Vocabulary list # 10

Pedagogue: Teacher
Cavernous: being, Resembling, or suggestive of a cavern
Tête-à-tête:
Suffice: to be enough
Amorous: incline to or expressing sexual love

The Big Question

My big question that eats me up that I don't know the answer to is will I stick with going to college and become a physical therapist? I'm pretty hard headed and stubborn about my career, I just hope my hard headedness and stubbornness to stick with it. It scares me that I'm getting so close to starting college. I just want to stick to it and try to be prepared for what I'm getting myself into.

Novel writing

 the novel I am editing for Te
ana is at http://tsilveiraengcomplit.blogspot.com/

bosom:  the breast
prudently:wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober
Inveterate: confirmed in habit, feeling, etc
propensity: inclination or tendency
repose: rest or sleep
stripling: youth
sequester:  to remove or withdraw into solitude
purport: to claim
imbibed: to drink
apparition:ghost
incessant: not ceasing

cognomen:any name, esp. a nickname
Reverie:daydream
gambol:to skip about playfully
spectre: ghost
tarry:. to stay

[Hessian]:of or pertaining to the state of Hesse or its inhabitants, Hessian mercenary used by England during the American Revolution

Words I Didn't Know in "Sleepy Hollow"

1. rural
2. Inveterate
3. Tranquility
4.  Stripling
5.  Reverberated
6.  Hessian Trooper
7.  Propensity
8.  Spectre
9.  Embosomed
10.  Lank
11.  Cognomen
12.  Torrent
13.  Vicinity
14.  Formidable
15.  Potentates
16.  Ingeniously
17.  Incessant
18.  Abode
19.  Reverie
20.  Prolonged
21.  Eeplot
22. Gambol

These are the words from the story I didn't quite get I shall look up the definitions tomorrow.

vocab #8

 flout: to openly disregard 
caveat: a notice or warning
blazon: to proclaim widely
filch: to steal casually 
fractious: bad tempered; easily irritated
equitable: fair or impartial
autonomy: self governing
addendum: in addition
amnesty: forgiveness for a pass offense
axiomatic: self-evident; unquestionable
extricate: free from constraint or difficulty
soporific: medicine inducing sleep
scathing: critical or scornful.
unwieldy: diffucult to carry or move because of size.
vapid: boring; not stimulating or challenging 
prognosticate: foretell a future event
sepulchral: gloomy or dismal
salutary: positive effect; beneficial
straitlaced: exaggeratedly proper
scourge: a whipped used as punishment

precept: A rule used to regulate.
transient: impermanent

Remix on Emerson

 Found this video on youtube and it's the best one i've seen so far. I love the examples, it demonstrated what Emerson was talking about perfectly. I hope everyone likes it! I'm sorry its late! I didn't fully understand the project until today.

presidential fallacies debate

• tu quoque-Romney said he was targetting alkiata now its targetting russia, focous on middle east terrorism; Obama
• argumentum ad numerum- troops in midde east for security in lybia : Romney
• post hac ergo propter hoc- guns for security: Obama
• argumentum ad hominem- sending troops to syberia; "idea is not bright" :Obama
• nauralistic fallacies- enviornent, healthy air,oil, coal, 12 million new jobs :Romney, Obama
• argumentum ad antiquitatum- military has always been that way, we dont need it: Obama

Vocabulary #7

1)ad infinitum-endless, without limit
2)apportion-to distribute proportional
3)bona fide-made, done, presented, true
4)buoyant-tending to float
5)clique-a small exclusive group of people
6)concede-to acknowledge as true
7)congenial-agreeable, suitable, pleasing in nature or charact
8)lofty-extended high in the air
9)migration-the process or act of migrating
10)perceive-to recognize, envision, or understand
11)perverse-intentionally determined
12)prelude-to go forward in an act of action
13)rancid-having an unpleasant smell or taste.
14)rustic-unsophisticated, rude, and artless
15)sever-to seperate from the whole
16)sordid-dirty, filthy, and meanly
17)untenable-incapable of being defended.
18)versatile-having or capable of many uses
19)vindicate-to upload or justify by argument
20)wane-a gradual decrease or decline in strength

Revision strategy

In my essays i need to be more organized. Maybe i can make a chart or do bullet note on what im going to say in my essay and have stronger example.

Translation on Thoreau

Part 1 Notes

• he went to the woods on purpose
• trying to find the nessesary facts on life to see what life has to offer
• wasn't living life to its fullest
• he wants to live
•  focous on good and not the bad
• push the negativeness out
• experience life to the edge
• wants to be enlightened
• society doesn't fight for life
• when it does they fail because they do not know how

Part 2 Translation
 He went into the wood to get out of the BS non fighting society he was living in he didn't want to be misserable all the time like the rest of them were he wanted to live his life to the fullest, on the edge. Since he started  living in nature he started living his life to the maximum. He started pushing all the negitivity out of life and started pushing in the positive. He wants to be enlightened by life. and wants society to do it to.
society doesn't fight for life. When they do they fail because they don't want to fight or they don't know how. Blow after blow to avoid fighting and their life is misserable because they wont fight.

Midterm study strategies

My study strategy is to use flash cards. I have found out in the past that flash cards are easier to remember the words easier throughout the week I will be studying all the vocab we have learned.

Dream Within A Dream

How interpreted this poem was that Poe is trying to figure out how he's going to move on from a loved one. It is not for sure if it was written about and ex girlfriend or getting over a death. I  understood it as getting over a loved on because I can relate and after reading the poem I felt myself become emotional to the poem.

Analysis Book Choice

The book I chose is "Tempted" by P.C and Kristen Cast. I Chose this book because I just love the series I seriously get addicted to it and plus I know I can read it within two to three days. I look forward to reading this book.

Research on Romanticism

              Romanticism has almost nothing to do with love their was a time in history in England and Germany had a Romantic period but was known as the "age of revolutions".  The word romantic just triggers your imagination it imagines thing that the person could only dream of which is interesting. I got this information from. WWW.academic.Brooklyn.CUNY.edu.

                Romanticism first began with fairytales in the eighteenth century by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm from Germany. WWW.public.WSU.edu

                Romanticism was defined as an aesthetic in literary criticism for art. It emerged by answering the Disillusionment of emotion and imagination. WWW.Met museum.org/toah/hd/Roma/HD_Roma.htm

Train of Thought

As I was walking alone down the street I found myself thinking about Nana and how I miss her and wish she was still here then I started stressing about her memorial this Saturday and how I haven't started her picture memory bored. Ever since she passed away I can't help but feel that void, the void where she used to fill. For those who don't know me and my relationship I had with my Nana, I was the closest to her out of all the grandkids. So it is definitely hard thinking of my life and future without her. Then I started thinking about Thursday and how the poem, that Dr. Preston is having us memorize, brought up so much emotion about missing my nana . At least it was at the end of the class because I hate crying in front of people. As second period started to begin I felt my emotions to start to become more worse and started to feel more vulnerable, so I excused myself to the bathroom and began to cry for a good ten minutes. When I went back to class my teacher understood and supported me. I was glad I had good friends in that class because they comforted me and was empathetic toward my situation. Since Thursday I found myself thinking of her and wondering how life would carry on alive, but I knew better. Its still upsetting to think of her as, I'm never going to here her voice, see her, give her hugs, and to argue with her about stupid stuff. It makes my heart ache knowing all of what I just said. It sucks.

"Levi Go Forth"

1. Levi got he poem, "Laughing Heart", from author, Charles Bukowski
2. I think it's ironic because in the commercial it makes Levi jeans sound so important even though they're not. It makes Levi sound so complicated and inspiring  even though they're not, there just simple.
3. I think it definitely reflects the author because it just shows "It might not be much light but it beats darkness" his life may not have been very happy but he knew there was light. It didn't have to be a lot as long as you know there is light.

4. I actually found this poem on a blog called just poetry, very interesting.

AHA!!!!!!!!

Aha!: in class today I had an aha moment when  Dr.Preston described to the class about the signs that are used very day that are used in code in words! Never in my mind would I have seen or heard that every word in a language is a code for something that helps us connect the dots like for example, smoke indicates  fire!  Amazing.

Goodman Brown Questions

What do you think Hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story? To be honest I'm not sure. It was definately hard story to read.

Hawthorne states that Brown's wife is "aptly named" Faith.  After reading the story, do you agree?  Does Faith's name fit her personality?  Does Brown have true faith in her?

I think Brown has faith in her and her name does fit her well because she has fifth in Brown and her religion. When I think of faith I think of perfect and innocents and faith is both of those words.

What do you think the pink ribbons signify? 

Faiths innocence because at he end she was in nothing but black clothes but she still had her pink ribbons o she till had her innocence.

Was everything Brown witnessed real, a figment of his imagination, something conjured by evil, or a dream?  Support your answer with passages from the text.

 I think it was conjured by something evil and was a warning to him.

Who do you think the old man really is?  What textual clues tell you this?

I think the old man is the devil, because he wants Brown to go against his belief.

What does the staff represent?  Do you think the staff leads Brown onward or is the primary motivator Brown's own conscience/mind?

I think the staff represents the devil and the staff is wanting him want to go through the easy road in life.

If Brown had not ventured into the forest, how would his life be different?  If he'd stayed home, would Brown still have Faith?  Would he still trust his wife and his fellow townspeople

I think he still would have trusted his wife and friends if he wouldn't of went through the Forrest and have faith.

Vocabulary list #3

Encomium- A formal expression of high praise;eulogy. 
Coherent- Logically connected; consistent. 
Belabor- To explain,worry about, or work out repeatedly or more than necessary. 
Eschew- To abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid. 
Acquisitive- Tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily. Emulate- To try to equal or excel. 
Arrogate-To attribute or assign to another. 
Banal- Devoid of freshness or originality. 
Excoriation- To strip the skin of a human or an animal. 
Congeal- To curdle; coagulate, as a fluid. 
Carping- Characterized by fussy petulant faultfinding. 
Substantiate- To establish by proof or oe competent evidence. 
Temporize- To treat or parley so as to gain time. 
Largesse- Generous bestowal of gifts. 
Tenable- Capable of being held, maintained, or defended. 
insatiable-Incapable of being satisfied or pleased. 
Reconnaissance- The act of reconnoitering. 
Germane- Obsolete. Closely related. 
Ramify- To divide or spread out into branches.

symbols in Goodman Brown

 1. Forest: Reality
2. Pink ribbons: innocence, Naive
 3. Serpent staff: a glimps to see the easy way through life
4. Old man: future brown
5.Goodman Brown: his personality
 6. Faith: faithful, trust worthy

intercede-to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition Hackneyed-made commonplace or trite; stale; banal approbation-approval; commendation innuendo-an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of a disparaging or a derogatory nature. coalition-a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc. 2. a union into one body or mass; fusion. elicit-to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: hiatus-a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, assuage-to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: decadence-the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: expostulate-to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: simulate-to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): jaded-dulled or satiated by overindulgence: umbrage-offense; annoyance; displeasure: prerogative-an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: lurid-gruesome; horrible; revolting: transcend-to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: provincial-belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: petulant-moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: unctuous-characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug. meritorious- deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy:

class discusion/ myth notes

myth- past down from generation to generation

• literature
• thought proccess
• rhetoric
• technology

arguement- to find a truth
                      THE RIGHT TO YOUR OWN OPINION ARGUEMENT CLASS DISCUSION

• arguing is a pride issue
• respect in an arguement
• parents are always right in an arguement
• ad hominem

foulicy-error;mistakes

Vocabulary Test

    This english clas is not adumbrate to other english classes. I like how Dr.Preston doesn't think of himself as an apotheosis. I beleive that Dr.Preston complements his class just right. This week he gave all of his student a bauble, or a CD, for us to download music on, so that if we do do something outstanding he will play our choice of music. I am sure that there is definately going to be students that are curmudgeon and contumaciousin in my class. I expect that this year I will have the perseverence and ascetic to ace this course. This year I don't think that Dr.Preston will beguile his class like so of the other teachers do. By taking this class I will be more burgeon at the end of this school year. I expect that my teacher will give didactic clearly so I know what to do all the time while I'm in this class.

assignment #1

    The reson for why i am taking this course is because its a requirement at the school in order to graduate on stage, but i also wanted a class that challanges me and makes me a better writer. I have a feeling that this class is going to be a tough class just from the rumours from the students on campus, but i am not going to give up. I will try my best to get an A in this class. I actually really excited for this class i like the blogging part i have never blogged before but it seems really fun and its great to try something new every once and a while. what makes me nervous the most about this course is that im not a good enough writer to get an A. I need a  good grade in this class in order to persue my goal to go to a four year university.
        my goals for this course is, of course like i said, a good grade, to develope those skills in order to become a better writer and being able to open my mind with different perspectives. In this course i expect that i will come out of this course with more knowledge in american literature, college, and in life. i think that this class would benefit me in so many ways i don't know. hopefully i get something out of this course that could help me later on in life.