1. Simulacrum: a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or resemblance
2. Apocryphal: of doubtful authorship or authenticity. Doubtful authenticity; false; spurious; who authored this; relates to politics and is why it associates with apocalypse; not like student paper; history wise something can be apocryphal.
3. Venal: open to bribery; comes from latin or french, means to sell; all comes from 'ven' from Venus from the Roman
Venial(pardonable sin)
Venereal(sexual desire)
4. Canonical: according to or ordered by canon law
5. Gambit: opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece
EX: In the Fly, written by Katherine Mansfield, the old man is playing a game of gambit with the boss. "I thought you'd like to know. The girls were in Belgium last week having a look at poor Reggie's grave, and they happened to come across your boy's. They're quite near each other, it seems." The old man is poking the boss where it hurts so that he can have an advantage. Also, the fly in the story is another example of a gambit used by the main character. The main character gives the fly a couple chances to escape but, unfortunately, the fly dies in the end.
6. Inveterate: Firmly and long established; deep-rooted; settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling
Murderers are inveterate killers who can't seem to stop killing
7. Pinguid: Fat; oily
I don't like to eat those pinguid deep fried snicker bars, it makes me feel fat.
8. Teleological: The use of ultimate purpose or design as a means of explaining phenomena. Belief in or the perception of purposeful development toward an end, as in nature or history.
An example is the Wrong Number. The author focuses on the ending rather than the beginning
9. Sophism: any false argument
In the Tlon, the explanation of hronir is a sophism. The pencils are not real and not a good enough example to describe what hronir is. Using the pencils is an example of false argument because it is information that is not solid.
10. Correction: the boston common a public area in downtown bosteon is the main settin for the shrot story the patriot which is about a man who argues to such an extent that it became _ ( insert vocab word).
The Boston Common, a public area in downtown Boston, is the main setting for the short story "The Patriot", which is about a man who argue to such an extent that it became a sophism.
11. Endemic: Disease or condition found among people in the same area. Restriction of a particular area.
There was an endemic spread of fear among the people during the 9/11. The inveterate usage of the word "melting pot" comes to a close as people begin to divide, the "us" and the "them".
12. Castration: Anxiety due to the fear of loss of the genitals or injury to them.
13. Inculcate: to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly
In the article, it talks of how women threaten the males because she does not have a phallus. Since women do not have a phallus, it creates an uneasiness in the men because it reminds them of castration. By inculcating the children through the media and family traditions, men and women both know their differences. Men know that women does not have a phallus while men do which, in theory, makes males more superior than women.
14. Epicurean: Student of the Greek philosopher Epicurus
15. Iniquity: immoral or unfair behavior
16. Diaphanous: light, delicate, transparent
17. Rapacious: aggressively greedy
18. Veneration: regard with great respect
19. Mizzen: the mast aft of a ship's mainmast
20. Varnished: glossy
21. Sepulcher (Sepulchre): cut in rock where dead people is laid or buried
22. Emissary: Person sent on a special mission
In the book, Heart of Darkness, Marlow is like an emissary. To us, he is an emissary because it is through his eyes that we can see Africa. Without Marlow, we wouldn't be able to see Africa as the people do. It is his mission to provide us with the information necessary. Kurtz is an emissary, according to the brickmaker. Kurtz is an emissary because he was sent to spread Western ideals.
Synonym: "bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off"
Antonym:
running over from one line of poetry to the next without stop
Sentence Work
November 3, 2009
1. Which of the following doesn't work? Why.
a. Bill played a musical number by Bach; Joan, Beethoven. (No because there is only one independent clause)
b. Lou Williams was in for adultery; John Jones for gambling.
c. His mother told him to rent a car; his sister, to pack the suitcases.
2. Write your own original example.
I wanted to buy a shirt; my sister, wanted jeans.
3. Find one from something you have read (this may take a couple of weeks).
November 5, 2009
When I was young, I couldn't understand what was going on. That was probably the reason why I thought that this book was boring. But reading it now I felt that Frankenstein had a sad past: His mother passed away from a disease, has no friends, and had to change his studies. I think Frankenstein can sort of be my role model. Despite the consequences of an adventure, he still pursues it because of his passion.
December 1, 2009 EXERCISE -- Copy and paste this entire exercise into your own page. Write your answers in a different color or font. We will chose two people's in class to go over.
1. Look carefully at the following sentence. Does it work? If so, why? If not, where can the sentence be broken into two or shorter ones that are not overwhelming.
I think that the sentence cannot work because it's so confusing for the reader. I think that the sentence should be cut in two or more parts to help focus the audience's attention instead of going on with large complex ones.
Robert Mondavi's father, Cesare, came from Sassafarento near Ancona, on the Adriatic coast of the Marches -- not a particularly rich or fertile part of Italy even now, nor, except for Verdicchio, much of a wine-growing region, and a good deal less so. No doubt, in 1883, when Cesare was born, the son of a large, simple family and possibly the first member of it, I have read somewhere, to be able to sign his name. -- by Cyril Ray "Robert Mondavi of the Napa Valley"
2. Does this sentence work? If so, why? If not, please correct.
The typical teenage user of snuff is white, active, athletic, and subjected to very heavy peer pressure.
3. Same instructions -- The children gathered around the clown wishing for a balloon, angling for a smile, and bowing before the childhood consumerism.
January 8, 2010
1. starting a gasoline-fueled lawn mower takes three simple steps opening the choke the starter chord is pulled and close the choke once he engine is running
Starting a gasoline fueled lawn mower takes three simple steps: open the choke, pull the starter chord, and close the choke once the engine is running.
2. as a result of his first riding lesson at the sage ranch jason learned one thing about horses when they are hungery they stop to eat
As a result of his first riding lesson at the Sage Ranch, Jason learned one thing about horses--when they are hungry, they stop to eat.
January 11, 2010
Write a sentence with a vocab word (that demonstrates the meaning of the word) and uses one of the punctuation methods discussed in class.
Omar, Brittney, and I--we were all rapacious when it comes to sleep.
January 13, 2010
In Frankenstein The first four letters and the preface I read weren't mainly about the story it covered the intention of the writing and background of the narrator the book starts with an exploration of the narrator and covers a lot of topics through his letters. For example loneliness risks taken by discovery of new knowledge, and etc it seems like the letters are foreshadowing whats coming up in the future of this book. -- Try for 3 sentences. There is a possibility of a colon AND a dash.
In Frankenstein, the first four letters and the preface I read weren't mainly about the story--it covered the intention of the writing and background of the narrator. The book starts with an exploration of the narrator and covers a lot of topics through his letters: loneliness, risks taken by discovery of new knowledge, and etc. It seems like the letters are foreshadowing what's coming up in the future of this book.
In Frankenstein, the first four letters and the preface I read weren't mainly about the story--it covered the intention of the writing and background of the narrator. The book starts with an exploration of the narrator and covers a lot of topics through his letters--loneliness, risks taken by discovery of new knowledge, and etc. It seems like the letters are foreshadowing what's coming up in the future of this book.
Grammar Presentation
On and About
On is used when noun refers to an organized presentation of a subject
The purpose i often instructional (A tape on pronunciation)
About is less formal, less organized, more rambling presentation
Subject matter might be considered more diffuse
Title Punctuation
Italicize (Big Title)
Novel
Ship
Play
Film
Painting
Sculpture
Drawing
CD
TV series
Cartoon
Quotations (Little Things)
Short stories
Poems
Skit
Cartoon episode
Newspaper story
Chapter article
Lowercase
All articles
Coordinate conjunctions
Prepositions
Dashes
Used to indicate an abrupt break in thought or speech
Example: "Not to--Oh heck, I forgot" (Break in Thought)
Separate two main cases
Example: I can't let them take that--so many people would be disappointed if they found out
Set off free modifiers from main cause
Example: Jane, Sarah, and I--we were three of the many people who were amazed by this man's performance.
Example: The only thing James could do--if he could do anything at all--was to sit and wait for the test results to come out
Lists items
Example: All of my schoolwork--physics, calculus, world history, and literature--got washed away when my house was flooded.
Assignment
Blogs
1) Find one blog that is a “regular” person’s post, but you feel could serve as a college essay. Link to it on your page the wiki and explain why (briefly). http://lauriekendrick.wordpress.com/
Her blog is very educational. She talks about everyday issues and her own personal problems. This will serve as a good college essay because not only does it have her own opinions but it updates me with new information. Her blog doesn't have a set theme but rather contain many different topics which she discusses deeper with humor. http://www.tonitmtaylor.com/
I like his blog because it is random. His randomness helps me think of new topics that I can use during my essays.
2) Find a blog that discusses a topic in-depth in some way that you are interested in. Either comment on their blog, quote them on your blog and link to their blog with a message on theirs that you did so, or some other way of connecting you have. Regardless, link these to your page on the wiki. http://medjournalwatch.blogspot.com**/**
I like this blog because it is all about health. Health topics interest me... also I get to learn things that I could never learn from my teachers or peers.
3) Find one more blog post of note, link to it on ning, and briefly explain what makes it “good”. http://yetanotherbloomingblog.blogspot.com/
This blog is funny! The writer writes about her everyday life but I love her writing style.
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges: Rewrite to my style
Here I bring my chewing to a close. The rest is in the stomach (if not in the esophagus or intestines) of my digestive systems.
Let it suffice for me to recall or mention the following facts, with a mere brevity of words which the reflective recollection of all will enrich or amplify. Around 1944, a person doing an autopsy for The American (of Nashville, Tennessee) brought to light in a Memphis library the forty volumes of the process of digestion. Even today there is a controversy over whether we eat to please or survive. The latter is most likely.
Some of the incredible aspects of the Eleventh Volume (for example, the process of excretion) have been eliminated or attenuated in the Memphis copies; it is reasonable to imagine that these omissions follow the plan of exhibiting a world which is not too friendly with the process of eating.
Sentences
If I was a bit taller, if I had just jumped up a bit more, I would have been a blocker.
But, sadly, I am not tall nor do I jump high.
I believe that one day I will be blocking, blocking every ball that comes over the net.
Similarities in Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Prince and the Pauper:
Both books uses dialect as comedy. For example, in the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you can hear the southern accent. To me, it seems as though Mark Twain is making the "low" characters speak in an accent. The same goes for the characters in the Prince and the Pauper, except they use old English. In both books, trickery is present. In the beginning of Tom Sawyer, Tom tricks the neighborhood kid into painting the fence. In the Prince and the Pauper, the prince is tricked in the end. Both stories had a character by the name of Tom, who is portrayed low but at the same time high. In Tom Sawyer, Tom is a kid who is always getting in trouble, but at the same time he is manipulative and has a figure of a leader. Tom Canty is the youngest of a family of beggars but he switches roles with Edward. (Edward in the prince and the pauper is viewed as a high figure). Both books include the need and want for adventure.
Vocabulary
1. Simulacrum: a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or resemblance
2. Apocryphal: of doubtful authorship or authenticity. Doubtful authenticity; false; spurious; who authored this; relates to politics and is why it associates with apocalypse; not like student paper; history wise something can be apocryphal.
3. Venal: open to bribery; comes from latin or french, means to sell; all comes from 'ven' from Venus from the Roman
- Venial(pardonable sin)
- Venereal(sexual desire)
4. Canonical: according to or ordered by canon law5. Gambit: opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece
- EX: In the Fly, written by Katherine Mansfield, the old man is playing a game of gambit with the boss. "I thought you'd like to know. The girls were in Belgium last week having a look at poor Reggie's grave, and they happened to come across your boy's. They're quite near each other, it seems." The old man is poking the boss where it hurts so that he can have an advantage. Also, the fly in the story is another example of a gambit used by the main character. The main character gives the fly a couple chances to escape but, unfortunately, the fly dies in the end.
6. Inveterate: Firmly and long established; deep-rooted; settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling- Murderers are inveterate killers who can't seem to stop killing
7. Pinguid: Fat; oily- I don't like to eat those pinguid deep fried snicker bars, it makes me feel fat.
8. Teleological: The use of ultimate purpose or design as a means of explaining phenomena. Belief in or the perception of purposeful development toward an end, as in nature or history.- An example is the Wrong Number. The author focuses on the ending rather than the beginning
9. Sophism: any false argument- In the Tlon, the explanation of hronir is a sophism. The pencils are not real and not a good enough example to describe what hronir is. Using the pencils is an example of false argument because it is information that is not solid.
10. Correction: the boston common a public area in downtown bosteon is the main settin for the shrot story the patriot which is about a man who argues to such an extent that it became _ ( insert vocab word).- The Boston Common, a public area in downtown Boston, is the main setting for the short story "The Patriot", which is about a man who argue to such an extent that it became a sophism.
11. Endemic: Disease or condition found among people in the same area. Restriction of a particular area.- There was an endemic spread of fear among the people during the 9/11. The inveterate usage of the word "melting pot" comes to a close as people begin to divide, the "us" and the "them".
12. Castration: Anxiety due to the fear of loss of the genitals or injury to them.13. Inculcate: to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly
- In the article, it talks of how women threaten the males because she does not have a phallus. Since women do not have a phallus, it creates an uneasiness in the men because it reminds them of castration. By inculcating the children through the media and family traditions, men and women both know their differences. Men know that women does not have a phallus while men do which, in theory, makes males more superior than women.
14. Epicurean: Student of the Greek philosopher Epicurus15. Iniquity: immoral or unfair behavior
16. Diaphanous: light, delicate, transparent
17. Rapacious: aggressively greedy
18. Veneration: regard with great respect
19. Mizzen: the mast aft of a ship's mainmast
20. Varnished: glossy
21. Sepulcher (Sepulchre): cut in rock where dead people is laid or buried
22. Emissary: Person sent on a special mission
- In the book, Heart of Darkness, Marlow is like an emissary. To us, he is an emissary because it is through his eyes that we can see Africa. Without Marlow, we wouldn't be able to see Africa as the people do. It is his mission to provide us with the information necessary. Kurtz is an emissary, according to the brickmaker. Kurtz is an emissary because he was sent to spread Western ideals.
23. Cipher: A secret way of writing24. Jocund:
- Synonym: "gay, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful" (synonym.com)
- Antonym: sad, joyless
25. Abscondrunning over from one line of poetry to the next without stop
Sentence Work
November 3, 2009
1. Which of the following doesn't work? Why.
a. Bill played a musical number by Bach; Joan, Beethoven. (No because there is only one independent clause)
b. Lou Williams was in for adultery; John Jones for gambling.
c. His mother told him to rent a car; his sister, to pack the suitcases.
2. Write your own original example.
I wanted to buy a shirt; my sister, wanted jeans.
3. Find one from something you have read (this may take a couple of weeks).
November 5, 2009
When I was young, I couldn't understand what was going on. That was probably the reason why I thought that this book was boring. But reading it now I felt that Frankenstein had a sad past: His mother passed away from a disease, has no friends, and had to change his studies. I think Frankenstein can sort of be my role model. Despite the consequences of an adventure, he still pursues it because of his passion.
December 1, 2009
EXERCISE -- Copy and paste this entire exercise into your own page. Write your answers in a different color or font. We will chose two people's in class to go over.
1. Look carefully at the following sentence. Does it work? If so, why? If not, where can the sentence be broken into two or shorter ones that are not overwhelming.
I think that the sentence cannot work because it's so confusing for the reader. I think that the sentence should be cut in two or more parts to help focus the audience's attention instead of going on with large complex ones.
Robert Mondavi's father, Cesare, came from Sassafarento near Ancona, on the Adriatic coast of the Marches -- not a particularly rich or fertile part of Italy even now, nor, except for Verdicchio, much of a wine-growing region, and a good deal less so. No doubt, in 1883, when Cesare was born, the son of a large, simple family and possibly the first member of it, I have read somewhere, to be able to sign his name. -- by Cyril Ray "Robert Mondavi of the Napa Valley"
2. Does this sentence work? If so, why? If not, please correct.
The typical teenage user of snuff is white, active, athletic, and subjected to very heavy peer pressure.
3. Same instructions -- The children gathered around the clown wishing for a balloon, angling for a smile, and bowing before the childhood consumerism.
January 8, 2010
1. starting a gasoline-fueled lawn mower takes three simple steps opening the choke the starter chord is pulled and close the choke once he engine is running
Starting a gasoline fueled lawn mower takes three simple steps: open the choke, pull the starter chord, and close the choke once the engine is running.
2. as a result of his first riding lesson at the sage ranch jason learned one thing about horses when they are hungery they stop to eat
As a result of his first riding lesson at the Sage Ranch, Jason learned one thing about horses--when they are hungry, they stop to eat.
January 11, 2010
Write a sentence with a vocab word (that demonstrates the meaning of the word) and uses one of the punctuation methods discussed in class.
Omar, Brittney, and I--we were all rapacious when it comes to sleep.
January 13, 2010
In Frankenstein The first four letters and the preface I read weren't mainly about the story it covered the intention of the writing and background of the narrator the book starts with an exploration of the narrator and covers a lot of topics through his letters. For example loneliness risks taken by discovery of new knowledge, and etc it seems like the letters are foreshadowing whats coming up in the future of this book. -- Try for 3 sentences. There is a possibility of a colon AND a dash.
In Frankenstein, the first four letters and the preface I read weren't mainly about the story--it covered the intention of the writing and background of the narrator. The book starts with an exploration of the narrator and covers a lot of topics through his letters: loneliness, risks taken by discovery of new knowledge, and etc. It seems like the letters are foreshadowing what's coming up in the future of this book.
In Frankenstein, the first four letters and the preface I read weren't mainly about the story--it covered the intention of the writing and background of the narrator. The book starts with an exploration of the narrator and covers a lot of topics through his letters--loneliness, risks taken by discovery of new knowledge, and etc. It seems like the letters are foreshadowing what's coming up in the future of this book.
Grammar Presentation
On and AboutOn is used when noun refers to an organized presentation of a subject
The purpose i often instructional (A tape on pronunciation)
About is less formal, less organized, more rambling presentation
Subject matter might be considered more diffuse
Title Punctuation
Italicize (Big Title)- Novel
- Ship
- Play
- Film
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Drawing
- CD
- TV series
- Cartoon
Quotations (Little Things)- Short stories
- Poems
- Skit
- Cartoon episode
- Newspaper story
- Chapter article
LowercaseDashes
Assignment
Blogs
1) Find one blog that is a “regular” person’s post, but you feel could serve as a college essay. Link to it on your page the wiki and explain why (briefly).http://lauriekendrick.wordpress.com/
Her blog is very educational. She talks about everyday issues and her own personal problems. This will serve as a good college essay because not only does it have her own opinions but it updates me with new information. Her blog doesn't have a set theme but rather contain many different topics which she discusses deeper with humor.
http://www.tonitmtaylor.com/
I like his blog because it is random. His randomness helps me think of new topics that I can use during my essays.
2) Find a blog that discusses a topic in-depth in some way that you are interested in. Either comment on their blog, quote them on your blog and link to their blog with a message on theirs that you did so, or some other way of connecting you have. Regardless, link these to your page on the wiki.
http://medjournalwatch.blogspot.com**/**
I like this blog because it is all about health. Health topics interest me... also I get to learn things that I could never learn from my teachers or peers.
3) Find one more blog post of note, link to it on ning, and briefly explain what makes it “good”.
http://yetanotherbloomingblog.blogspot.com/
This blog is funny! The writer writes about her everyday life but I love her writing style.
Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges: Rewrite to my style
Here I bring my chewing to a close. The rest is in the stomach (if not in the esophagus or intestines) of my digestive systems.Let it suffice for me to recall or mention the following facts, with a mere brevity of words which the reflective recollection of all will enrich or amplify. Around 1944, a person doing an autopsy for The American (of Nashville, Tennessee) brought to light in a Memphis library the forty volumes of the process of digestion. Even today there is a controversy over whether we eat to please or survive. The latter is most likely.
Some of the incredible aspects of the Eleventh Volume (for example, the process of excretion) have been eliminated or attenuated in the Memphis copies; it is reasonable to imagine that these omissions follow the plan of exhibiting a world which is not too friendly with the process of eating.
Sentences
If I was a bit taller, if I had just jumped up a bit more, I would have been a blocker.But, sadly, I am not tall nor do I jump high.
I believe that one day I will be blocking, blocking every ball that comes over the net.
Similarities in Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Prince and the Pauper:
Both books uses dialect as comedy. For example, in the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you can hear the southern accent. To me, it seems as though Mark Twain is making the "low" characters speak in an accent. The same goes for the characters in the Prince and the Pauper, except they use old English. In both books, trickery is present. In the beginning of Tom Sawyer, Tom tricks the neighborhood kid into painting the fence. In the Prince and the Pauper, the prince is tricked in the end. Both stories had a character by the name of Tom, who is portrayed low but at the same time high. In Tom Sawyer, Tom is a kid who is always getting in trouble, but at the same time he is manipulative and has a figure of a leader. Tom Canty is the youngest of a family of beggars but he switches roles with Edward. (Edward in the prince and the pauper is viewed as a high figure). Both books include the need and want for adventure.Book Report
book report 0/12Thank you for having such an organized page.