Vocabulary fall list #9

bosom: Something really close to your heart
prudently: Careful in providing for the future
inveterate: Settled or confirmed in a practice, or habit, feeling or he like
propensity: A natural inclination or tendency
repose: State of rest
stripling: A youth
sequester: To remove or separate (isolate)
apparition: Anything that appears. (ghost)
purport: To present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being. (attend)
imbibed: To drink especially alcoholic beverages
incessant: Continuing without interruption

cognomen: Any name especially a nickname
reverie: A daydream
gambol: To play at any game of chance for money or other stakes
spectre: A ghost that you can see
tarry : To remain or stay, as in place

[Hessian]: The figure of a Hessian soldier of the Revolutionary war.

story telling technique "Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

This story at first didn't grab my attention, but as we read it in class it actually seems very interesting. it seems mysterious, as if a document was just found and we are trying to figure out where it came from. This technique is usually used in stories that like to give you a background and keep you in suspense or thinking so that you can keep reading the story.

"Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

The tone of the story was personal or intimate. This technique is used in other writings by just telling you the story one-on-one. They tell you how they how feel about that certain person or place just so that you can an idea of how things are so that later in the story you already have a background of that place and its people.

Notes -Washington Irving

• Born on April 3, 1783 in New York
• He was named in the honor of the American President George Washington
• He was the 11th child from Sarah Sanders and William Irving
• Traveling became a life long passion
• He was a mischievous and adventurous young man
• Wen t to operas
• He wrote a book about poverty and hunger saying that they should eat babies. He did that to make fun  of their situation to get attention so that they can do something about their economy.
• In 1819-1820 he took of to Europe and he wasn't making money because his business wasn't successful
• He died on November 28.1859

Vocabulary list #8

 flout: to treat with disdain, scorn or contempt
caveat: A warning or caution
blazon: to set forth conspicuously or publicly
filch: to steel (especially something of small value)
fractious: refractory or unrully
equitable: characterized by equity or fairness
autonomy: independence or freedom
addendum: an addition
amnesty: Law. an act o forgivenes for past offences, especially to a class of persons as a whole.
axiomatic: self-evident; obvious
extricate: to free or release from entanglement.
soporific: causing or tending to cause sleep
scathing: bitterly sever, as a remark
unwieldy: (clumsy) not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight
vapid: without liveliness or spirit
prognosticate: to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs
sepulchral: of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb
salutary: favorable to or promoting health
straitlaced: excessivelty strict in conduct or morality
scourge: a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture
precept: a commandment or direction given as a ruleof action or conduct
transient: not lasting, enduring, or permanent

Remix on Emerson's essay

We are all different people with different personalities that shouldn't raleigh on anybody but ourselves. When we say each persons voice can be as strong as the great men in history, we mean that we all have different ways of thinking and that we should do what we believe is right. Every person realizes at some moment of his or her life that envy is ignorance. We are all built for the process of learning meaning that where you put your most focus on is where you will get the most benefit from.We know what we want to focus on and what we don't want to focus on. "The divine idea that each of us represents" means that each of us represents what we think is good. We also half represent ourselves because we are ashamed of the divine idea that each of us represents. In other words this means that we are too worried about what others think or say about us, that we don't live our lives the way we have always wanted to. We are also afraid to speak what we believe is right, but at some point we learn to face everything and everyone. The word transcendentalism means to go up and above a rebellion and education.

"Self Reliance"

*Discuss the meaning of the verse preceding the essay.
-We are all different with a different personality.
-One shouldn't realign on anyone besides ourselves.

*Looking at the entire essay, what does Emerson mean by self-reliance? Objectively summarize Emerson's major points.
-The need for an individual to avoid conformity and false consistency and follow his or her instincts and ideas.
-Each persons voice can be as strong as the great men in history.

*Interpret the first sentence. what does every person realize at some moment of his or her education?
-Envious, ignorance

*"The eye placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray" Interpret.
-What I am going to focus on and what I am not going to focus on.
-Where ever I put my focus on is where I will get the most benefit.

*What does Emerson mean by the "divine idea which each of us represents" (pp.1)
-We but half represent ourselves and are ashamed of the divine idea that each of us represent.
-Each of us represent what we think is good.

*Explain the significance of the "iron string." Why do you think Emerson used iron and not silken, golden, or silver string?
-Every heart vibrates to that iron string.
IRON is STRONG so it connects the heart. 'Trust yourself"

*Define transcendentalism
-Go up and beyond a rebellion and education.
-An American literary, political , and philosophical movement of he early 19th century.

*Interpret this quote "Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members"
-This says that we are aleays worring about ehat others thing or day about us, that we don't live our lives the way we want to.

*Explaine the quote "The virtue in mostrequest is conformity self-relience is its aversion"
-We are most times afraid to speek what we believe, but at some point in our lives we learn to face everything and anyone.

*Interpret the metaphore "A follish is the hobgoblin of the little minds, adored by the little statesman and philosophers and divines"
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*Discuss the use of the simile, "words as hard as cannon balls."
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*Respond to the essay. Write a paragraph expressing your reactions to this essay.
-As I was reading this essay everything that I was reading was making sence to me. I was saying to my self "ohh yeah that is very true" Its like things that I already know but I jsut never think about them in depth.  It is true that we are always worring about what others think or say about us that we don't live our life the way we wish to live it. How we are always needing an oppinion about the others when in reality no one knows what we want, like or feel. No body will ever know. you better but yourself. We should reveal ourselves, show everyone who we really are.

Vocabulary list #7 second part

manifest: readily perceiving by the eye or the understanding.

contemporary (noun): a person of the same age as another

predominate: to be the stronger or leading element or force.

transcendent: going beyond ordinary limits

benefactor: a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper

conformity: correspondence in form, nature, or character

aversion: a strong feeling or dislike, opposition repugnance, or antipathy

suffrage: the right to vote, especially in a political election

inaudible: incapable of being heard

"Self Reliance" Notes

• "Ne te quaesiveris extra" means "seek no one besides yourself"
• Self reliance: a need for an individual to avoid conformity and false consistency and follow his or her instincts and ideas.
• Conformity: To bend to the shape of the people around me.
• we are all built for the process of learning.
• where ever I put my focus is where I will get more benefit.
• we all have something different to represent.
• "Every heart vibrates to the iron string."

"Self Reliance"

I am spending about 30 minutes reading this long summary a day. It is really long but I do understand what he is trying to say. I am trying really hard because I don't move on until I get what he is trying to say. It is really long so it took me a long time time it actually kind of got me tired of reading it. His ideas about us needing an opinion of other means that we are afraid to be ourselves or that we haven't accepted ourselves the way we are. That the person that wants to be with you forever has to truly like you for who you are. They shouldn't be expecting you to change something about yourself just because they don't like it. Also that no law can be sacred but that of your nature. Nothing makes your world a peaceful happy world but yourself. You are the only person in this world that knows what you want and what is best for you. You should always believe in yourself and not need anyone to expect you to change in order for them to like you.

Vocabulary list #7

Ad infinitum: endlessly

 My class felt like it was AD INFINITUM.

 Apportion: divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution

We had to APPORTION the pizza into 12 pieces.

 Bona fide: made, done, presented

We BONA FIDE the poster that was worth 200 in class.

 Buoyant: tending to float in a fluid.

The BUOYANT ship was able to cruise around the world.

 Clique: a small, exclusive group of people

At school there is usually CLIQUES everywhere.

 Concede: to acknowledge as true, just, or proper

It is the lawyers job to CONCEDE while giving his speech to the judge.

 Congenial: agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character

Many CONGEAL people are always nice to have around.

 Lofty: extending high in the air

The LOFTY tree seems to be growing every second.

 Migration: a number or body of persons or animals migrating  together.

The MIGRATION in the 60's to the north of the U.S. was higher compared to the south.

 Perceive: to recognize, discern, envision, or understand

As I'm writing what my teacher is saying out loud I PERCEIVE all of the information.

 Perverse: willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired

One should always be PERVERSE about our goals in life.

 Prelude:  any action, event, comment, etc. that precedes something else.

The PRELUDE information will help you comprehend what the narrator will talk about  in just a moment.

 Rancid: having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition,

I had to throw my bread away because it had a RANCID taste.

 Rustic: of, pertaining to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.

RUSTIC people seem to have more space in the country so that they can e able to ride their horses.

 Sever: harsh

I've always believed that one shouldn't be SEVERE with others.

 Sordid: meanly selfish, self-seeking

My brother was being SORDID because he didn't want to share his candy with me.

 Untenable: indefensible

I hate to see people making fun of the UNTENABLE children.

 Versatile: having or capable of many uses

The piece of rope was VERSATILE through out many years in many different ways.

 Vindicate: justify by argument or evidence

After many hours of arguing the girl won with her VINDICATE information.

 Wane: to decrease in strength, intensity

After doing many push ups and jogging my body started feeling WANE.

Reflection on midterm

a) The thing that went well for me is that Dr. Preston had all the vocabulary words listed. That way I was able to remember the words and the definitions

b)The thing that didn't go well was that on the second list I didn't know most of the words.

c)About a little more than half the content will stick with me.

d)For me to improve on my next tests, what I need to do is study more often before the test.

A Dream Within A Dream

Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow-
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand-
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep- while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream? 

By: Edgar Allan Poe

From Thoreau's Walden 2

PARAGRAPH ONE

 I was very ENDEMIC about life itself. I was ADROIT with the simple life in the woods. I wanted to FATHOM the purpose about my life. I EXTOL life itself am IMPERVIOUS with anyone and anything. I want to be POTENT of my life. I want to be live a simple life and SCRUTINIZE every detail of it. I expect to PROTRUDE in my journey through the woods. Nobody else is very METICULOUS about their life. Therefore I'm being CONCLUSIVE about what I want to discover in this journey. 

PARAGRAPH TWO

We are all BEGUILE about our true life but but yet we manage to stay strong. As our OBNOXIOUS life went on we grew stronger and smarter. Even though our life is a MISCONSTRUE we try to be "bigger" people to feel better about ourselves. Our life is a true JEOPARDY but we still keep trying no matter what. This is why I am AVERSE about our life.

Mid term review/study strategy

For this mid term review I am going to make flashcards to study and in class we will be testing each other whenever we have the time to do it.

My Walk Alone

                                                                                                                                 09- 29-12
Half way though my walk, I don't feel too tired. As I started walking all of what I was thinking was "Ok so I'm just going to do my homework" . After I looked around me and saw some flowers" that reminded me of when I first moved here. Later through my walk I saw many rocks in a long triangular shape, first thing that came to my mind was a cemetery. After I was  just thinking that my life is not as bad as I always thought it seemed to be. There are people that are in worst situations  than I am , then yet they don't give up. Instead they try harder to get an education and to be someone in life. Cars passed by and one honked at me, I didn't care and don't care anymore. People can think or say anything they want and as long as I know it's not true it doesn't bother me anymore. The cars, wow what else are we going to invent day after day. We can't be dependent anymore so it seems with all this technology. Right now I'm guessing it's 7:15 I'm sitting on the bench where the SMAT bus passes by. I'm writing and it"s dark. I can't believe that I'm not afraid being alone and far away from home. As I left I saw some car passing by really slow, that did scare me. I thought there are so many bad people in this world, and just started praying to God and the Virgin Mary that nothing bad happened to me on the dark, somewhat lonely street. All of what I now know, is that I'm a happy girl now. I'm not sad or depressed anymore. My parents are now able to fix their problems, they were finally able to understand that their problems are affecting me and my health. I was finally able to cry it all out last night and talked to my dad and told him what and how I was feeling. My brothers somewhat started helping out wit the house as well as my sisters. My chest doesn't hurt as much and my heart is beating normal. I am going to do my best in school,  and worry about me and me only. Know what is best for me and what makes me and me only happy. Life is beautiful, you just have to learn on how to let go of the past! It's up to you to keep going or to be stuck. I now decide to keep going. the past, is nothing, but the past! I have to think about the future, the many great things that I can or am able to achieve. I may not own this world, but my world I own and make it wonderful and amazing!

From Thoreau's Walden

                               PARAGRAPH ONE

• He went to the woods to live a simple life and see what he would learn from it.
• Wanted to discover his purpose in life.
• Wanted to live life the way it was meant to be lived without distractions because life is precious.
• Wanted to make the best out of his life.
• To live life with the basic essentials.
• Experience all the right of things and really understand it.
• He expects to be enlightened.
•  Nobody knows the purpose in life.                             

PARAGRAPH TWO

• We walk blindly but together wanting to stay strong.
• As our fable (life) went on we grew stronger and smarter.
• We try to be "bigger" people to get a better view of life.
• It's mistake after mistake no matter what method we try.