and higher GPA.
Acerbity- sharp.
-My mom told me the knife was ACERBITY but I didn't listen.
Attrition- action of gradually reducing in size.
- Exercising everyday was my ATTRITION to losing weight.
Bromide- unoriginal remark or idea.
- Mostly everything is BROMIDE.
Chauvinists- a person who believes one gender is superior to the other.
-I know some guys who they think they are CHAUVINISTS.
Chronic- constant.
Chronic- constant.
- My mom was CHRONICALLY yelling at me about everything.
Expound- to explain or interpret.
Expound- to explain or interpret.
- Dr. Preston does a good job at EXPOUND when you don't understand something.
Factionalism- relating or belonging to a faction.
Immaculate- perfectly clean or neat.
Immaculate- perfectly clean or neat.
- My friend is OCD and everything has to be IMMACULATE to her.
Imprecation- a spoken curse.
Imprecation- a spoken curse.
- In the movie the Mummy there is an IMPRECATION.
Ineluctable- unable to be avoided.
Ineluctable- unable to be avoided.
- When your in trouble you know its INELUCTABLE to avoid your parents.
Mercurial- sudden change in mood or mind.
Mercurial- sudden change in mood or mind.
- I am bi-polar so I am MERCURIAL.
Palliate- make less severe.
Palliate- make less severe.
- There are safety equipment for sports so it is PALLIATE.
Resplendent- impressively colorful.
Resplendent- impressively colorful.
- The rainbow is REPLENDENT.
Stigmatize-regard as worthy of disgrace.
Sub Rosa- confidently, secretly.
Stigmatize-regard as worthy of disgrace.
Sub Rosa- confidently, secretly.
- A lot of people are SUB ROSA about their life.
Vainglory- excessive vanity.
Vestige- trace or visible evidence.
Vainglory- excessive vanity.
Vestige- trace or visible evidence.
-At a crime scene investigators look for VESTIGE.
Volition- power of using one's will.
Volition- power of using one's will.
- Some times I use my dad's VOLITION against my mom's.
obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
beatitude: supreme blessedness.
bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
bode: be an omen of a particular outcome.
dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.
ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches.
fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, esp. to an excessive degree.
fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant.
gargantuan: enormous
heyday: the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.
incubus: a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
lagniappe: something given as a bonus or extra gift.
prolix: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
protege: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.
sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the other in succession ).
truckle: a small barrel-shaped cheese, esp. cheddar.
obsequious: obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
beatitude: supreme blessedness.
bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
bode: be an omen of a particular outcome.
dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.
ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches.
fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, esp. to an excessive degree.
fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant.
gargantuan: enormous
heyday: the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.
incubus: a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
lagniappe: something given as a bonus or extra gift.
prolix: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
protege: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.
sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the other in succession ).
truckle: a small barrel-shaped cheese, esp. cheddar.
#1 Lit Analysis "Before I Fall'
1. My first Literature Analysis book was, "Before I Fall" by Lauren Oliver. This book is basically about a girl named Sammy who she and her friends are the most popular girls in their school. Which meant they weren't always nice to others. They go to a party where they were drinking and driving. But when Sammy wakes up supposedly the next day. She finds out that she had to relive the same day over and over again until she does the right thing.
2.The theme of this novel is that don't take life for granted and make that right choices because you never know what is going to happen.
3.IRRITATED pg 31
After class Kent catches up with me.
"So?" he says. "What did you think?" "Of what?" I say to irritate him.
JOYFUL pg 56
We listened to Dr. Dre and Tupac, and then we blast, "Baby got back" and all sing along.
FEELING SINCERE pg 66
Steve is steadying her with one arm to keep her on her feet, but having a conversation with Liz Hummer like Elody isn't even there, much less rubbing on him.
4.
EXTERNAL CONFLICT: character struggles against some outside forces.
(page 80)
Suddenly the car is flipping off the road and into the black mouth of the woods. This shows an external conflict because it is a problem that she goes through physically.
INTERNAL CONFLICT: takes place within a characters mind.
(page 83)
"Sammy! Mommy says you have to get up." "Its Saturday," I say, I have no idea how i got home last night. I have no idea what happened to Lindsay or Elody or Ally, and just thinking about it makes me sick. See this shows internal conflict because she thought it was the day after her accident but really she woke up and has to relive the same day.
PROTAGONIST: the main character in a work of literature.
(page 9)
"I'm coming!" I shouted back even though she can see me pushing out the front door, trying to put on my coat and wrestle my binder into my bag at the same time.
STATIC CHARACTER: one who does not change much in the coarse of a work.
(page 46)
"Ooo scandal," Lindsay says raising her eyebrows, although it's really only half scandal.
(page 109)
"This better not screw with my paint job," Lindsay says as a branch scrapes along the passenger door with the sound of a nail dragging against a chalk board. These statements from these pages show how Lindsay has not changed at all between those pages and the through the rest of the book. She is snobby and think she is better then everyone.
DYNAMIC CHARACTER: changes as a result of the story's events.
(page 10)
She looks me over once as she pulls out of my drive way "Nice skirt." "You too."
(page 184)
"Whoa," Lindsay says, when i slide into the car 15 minutes later. "Is there a job opening in the red-light district i don't know about?"
As you can see Sammy has changed through out the novel. Her attitude and the way she carries herself changes throughout the story.
MOTIVATION: any forces that drives or moves the character to behave in a particular way.
Sammy reliving the same day over and over again makes her want to a better person.
(page 382)
"I know we haven't always been nice to you or whatever. And i really feel bad about it- i do."
(page 80)
Suddenly the car is flipping off the road into the black mouth of the woods.
This event drives Sammy to change and make things right.
THEME: the truth about life revealed in a work of literature
(page 80)
Suddenly the car is flipping off the road into the black mouth of the woods.
The theme of this novel is don't take life for granted you never know when your life is going to end. Also make the right choices where when you look back and you don't regret anything.
SETTING:the time and place in which the events of a work of literature take place.
(page 33)
There is one new text from Lindsay, PARTY @ KENT McFREAKY'S 2NITE. IN?
This shows what part of the day the party takes place also who's house it is at.
POINT OF VIEW: the vantage point at which a story is told.
(page 32)
"I. . .I think i have the flu or something." I know i look like crap so it should be believable.
As you can tell from the text it is in the first person, by the author using "I".
RESOLUTION: when the character problem are solved and the story ends.
(page 369)
Besides the is the first day of my new beginning. From now on I'm going to do things right. I'm going to be a different person a good person.
1. DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION: character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases or epithets.
(page 15)
"Nipply outside," when Lindsay says when Elody slides into the the car. As usual she's wearing a thin leather jacket, even though the weather reports said the high would be in the mid-twenties.
(page 93)
Everything is the same: Eileen Cho squealing over her rose in first period and Samara Phillips leaning over and crooning.
INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION: the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions appearance etc.
(page 16)
She lost her virginity sophomore year and already had sex with two different guys.
(page 96)
"We should sue for copy right infringement can you imagine? Twenty bucks for every time somebody bites our style. We'd be rolling in it." She giggles.
2. Yes the author syntax's changes when she focuses on each character. When each character talks they their own style/personality.
3. The protagonist is a round or dynamic character. This is because she changes throughout the whole story.
4. I actually really enjoyed this book i didn't want to put it down. I was also up set that it ended.
EXTERNAL CONFLICT: character struggles against some outside forces.
(page 80)
Suddenly the car is flipping off the road and into the black mouth of the woods. This shows an external conflict because it is a problem that she goes through physically.
INTERNAL CONFLICT: takes place within a characters mind.
(page 83)
"Sammy! Mommy says you have to get up." "Its Saturday," I say, I have no idea how i got home last night. I have no idea what happened to Lindsay or Elody or Ally, and just thinking about it makes me sick. See this shows internal conflict because she thought it was the day after her accident but really she woke up and has to relive the same day.
PROTAGONIST: the main character in a work of literature.
(page 9)
"I'm coming!" I shouted back even though she can see me pushing out the front door, trying to put on my coat and wrestle my binder into my bag at the same time.
STATIC CHARACTER: one who does not change much in the coarse of a work.
(page 46)
"Ooo scandal," Lindsay says raising her eyebrows, although it's really only half scandal.
(page 109)
"This better not screw with my paint job," Lindsay says as a branch scrapes along the passenger door with the sound of a nail dragging against a chalk board. These statements from these pages show how Lindsay has not changed at all between those pages and the through the rest of the book. She is snobby and think she is better then everyone.
DYNAMIC CHARACTER: changes as a result of the story's events.
(page 10)
She looks me over once as she pulls out of my drive way "Nice skirt." "You too."
(page 184)
"Whoa," Lindsay says, when i slide into the car 15 minutes later. "Is there a job opening in the red-light district i don't know about?"
As you can see Sammy has changed through out the novel. Her attitude and the way she carries herself changes throughout the story.
MOTIVATION: any forces that drives or moves the character to behave in a particular way.
Sammy reliving the same day over and over again makes her want to a better person.
(page 382)
"I know we haven't always been nice to you or whatever. And i really feel bad about it- i do."
(page 80)
Suddenly the car is flipping off the road into the black mouth of the woods.
This event drives Sammy to change and make things right.
THEME: the truth about life revealed in a work of literature
(page 80)
Suddenly the car is flipping off the road into the black mouth of the woods.
The theme of this novel is don't take life for granted you never know when your life is going to end. Also make the right choices where when you look back and you don't regret anything.
SETTING:the time and place in which the events of a work of literature take place.
(page 33)
There is one new text from Lindsay, PARTY @ KENT McFREAKY'S 2NITE. IN?
This shows what part of the day the party takes place also who's house it is at.
POINT OF VIEW: the vantage point at which a story is told.
(page 32)
"I. . .I think i have the flu or something." I know i look like crap so it should be believable.
As you can tell from the text it is in the first person, by the author using "I".
RESOLUTION: when the character problem are solved and the story ends.
(page 369)
Besides the is the first day of my new beginning. From now on I'm going to do things right. I'm going to be a different person a good person.
1. DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION: character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases or epithets.
(page 15)
"Nipply outside," when Lindsay says when Elody slides into the the car. As usual she's wearing a thin leather jacket, even though the weather reports said the high would be in the mid-twenties.
(page 93)
Everything is the same: Eileen Cho squealing over her rose in first period and Samara Phillips leaning over and crooning.
INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION: the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions appearance etc.
(page 16)
She lost her virginity sophomore year and already had sex with two different guys.
(page 96)
"We should sue for copy right infringement can you imagine? Twenty bucks for every time somebody bites our style. We'd be rolling in it." She giggles.
2. Yes the author syntax's changes when she focuses on each character. When each character talks they their own style/personality.
3. The protagonist is a round or dynamic character. This is because she changes throughout the whole story.
4. I actually really enjoyed this book i didn't want to put it down. I was also up set that it ended.
Declaration of Learning Independence Hwk
My smart goal is to go to college to get a business degree but also attend cosmetology school. I want to own a hair/makeup and nail salon. I plan on getting this done within a couple years after i graduate from high school this year. This goal is unattainable for me because this is what i am passionate about and what i do everyday.
Declaration of Learning Independence (notes 9-16)
Specific ( literary picture in your head. clear vision.)
Measurable (an object view. Did we get there or not. Number on what your talking about.)
Attainable (cant be so easy but not so hard.)
Reinforceable (responsible you)
Timely (when is it going to happen.)
*A good goal should energize you.
Measurable (an object view. Did we get there or not. Number on what your talking about.)
Attainable (cant be so easy but not so hard.)
Reinforceable (responsible you)
Timely (when is it going to happen.)
*A good goal should energize you.
Vocab 5
obsequious: obedient or attentive to an
excessive or servile degree.
beatitude: supreme blessedness.
bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
bode: be an omen of a particular outcome.
dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.
ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches.
fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, esp. to an excessive degree.
fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant.
gargantuan: enormous
heyday: the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.
incubus: a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
lagniappe: something given as a bonus or extra gift.
prolix: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
protege: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.
sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the other in succession ).
truckle: a small barrel-shaped cheese, esp. cheddar.
beatitude: supreme blessedness.
bete noire: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
bode: be an omen of a particular outcome.
dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.
ecumenical: representing a number of different Christian churches.
fervid: intensely enthusiastic or passionate, esp. to an excessive degree.
fetid: smelling extremely unpleasant.
gargantuan: enormous
heyday: the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor.
incubus: a male demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.
infrastructure: the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
inveigle: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
lagniappe: something given as a bonus or extra gift.
prolix: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
protege: a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.
sycophant: a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the other in succession ).
truckle: a small barrel-shaped cheese, esp. cheddar.
Beowulf Notes(8-22-13)
- No one knows who wrote it.
- Beowulf is a made up idea (not a he).
- Getting information about the characterization.
- Write to your opinion comes from the way we take things.
- Beowulf isn't cocky also in the text he is not a bad guy.
*Read page 13
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Intoducing!
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
VOCAB 4
Accolade- an award or privilege.
- Last year I got an ACCOLADE for having a 3.0 and higher GPA.
Acerbity- sharp.
-My mom told me the knife was ACERBITY but I didn't listen.
Attrition- action of gradually reducing in size.
- Exercising everyday was my ATTRITION to losing weight.
Bromide- unoriginal remark or idea.
- Mostly everything is BROMIDE.
Chauvinists- a person who believes one gender is superior to the other.
-I know some guys who they think they are CHAUVINISTS.
Chronic- constant.
Chronic- constant.
- My mom was CHRONICALLY yelling at me about everything.
Expound- to explain or interpret.
Expound- to explain or interpret.
- Dr. Preston does a good job at EXPOUND when you don't understand something.
Factionalism- relating or belonging to a faction.
Immaculate- perfectly clean or neat.
Immaculate- perfectly clean or neat.
- My friend is OCD and everything has to be IMMACULATE to her.
Imprecation- a spoken curse.
Imprecation- a spoken curse.
- In the movie the Mummy there is an IMPRECATION.
Ineluctable- unable to be avoided.
Ineluctable- unable to be avoided.
- When your in trouble you know its INELUCTABLE to avoid your parents.
Mercurial- sudden change in mood or mind.
Mercurial- sudden change in mood or mind.
- I am bi-polar so I am MERCURIAL.
Palliate- make less severe.
Palliate- make less severe.
- There are safety equipment for sports so it is PALLIATE.
Resplendent- impressively colorful.
Resplendent- impressively colorful.
- The rainbow is REPLENDENT.
Stigmatize-regard as worthy of disgrace.
Sub Rosa- confidently, secretly.
Stigmatize-regard as worthy of disgrace.
Sub Rosa- confidently, secretly.
- A lot of people are SUB ROSA about their life.
Vainglory- excessive vanity.
Vestige- trace or visible evidence.
Vainglory- excessive vanity.
Vestige- trace or visible evidence.
-At a crime scene investigators look for VESTIGE.
Volition- power of using one's will.
Volition- power of using one's will.
- Some times I use my dad's VOLITION against my mom's.
WHY THIS BOOK???
MY LIT ANALYSIS BOOK!:)
I chose this book because I really enjoy reading books by this author. For some reason her books make it easier for me to actually get into the book. Where I can't put it down which I like those kind of books that are not boring.
VOCAB 3
apostate: a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.
- Hitler killed a lot of Jews for their APOSTATE.
effusive: expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.
- I am EFFUSIVE after this vocab test. impasse: a situation in which no progress is possible, esp. because of disagreement; a deadlock.
- Sometimes there are IMPASSE.
euphoria: a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- I was EUPHORIA when I passed my drivers test.
lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal.
- My boyfriend can always tell when I am LUGUBRIOUS.
bravado: a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.
- The girl was BRAVADO when she went on stage to preform.
consensus: general agreement.
- My parents had CONSENSUS about my living arrangements.
dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
- The teacher told the students to tell the DICHOTOMY between the characters in the story.
constrict: make narrower, esp. by encircling pressure.
- The workers had to start all over to CONSTRICT the hall ways at school.
Gothic: of or in the style of architecture prevalent in western Europe in the 12th–16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses, together with large windows and elaborate tracery.
-They're some people who represent GOTHIC.
punctilio: a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure.
-My mom had to do PUNCTILIO on early Monday morning.
metamorphosis: (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
- The worm goes through METAMORPHOSIS when it changes to a butterfly.
raconteur: a person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.
- One of our subs was raconteur.
sine qua non: an essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary.
- When you have asthma an inhaler is SINE QUA NON.
quixotic: exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
- Most movies are QUIXOTIC.
vendetta: a blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance on the murderer or the murderer's family.
- VENDETTA was the main problem in Romeo and Juliet.
non sequitur: a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.
- I cant stand when people NON SEQUITUR.
mystique: a fascinating aura of mystery, awe, and power surrounding someone or something.
- Old antique stores always have MYSTIQUE things.
quagmire: a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.
- Swamps are known for QUAGMIRE.
parlous: full of danger or uncertainty; precarious.
- I always get a rush when I do stuff that are PARLOUS.
- Hitler killed a lot of Jews for their APOSTATE.
effusive: expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.
- I am EFFUSIVE after this vocab test. impasse: a situation in which no progress is possible, esp. because of disagreement; a deadlock.
- Sometimes there are IMPASSE.
euphoria: a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- I was EUPHORIA when I passed my drivers test.
lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal.
- My boyfriend can always tell when I am LUGUBRIOUS.
bravado: a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.
- The girl was BRAVADO when she went on stage to preform.
consensus: general agreement.
- My parents had CONSENSUS about my living arrangements.
dichotomy: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
- The teacher told the students to tell the DICHOTOMY between the characters in the story.
constrict: make narrower, esp. by encircling pressure.
- The workers had to start all over to CONSTRICT the hall ways at school.
Gothic: of or in the style of architecture prevalent in western Europe in the 12th–16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, rib vaults, and flying buttresses, together with large windows and elaborate tracery.
-They're some people who represent GOTHIC.
punctilio: a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure.
-My mom had to do PUNCTILIO on early Monday morning.
metamorphosis: (in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
- The worm goes through METAMORPHOSIS when it changes to a butterfly.
raconteur: a person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.
- One of our subs was raconteur.
sine qua non: an essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary.
- When you have asthma an inhaler is SINE QUA NON.
quixotic: exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
- Most movies are QUIXOTIC.
vendetta: a blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance on the murderer or the murderer's family.
- VENDETTA was the main problem in Romeo and Juliet.
non sequitur: a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.
- I cant stand when people NON SEQUITUR.
mystique: a fascinating aura of mystery, awe, and power surrounding someone or something.
- Old antique stores always have MYSTIQUE things.
quagmire: a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot.
- Swamps are known for QUAGMIRE.
parlous: full of danger or uncertainty; precarious.
- I always get a rush when I do stuff that are PARLOUS.
Vocab 2
ACCOUTREMENTS: Addition item of dress or equipment.
- The professional soccer player was missing part of her ACCOUTREMENTS.
APOGEE: Highest point; climax.
- The APOGEE is the best part in the movies and the book.
APROPOS: Reference to concerning.
- The doctor was APROPOS to the patient because he had some bad news.
BICKER: Argue about petty trivial matter.
- The Chumash casino BICKER to the government.
COALESCE: Come together.
- Everyone had to COALESCE to work on their final project.
CONTRETEMPS: Unexpected occurrence.
- We had plans to go to the water park but a CONTRETEMPS had happen which ruined our plans.
CONVOLUTION: coil or twist.
- The hose was all CONVOLUTION.
CULL: Select from a large quantity.
- The little girl was CULL to go up on stage and sing along.
DISPARATE: Essentially different in kind.
- Some people are more DISPARATE then others.
DOGMATIC: inclined to lay down principles as in controvertibly true/
- Polices officers are people who DOGMATIC others.
LICENTIOUS: quality of being lewd and lascivious.
METE: dispense or a lot justice a punishment harsh treatment.
- If you break the law you suffer METE.
NOXIOUS: harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant strong verbal or written attack.
- There are a lot of warning signs for NOXIOUS products to keep away from.
POLEMIC: on someone or something.
- I saw the spider POLEMIC from a far.
POPULOUS: having large population.
- Santa Marie is starting to be POPULOUS.
PROBITY: moral principles.
- Most people have PROBITY.
REPARTEE: witty comments or replies.
- The teacher said something REPARTEE to a student who was late.
SUPERVENE: event that typically in such away as to change the situation.
- The rain SUPERVENE for us to go to the water slides.
TRUNCATE: shorten(something) by cutting off the top or the end.
- I asked my grandma to TRUNCATE my pants because I am really short.
UNIMPEACHABLE: entirely trust worthy.
- My best friend LaNaya is UNIMPEACHABLE.
- The professional soccer player was missing part of her ACCOUTREMENTS.
APOGEE: Highest point; climax.
- The APOGEE is the best part in the movies and the book.
APROPOS: Reference to concerning.
- The doctor was APROPOS to the patient because he had some bad news.
BICKER: Argue about petty trivial matter.
- The Chumash casino BICKER to the government.
COALESCE: Come together.
- Everyone had to COALESCE to work on their final project.
CONTRETEMPS: Unexpected occurrence.
- We had plans to go to the water park but a CONTRETEMPS had happen which ruined our plans.
CONVOLUTION: coil or twist.
- The hose was all CONVOLUTION.
CULL: Select from a large quantity.
- The little girl was CULL to go up on stage and sing along.
DISPARATE: Essentially different in kind.
- Some people are more DISPARATE then others.
DOGMATIC: inclined to lay down principles as in controvertibly true/
- Polices officers are people who DOGMATIC others.
LICENTIOUS: quality of being lewd and lascivious.
METE: dispense or a lot justice a punishment harsh treatment.
- If you break the law you suffer METE.
NOXIOUS: harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant strong verbal or written attack.
- There are a lot of warning signs for NOXIOUS products to keep away from.
POLEMIC: on someone or something.
- I saw the spider POLEMIC from a far.
POPULOUS: having large population.
- Santa Marie is starting to be POPULOUS.
PROBITY: moral principles.
- Most people have PROBITY.
REPARTEE: witty comments or replies.
- The teacher said something REPARTEE to a student who was late.
SUPERVENE: event that typically in such away as to change the situation.
- The rain SUPERVENE for us to go to the water slides.
TRUNCATE: shorten(something) by cutting off the top or the end.
- I asked my grandma to TRUNCATE my pants because I am really short.
UNIMPEACHABLE: entirely trust worthy.
- My best friend LaNaya is UNIMPEACHABLE.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Reflection on the 1st week
My reflection on the first week brought back some memories. I had you as my English teacher last year. The first week I had you as a different class. Then I switched into your AP class which I'm really trying to catch up in.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Poetry #1
1. Charles Bukowski
2. The poem is ironic because its about to live life to the fullest but they used as a commercial for a brand.
3. I think the poem reflects on his life. He is talking about his life in the poem. I think his reputation is good from writing this poem.
4. I had it on my old blog.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Vocab 1
adumbrate: report or represent in outline.
° I have to write my essay in adumbrate form.
apotheosis: highest point in the development of something.
° The climax is an example of apotheosis.
ascetic- a characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline.
° Boot camp is an example of ascetic.
bauble- a small, showy trinket or decoration.
° My key chain has bauble on it.
beguile- help time pass pleasantly.
° Playing candy crush beguile when I'm waiting to see the doctor.
burgeon- begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
°Once the rose received some water they burgeon.
complement- a thing that completes or brings to perfection.
° The cherry complements the banana split.
contumacious- stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
° There are some people who are contumacious.
curmudgeon- a bad tempered or surly person.
° My mom has a curmudgeon.
didactic- intended to teach.
° The new teacher didactic.
disingenuous- not candid or sincere.
° Jandie was disingenuous about my grandparents death.
exculpate- show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing.
°The child exculpate to his parents.
faux pas- an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in social situation.
° A lot of children face faux pas.
fulminate- express vehement protest.
° A lot of people fulminate about closed campus.
fustian- pompous or pretentious speech or writing.
°Dr. Preston does a fustian everyday.
hauteur- disdainful pride.
° Some people have too much hauteur.
inhibit- restrain or prevent.
°My parent try to inhibit for me to make bad choices.
jeremiad- a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes.
° My neighbors jeremiad to the police because we like to park on our lawns.
opportunist- a person who exploits circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans.
°Dr. Preston is an opportunist.
unconscionable- not right or reasonable.
°It is unconscionable to be rude to someone else.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
My Big Questions??
My big question is why when we are little we want to rush and grow up so fast, but when we are older we look back and wish we could do it all over again. I remember when I was younger I would try to act older then I really was. These days I'm 18 and going to graduate high school this year. I look back on my life and wish I could go back and be little again just to have no worries and be wild and crazy.
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