Thursday, August 27, 2009

speak vocab

1.obscene- offensive to morality or decency, repulsive
the construstion worker used obscene language when he hit his thumb with a hammer.


-The grumpy old man used such obscene language when the girl asked him to buy some cookies.


2.abstinence- denying self any form of indulgence, appetite, or craving
many catholics practice abstenence from various foods, pastimes, or indulgences as part of the season of lent.


- The grumpy old man used such obscene language when the girl asked him to buy some cookies.
3.savant- a person of learning, especially one with detailed knowledge in same specialized field.
the young man was considered a savant because he was a mathmatical genious at an early age.

-The young girl was a savant for the old rich man.


4. thespian- dramatic actor
the international thespian society is an honorary organization for high school and middle school theatre students

-When i grow up im goin to work in the thearter carrer and become a thespian.

5.fascism- a political philosophy, movement, or regime ( as the fascists) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a government headed by a dictatorial leader.
Adolf hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933, and quickly established a totalitarian and fascist dictatorship.

-Martin Luther King Jr. had many facism and they made a big difference.

6.predator- one that preys, destroys, or devours.
to human predators, you are prey, and they have no conscience about harming or killing others.

-Lions are the biggest predator in the jungle that eat everything.

7.indoctrination- instruct, with doctrines,theories, beliefs can also be brainwashing.
cult leaders often indoctrinate their followers with beliefs that give the leaders a place of power over them.

- martin Luther King jr. was trying to become a indoctrination, he stood up fro what he belived in many ways.


8.morphing- a special effect process used in film or video production in which persons of objects seam to change shape, form, etc., in a smooth way, created in a digital environment.
the movie willow ( 1988), introduces the echnique of morphing and trasnforming a goat into a woman.

-Many cartoons were morphing, i had seen a rabbit turn into the shape of a square.

9.post tramatis stress disorder- PTSD is an anxiety disorder that occurs in the aftermath of a troumatis event. examples are combat, rape, and natural disorder. PTSD is diagnosed six months after the troumatis event. Three mayjor symptoms are: heightened, startle response, easily scared and irritatibility.

-A PTSD is a very bad thing to have in life you can't deal with it, cause it hurts.

10.potpourri- a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent.

-The powerpuff girls was made from potpourri.

11.paparazzi- a freelance photographer who aggressively pursues celebrities for the purpose of taking candid photographs.

-When i walk out the door i see paparazzi following me everywhere i go and they kept taking pictures.

12.inspiration- an inspiring or animatiny acton or influence:

-God is my inspiration to do everything i do, I try to get it together but its hard.

13.expiration-a coming to am end, termination, close.

-The expiration date on my milk was past due, so it was sopiled.

14.floundering- to make clumsy attempts to move or regain ones balance.

-When i got on the tramplane i being to flounder casue it was so bouncing.

15.blathers- to talk without making sense.

-She just blathers to me and i cant understand what she was saying she was talking so fast.

16.interim- a temporary arrangement, stopping , make stiff. the company had an interim CED after the original one was fired for taking huge bonuses durring an economic recession.

-I told her to interim at the stop sign, but she kept going.

17.drones- a male bee, especially a honey bee, that is characteristically stingless,performs no work, and produces no honey. its only function is to mate with the queen bee.

-The Drones love mating with a female bee.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Vocabulary For Harrison Bergeron

Vocabulary For Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

 

  1. Calibrated: check, adjust, settings on instruments used for measurement
  • My grandfather uses his tuner which is an calibrate for his guitar.
  1. Consternation: sudden, alarming amazement resulting in confusion
  • When the fight came out the consternation came out.
  1. Cower: crouch, recoil, flinch
  • She cower when I acked like I wanted to hit her.
  1. Hindrance: stopping, preventing
  • I asked the teacher could her hindrance the girl from brothering me.
  1. Luminous: radiating or reflecting light
  • My window in my car a luminous when the sun is out.
  1. Symmetry: equal proportions
  • A triangle has a line of symmetry right down the middle.
  1. Synchronizing: causing to work or operate at the same time; unison
  • My I-pod be synchronizing when I put new music on it.
  1. Vague: unclear
  • The words on the wall was very vague to me.
  1. Vigilance: watchful, alert, paying attention
  • On December 31, every year we vigilance for the New Year.
  1. Wince: to draw back or tense the body as if experiencing pain
  • When she broke her ankle she winces because it was an open fractured.

Discussion Questions

  1. What is the theme of the story?
  • To much government control for the government will become bad.
  1. What do you think Harrison’s rebellion reveals about his character and values? Support your opinion with references to the text.
  • He wasn’t afraid and he wanted to create change but didn’t want to lose his life.
  1. What conclusions can you draw about the society in which the characters live?
  • The government has all the control the characters have no freedom at all.
  1. .  What do you think Vonnegut might be trying to say about today’s society and the role a government can play in achieving equality among people? At what point does government go too far?
  • He didn’t want the government to have all the control. When they toke away people gifts that god gave them.
  1. .  In what ways is there tension between equality and opportunity in our country today?
  • Racism, men and women

 

 

 

 

 


Friday, August 21, 2009

The Black Cat Vocab DQs

Vocabulary for The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe

Vocabulary Definitions

1. Solicit: (V) -to seek for (something) by earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.

I told my mom I was soliciting for those new shoes, I told her very resoectfully.

2. Mad: (Adj) -mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.

I got very mad when the girl hit my sister.

3. Succinct: (Adj) -expressed in few words; concise; terse.

The succint old lady loves expressing her feelings.

4. Phantasm: (N) -an illusory likeness of something.

When you phantasm you have a illusory likness of something.

5. Docile: (Adj) -easily managed or handled.

the docile bed was very light.

6. Disposition: (N) -the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude.

her disposition is always very rude towards people.

7. Sagacious: (Adj) -having or showing keen discernment, and sound judgment.

The sagacious young lady always had a rude sound of judgment.

8. Paltry: (Adj) -lacking in importance or worth; trivial.

The paltry kids was in need for alot of things.

9. Gossamer: (N) -something delicate, light, or flimsy.

Don't drop that its very gossamer and that lamp is important tp me.

10. Fidelity: (N) -faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances.

The fidelity church members are very faithfull to their duties in the church.

11. Procure: (V) -to get by special effort; obtain or acquire.

She did a procure by feeding the hungry people.

12. Allusion: (N) -the act of alluding; indirect reference:

The Odyesses is a pefect story of allusion.

13. Intemperance: (N) -excessive use of alcoholic beverages.

The intemperance is a very bad thing to have it mess up your mind and its a sin.

14. Maltreat: (V) -to treat in a rough or cruel way; abuse.

The man maltreated the animals beasue of his anger.

15. Scruple: (N) -a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.

The scruple of the story was to treat others the way you want to be treated.

16. Malevolence: (N) -ill will; malice; hatred.

Her malevolence ways made people dislike her.

17. Atrocity: (N) -the quality of being extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal.

The atrocity man was abusete to the animlas.

18. Debauch: (N) -a period of wanton self-indulgence, an excessive party which includes consumption of alcohol.

The debauch was crashed by the police everybody went to jail.

19. Sentiment: (N) -a mental feeling; emotion.

The sentiment came out of me when she died.

20. Remorse: (N) -deep and painful regret for wrongdoing.

her remorsed when he killed the cat

Discussion Questions for The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe

Discussion Questions (Each question should be answered in a paragraph with emphasis on your personal opinion and interpretation wherever applicable.)

  1. Discuss the significance of the following quote: “There is something unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of man.”

this quote to me means there is a person who is sacrificcing people that love him, beacuse they don't know what ral love is, and it goes and touches that person heart to test the heart of a real man.

  1. What is the significance of the cat’s name, Pluto?

The cat's anme is pluto becasue he is a black cat

  1. Why did the narrator initially restrain himself from maltreating the cat while maltreating other animals?

The cat was with the charcter longer and really did love him. The charcter didn't believe that anyone loved him, and when he acutalluy knew someone did, he maltreated them. the other animals really didn't care form him that much.

  1. Why does he eventually mistreat the cat?

He mistreated the cat becasue he was intemperance and the cat was always around when he was that way.

  1. Describe the narrator’s feelings after abusing the cat. Why is that significant?

When the charcter beat the first cat it was just a moment of remorse. the charcter really didn't care and it didn't mean alot to him.

  1. How does the narrator define “perverseness”? Do you agree with his definition? Do you agree that it is human nature?

Something he grew from, that he was raised around, No,No

  1. Discuss the significance of the following quote: “[I] hung it because I knew that it had loved me, and because I felt it had given me no reason of offense; because I knew that in doing so I was committing a sin.”

This quote is saying he had no feelings for oeple or things that loved him and he felt he had nothing else to do with his life.

The Three Little pigs

Exposition

In the story The Three Little Pigs, there were 3 little pigs and one big bad wolf. The story starts when the three little pigs have to leave home to be on their own.

 

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Rising Action

The first little pig built his house out of straw because it was the easiest thing to do. The second little pig built his house out of sticks. The third little pig built his house out of bricks.

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Climax

The high point of the story is when the big bad wolf was walking and saw the 1st little pig (which he loved to eat) house built out of straw. He commanded the pig to let him in, but he didn’t so he blew his house down. The 1st piggy ran to the 2nd piggy house, which was built out of straw, the big bad wolf commanded the 2nd piggy to let him in, but he didn’t. So he blew he blew the house down.

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Falling Action

 

So the 1st and 2nd piggy ran to the 3rd little piggy house. The big bad wolf commanded for them to let him in again, but they didn’t so the big bad wolf climbs up on the chimney and crashed into a pot of water, and that stopped the problems with the big bad wolf and the three little pigs.

 

 

 

 

Resolution

 

The next day they called there mother to there house, and showed her what had happened. The three little pigs had learned their lesson and lived happily ever after.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Elements of Fiction in

 

The Three Little Pigs

 

 

 

 

 


Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The best thing I did this summer was.....

This summer of 2009 was the best summer to me. I left brunswick at the end of may to go to Augusta, Georgia. Whill I was in Augusta I was having trouble keeping a boyfriend. So one day i was on myspace and this boy name Sam Davis messaged me. We ended up becoming very good friends and then we started dating. When I came back to Brunswick he meet my family and we started hanging out alot. We become real close to eachother day by day. Now since I meet him my life has changed alot he influnces me in a postive way. He means alot to me. Even with each of us knowing of eachother past, we still care and love each other with much kindness and also greatness. This young man to me is very nice and I love his personality, and I love him.