Sunday, December 14, 2014
Latin Roots #7
1. duc(t), duce (to lead): conduct, reduce, education, abduct, deductive, ductile, induction, deduce, conduct
2. fed(er), fid(e) (faith, trust): federal, confidence, affidavit, infidel, bona fide, confide, confederate
3. fin(e) (end, limit): finish, confine, define, infinitesimal, affinity, infinity, finial
4. flect, flex (to bend): deflect, reflex, reflector, flexibility, genuflect, flexor
Word List
1. aqueduct: a large pipe or other conduit made to bring water from a great distance
Example: Romans used aqueducts to supply their homes with fresh water.
2. conducive: tending to lead, help, assist, or result in
Example: Absolute darkness proved more conducive to sleep rather than having the lights on.
3. definitive: completely accurate, reliable, and authoritative; decisive or conclusive
Example: The doctor said it was much too early to give a definitive diagnosis.
4. fidelity: faithfulness to one's promises or obligations; steadfast faithfulness; technological faithfulness
Example: Fidelity is extremely important in any type of relationship.
5. fiduciary: an individual who holds something in trust for another; a trustee
Example: The man's fiduciary was responsible for holding onto his most prized possessions.
6. finale: a "grand" conclusion, as of a performance; the last scene of a play
Example: The grand finale of my favorite television show had me on the edge of my seat.
7. finite: limited or bordered by time or by any measurement; measurable
Example: There was a finite amount of answers to the math problem.
8. flexuous: winding in and out; bending or wavering
Example: The road was difficult to drive on because of its flexuous form.
9. inducement: anything used or given to persuade or motivate; an incentive
Example: The child's inducement for good grades was a huge shopping spree.
10. inflection: a slight change in tone or modulation of the voice, as in a point of emphasis
Example: The inflection in her voice sent off a vibe of hurt.
11. perfidious: a characteristic of one who would intentionally betray a faith or trust; treacherous
Example: Her perfidious behavior led many to ignore her and exclude her from the group.
12. traduce: to speak falsely of; to slander or defame; to disgrace another's good name; to vilify
Example: The lawsuit was caused due to a traduce against the company's reputation.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Leopard Man Questions #9-15
He is called "Leopard Man" because he is tattooed from head to toe with leopard spots.
10. What does the author think about people with tattoos and piercings? Why does he have these opinions?
The author thinks that people with tattoos and piercings are desperate for society's attention, so they go for shock value. He is unimpressed by them. He has these opinions because he believes they have an obsession with displaying their freakishness since they are psychologically dependent others' opinions.
11. How is Leopard Man different from other tattooed and pierced people?
Leopard Man is different from other tattooed and pierced people because he doesn't do it for other people's reactions. He does it for himself.
12. Where does Leopard Man live?
Leopard Man lives in a small cabin in the Scottish wilderness.
13. According to Feys, what kind of people does society fear?
According to Feys, society fears loners (mysterious creatures who pursue their own values without seeking others' permission or permitting others to hamper them).
14. What is "The world's most common but dangerous psychological disorder? " Explain Feys' s argument in this paragraph.
Conformity can be seen as the world's most prevalent and mist pernicious psychological disorder. Feys says that it's consequences are oppression and destruction of one's self. By living in society, we are under constant pressure to change ourselves.
15. Why is Leopard Man so happy?
Leopard Man is so happy because he has seceded from society, so he is free from social pressures. He's able to be happy doing what he likes. He remarked, "As far as I'm concerned, if there is a paradise on Earth, I'm in it. You're welcome go what you've got. I'll keep this."
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Diction Handouts
2. Words & Definitions
-Opaque: not able to be seen through
-Elongated: unusually long in relation to its width.
-Phosphorescent: something glows with light without becoming hot to the touch
-Elusive: difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
-Immersed: dip or submerge in a liquid
-Cadaverous: resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony
-Ghastly: causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre
Paraphrasing the paragraph:
The side of the ship made a hazy belt of shadow on the darkling glassy shimmer of the sea. I saw at once something extended and pale floating very close to the ladder. Before i could form a guess a faint flash of shimmering light, which seemed to issue suddenly from the naked body of a man, flickered in the sleeping water with the intangible, silent play of summer lighting in a night sky. With a gasp I saw revealed to my stare a pair of feet, the long legs, a broad livid back shot right up to my neck in a greenish cadaverous glow. As he hung by the ladder, like a resting swimmer, the sea lighting played about his limbs at every stir, and he appeared in it terrible, silvery, fishlike.
3. The elevated language contributes to the tone to make it sound more formal and more mysterious. Paraphrasing the passage affects the tone in a casual way. It sounds less formal and when reading the passage, it's not as intriguing as reading elevated words since it makes it sound better.
4. 4 examples of concrete diction in the passage are:
- phosphorescent light
-opaque belt of shadow
- a board livid back immersed right up to the neck in a greenish cadaverous glow.
- a headless corpse
5. The author chose to leave the captain, the ship, and the crew nameless in the story because he wanted the readers to still keep thinking and being in a way clueless as to who was being described. The elevated words are the ones which unveil what the objects are and how they look like.
6. The denotative meaning of the title The Secret Sharer is of a person who talks about their side that other people don't see, which is dark.
Word
Denotation
Connotation
Cadaverous
resembling a corpse in being very pale, thin, or bony
Body
Darkling
of or relating to growing darkness.
Darkness
Pale
light in color or having little color.
White
Phosphorescence
something glows with light without becoming hot to the touch
Flashy
Ghastly
causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre
Scared
Headless
having no head
No mind
Fishlike
a characteristic of a fish
Feature
Monday, November 17, 2014
Latin Roots #6
1. Corp(or) - body
2. Cred - to believe, to trust
3. Cur(r), curs, course - to run, to flow
4. Dic(t) - to speak, to say
Word List:
1. Benediction - the invocation of a divine blessing, as at the close of a religious service; a blessing or state of blessedness
The purpose of a benediction is to bless others.
2. Concourse - a running or flowing together; a broad public walkway or hallway; a crowd or throng
Usually airports will include concourses going into the airplane.
3. Concurrent - occurring at the same time; meeting or acting together
Concurrently can be used as a synonym for simultaneously.
4. Corporal - related to the physical body
Corporal punishment includes smacking, whipping, or paddling.
5. Corpulent - very stout; fleshy and obese; fat
To avoid becoming corpulent, you should have a balanced diet and regularly excercise.
6. Credibility - the quality of being believable or trustworthy
Someone with absolute credibility can be easily believed.
7. Credulity - the (naive) willingness to believe too early without proof
Only the most childlike Credulity would allow a person to believe a phony setup.
8. Cursory - done in a superficial or hasty manner
A cursory examination is not as thorough as it might have been.
9. Dictum - an authoritative saying or maxim
"Business is business" was my friend's favorite dictum.
10. Incorporate - to form into one body or functioning unit; to combine several different things into a whole
We should incorporate as much traditional Americana into our new campaign as possible.
11. Incredulous - not believing, skeptical, or doubting
From your incredulous expression, I can tel that you do not believe me.
12. Indicative - characteristic of or very much like; suggestive
Lack of appetite and sleep can indicate how unhealthy you are.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Greek Drama Questions
2. 20,000 people would spectate in the open-air theater of Dionysos.
3. The mask would project and amplify the voices of the actors out to the audience.
4. Antigone was suspenseful to viewing audiences because the audience kind of already knew what was going to happen, but the characters/actors obviously acted like they didn’t know. It was like how people today are with scary movies.
5. The shepherd is to leave Oedipus to die one the mountainside.
6. The sphinx’s riddle was “What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?”
7. Oedipus’ kids are Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene.
8. Creon claimed himself king of Thebes after Oedipus was exiled.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Antigone Quick Write
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Jonathan Safran Foer Webinar Reaction Assignment
Earlier this week we had a webinar with the acclaimed author, Jonathan Safran Foer. He has entertained people with his various books and some of them have even been turned into movies. One of his recent works in particular has gained the author prestige. The book is called Eating Animals. The webinar was presented by Farm Forward and Jonathan Safran Foer. In the webinar, students and teachers were able to ask Foer questions about his book. I felt like the webinar was persuasive, inspiring and informative.
The reason I believe that the webinar was persuasive, was because Foer would always talk about how being vegetarian is a better way to live, instead of consuming meat, or he also suggested that people eat less meat . He also stated that “meat is murder”. I think the message that he is trying to send is that meat is murder not only to us, but to the animals too. He explains that the process of the meat can be unhealthy for our bodies, and that it also takes an animals life to get that meat.
I also feel that this webinar was informative. In the webinar he would answer many peoples questions, and he would inform people of the dangers of factory farming. He also would get into detail about many of the answers that he would give to the people. He definitely went into detail with this webinar.
I really felt like this webinar was inspiring, it takes a lot of courage to introduce your ideas and thoughts to the world. Foer has inspired me to find a healthy alternative to meat and he has definitely made people think about what they are eating. Many people just pick up something and eat, and they don't realize what they are putting into their body.
I honestly think that this webinar has really affected me in such a big way. I can definitely say that i'm going to be changing the ways I eat. I feel like some of the topics that were introduced in the webinar relate to my life, such as becoming a vegetarian. I have always wanted to be a vegetarian, but I haven't put any effort into it. I feel like many people struggle not to eat meat, but I definitely have decided to change.
Friday, October 24, 2014
Latin roots #5
Roots:
1.cent-hundred
2.cid(e), cis(e)-cut, kill
3.clam, claim-cry out, declare
4.cord, cour-heart
Words:
1.bicentennial- celebration of a two hundredth anniversary
•The organization was celebrating it's bicentennial.
2.centenarian- a person who has lived a hundred years
•My great grandpa was a centenarian who lived to be 103.
3.centurion- a Roman soldier commanding a military unit known as a century
•The centurion commanded an army of a hundred men.
4.clamorous- characterized by insistent complaining
•The little girl was being clamorous by complaining about her loose tooth.
5.concise- covering much in few words; brief & to the point
•The leader gave a concise outline of their plan.
6.concordance- condition of harmony or agreement
•They were in concordance on where to go out and eat.
7.cordial- warm & sincere; amiable
•We gave a cordial welcome to our visitors.
8.discordant- (sounding) harsh or inharmonious
•The stern teacher gave a discordant lecture to her students.
9.genocide- the systematic killing of an entire ethnic group
•The Jewish were killed in a genocide.
10.incisive- keenly penetrating; cutting into
•The doctor cut an incisive cut through the patients body.
11.proclamation- an official announcement informing or honoring
•The mayor gave a proclamation in honor of the town.
12.reclaim- to restore to former importance or usefulness
•The girl reclaimed her grade to an A.
Friday, October 10, 2014
latin roots #4
Friday, September 19, 2014
Latin Roots #3
Friday, September 12, 2014
Latin Root #2
Monday, September 8, 2014
Journal entry 9/8/14
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Birth Order Research Essay
Friday, August 22, 2014
Latin Roots #1
1. Agenda- a list of times to be discussed at a formal meeting
I use my agenda to write down my homework.
2. Agile- able to move quickly
She was an agile runner.
3. Alienate- cause to feel isolated
She was alienated from the group.
4. Altercation- a noisy argument
They had an altercation about their choice in movies.
5. Amiable-having or displaying a friendly manner
She had a very amiable attitude towards the amount of problems she had.
6. Amorous-showing or feeling sexual desire
7. Animated- full of life or excitement; lively
She had an animated attitude about going to a different country.
8. Equanimity-mental calmness or composure
9. Inalienable- unable to be taken or given away by a professor
10. Inanimate-not alive
The inanimate creature could not move or love.
11. Magnanimous-very generous or giving
12. Reactionary- opposing political or social liberalization or reform