vocab 4

Intermittent- occurring at regular intervals 

Ebb- the movement of the tide

Regress- to return to a former or less developed state

Tendency- an inclination toward a particularly characteristic or type of behavior 

Antiseptic- to clean 

favorite word from the vocabulary list:

Acquisitive 

vocabulary list #3

Coherent- logical and consistent 

Belabor- argue or elaborate

Eschew- deliberately avoid using ; abstain from

acquisitive- excessively interested in squiring money 

Emulate- match or surpass typically by imitation 

Banal- lacking in originallity as to be obvious and boring 

Excortion- harsh criticism 

Congeal- solidify or coagulate, by cooling 

Carping- difficult to please; critical 

Substantiate- provide evidence to prove truth

Temporize- avoid making decision or commuting self 

Largesse- generosity in bestowing money or a gift 

Tenable- able to be maintained or defended against attack

Insatiable- never satisfied 

Reconnaissance- military observations of region to locate an enemy or certain strategic feature

Germane- relevant to a subject under consideration 

Ramify- form branches or off shoots ; spread

Intransigent- stubborn refusal to change view 

Taciturn- reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little 

vocabulary 1

Theme: The central message of a story

Tone: The authors attitude towards the characters, the topic, and the audience

Mood: How the reader feels

Truth: If that which can be factorial verified in the world

Syllogism: Is the simplest and basic of a argument

Validity: A test of reason (does my conclusion follow my premise)

Diction: Is the words an author chooses to tell a story

Syntax: Arrangement of words

Transmitter: sends message

Stupid: Slow to learn

Adumbrate: To report or represent in outline

Apotheosis: The highest point in development of something

Ascetic: Someone who dedicates his or her life to pursuit an idea

Bauble: a small, showy trinket or decoration.

Beguile: charm or enchant

Burgeon: begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

Complement: a thing that completes or brings to perfection.

Contumacious: Rebellious 

Curmudgeon: a bad-tempered or surly person.

Didactic: Intended for Instruction

Vocab List #3

Vocab List #3

Coherent: logical and consistent

Belabor: argue or elaborate

Eschew: deliberately avoid using

Acquisitive: interested in acquiring money or material things

Emulate: match or surpass

Banal: lacking in originality

Excoriation: to strip off or remove

Congeal:  To change from a solid state to a fluid 

Carping: difficult to please

Substantiate: to provide evidence to support or prove the truth

Temporize: avoid to making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time

Largesse: generosity on bestowing money or gifts upon others

Tenable: able to be maintained or defend by an attack

Insatiable: impossible to satisfy

Reconnaissance: military observation of region to locate an enemy

Germane: relevant to a subject under consideration

Ramify: form branches or offshoots

Intransigent: unwilling or refusing to change ones view to agree to something

Taciturn: saying little

response to earth on a turtles back

I think it is cool that they put so much detail into what they believe in 

response to conscience of a hacker

My response to this story is that I really didn't understand what it meant I really liked the meaning behind I just can't put what I read into words.

Young Goodman Brown

1)I think Hawthorne's purpose was to teach us that everyone we meet is who they say they are.
2) her name fits her because she has the pink ribbons and that means joy
3)the pink ribbons represent happiness and joy
4) the old man is the devil because he says that he has met his father and his grandfather and him and young Goodman brown are the same age.
5) the staff represents the devil and how he is able to look all young and bring people into the woods to die or get possessed.
6)i feel like he would have had a good life and would have still been able to trust but him going to the forest was good at the same time because he can tell who are fake and who are real.

vocab #2

Faith- having trust in someone or something 

Threshold- a strip of wood or metal that is at the bottom of the doorway

Tarry- staying longer than expected

Resolve- finding a solution to a problem 

Discern- recognizing something 

Martyr-person being killed because of their beliefs

Mirth- amused or having laughter

Catechism- The principles of Christian religion

 

Pious- really religious

Frenzy- A period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior

literature analysis questions #1

 My Book is Pride and the Prejudice

1. Mr.Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett despise each other because Mr.Darcy broke her sisters heart.

2. The theme of the story is pride Elizabeth let her pride get in the way of things.

3. I feel like Jane Austen wakes up in the morning has her clothes neatly set out to wear for the day drinks her coffee has no dark circles under her eyes she has her whole life put together. I think her time to the story is joy cause I believe she loves writing and reading this story.
4.
irony: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." pg.1
simile: " your profusion makes me saving; and if you lament over him much longer,my heart will be as light as a feather." pg.152
imagery: "smiles decked the face of Mrs. Bennett, as the carriage drove up to the door;herhusband looked impenetrably grave; her daughters, alarmed, anxious, uneasy." pg.210
motifs: "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?"

alliteration: "oh, my dear Eliza!pray make haste and come into the dining room, for there is such a slight to be seen!"pg.152