Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Within a Dream Reflection

I think that in the poem Edgar Allan Poe tries to get across the point of how do people know yet aren't in a dream. In the poem he says "In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none" and this leaves the reader with a mystery that he leaves for us to figure out. Also, when Poe says "Grains of the golden sand-
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep" i think he used golden sand to represent how there are important things in life but he says "how few" to show it is rare but if you don't try to embrace it it could slip away while you sit and watch.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Vocab List #6

Adroit- dexterous; skillful and adept under pressing conditions
- The kid was adroit at the spelling bee.
Amicable- friendly,kind
- The lady was amicable and gave me a dollar.
Averse- having a strong dislike of
- The had a big averse for that mean boy.
Belligerent- waging war
- He screamed and threw his fist on the waiters face in a belligerent way.
Benevolent- kind charitable
- We wanted to be benevolent so we had a bake sale to raise money for cancer.
Cursory- hasty therefore not thorough or detailed
- The boy finished his project cursory and got a bad grade.
Duplicity- deceitfulness; double-dealing
- The man showed duplicity when he cheated.
Extol- praise enthusiastically
- The people showed great extol at church.
Feasible- that may be done, practicable
- The test was feasible to study.
Grimace- a distortion of the countenance
- She showed grimace on her face after smelling the horrible scent.
Holocaust- destruction or slaughter of a mass scale
- The holocaust was supported by hitler.
Impervious- not allowing something to pass through
- The brick wall was impervious to pass.
Impetus- the force or energy or momentum with which a body moves
- The boy running had a great impetus on his race.
Jeopardy- hazard; risk exposure to death,loss,or injury
- There was a big jeopardy of the mans life on the hike.
Meticulous- showing much attention to detail;very careful or precise
- The artist was very meticulous with his work.
Nostalgia- home sickness
- The girl had a lot of nostalgia after moving out.
Quintessence- the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class
- The man showed great quintessence at the meeting which made him seem professional.
Retrogress- go back to an earlier state, typically a worse one
- The man didn't want to retrogressive after rehab.
Scrutinize- examine or inspect closely or thoroughly
- The teacher scrutinized the students essays harshly.
Tepid-showing little enthusiasm
- The kids were tepid after finding out they failed their test.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Online security

A few things I learned about online security from Ian's presentation was that I think can help me is that I can go on other peoples blogs to figure out the assignments and ask people for help on my blog or even ask him about my blog and I know he can help me.

Young goodman brown questions

1) I think Hawthorne's purpose was to show that not everything can always be good and to show everyone is face with challenges.

2) I agree that Faith's name fit her personality because she is a symbol of innocence. Although I think she is a symbol of innocence I don't think Brown had as much faith in her as he did before his journey.

3) I think the pink ribbons signify innocence like a baby girl's color in which a baby has innocence from the beginning.

4) I think everything Brown witnessed was all a dream. The setting I the stir made the story seem mythical with the Salem witch trials and everything that happened to him was something a person wouldn't encounter being in the woods or even a person going to a dark woods by themselves seems unlikely.

5) I think the old man is the devil. I think this because he gives off a dark mood and he seems very negative and cold.

6) I think the staff is part of Brown's own conscience because it is leading him towards evil even more.

7) I think if Brown didn't go into the forest he would've just lived the same life thinking that everything was innocent and not being able to deal with a situation where evil is involved. I think he still would've had Faith because he wouldn't have ever questioned her and would've kept trusting the townspeople and her without knowing the full truth.

Vocab list 5

Allude- to mention indirectly or casually
- The boy alluded his secret to his friends on accident.
Clairvoyant- having an alleged supernatural power beyond the range of vision
- The man was clairvoyant with his work.
Conclusive- sively final
- The girls decision was conclusive.
Disreputable- having a bad reputation
- After the girl lied she was disreputable to everyone.
Endemic- peculiar to a particular people or locality, as a disease
- The new kid was endemic to the students.
Exemplary- worthy of imitation
- The older kids were exemplary to the younger kids.
Fathom- to measure the depth of
- The fathoms below the ocean were unimaginably big.
Guile- insidious cunning in attaining a goal
- The little boy was extremely guile for his age.
Integrity- soundness of moral character
- He had the integrity of someone great.
Itinerary- a line of route or travel
- The man was on a strict itinerary for his work schedule.
Misconstrue- to misunderstand the meaning of
- The girl misconstrued the meaning of the lesson.
Obnoxious- extremely objectionable or offensive
- The little kids were being obnoxious in the library.
Placate- to appease by making some concessions
- The mom placated her children by helping them fall asleep.
Placid- pleasantly calm or peaceful
- The mountains were placid in the fall.
Plagiarism- to steal the language idea or thoughts of others
- That story was plagiarized by someone else.
Potent- producing powerful medicinal or chemical effects
- The new formula of the bomb was very potent.
Pretext- false reason put forward to conceal the true one
- The man gave a pretext for why he was late.
Protrude- to thrust out or cause to thrust out
- The man protruded his new idea to everyone.
Stark- bluntly plain
- The directions were stark for the kindergardeners.
Superficial- of,on or near the surface
- She's just a superficial teenager.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Vocab Fall List #3

Encomium- Formal praise.
- The professor have the student encomium for her essay.
Coherent- sticking together
- The drum line was coherent.
Belabor- to discuss or worry about for an unreasonable amount of time 
- The girl belabored about what her punishment would be.
Eschew- to keep away from as something wicked
- It is neccissary to eschew junk food to stay healthy.
Acquisitive- the act or an instance of getting possession
- The painting was a huge acquisition for the museum.
Emulate- to imitate with effort to equal or surpass
- The girl tried to emulate the popular girl.
Arrogate- to claim or appropriate to oneself without right
- The girl arrogated the money she found was hers.
Banal- insipid and pointless
- The time was banal to the late student.
Excoriation- to strip off 
- The man excoriationed the women of her job.
Congeal- To change from a fluid state to a solid state 
- The ice slowly congealed in the sun.
Carping- To find fault Or complain 
- Critics are already carping about the new restaurant.
Substantiate- to establish by proof or competent evidence
- The detective substantiated the evidence.
Temporize- to delay making a decision to gain time 
- The daughter temporized with her mother so she didn't have to go to bed.
Largesse- generous giving of gift
- The parents were very largesse about christmas gifts for their kids.
Tenable- capable of being held,maintained,or defended
- The girl was very tenable by her boyfriend.
Insatiable- incapable of being satisfied
- The girl was insatiable with straight A's.
Reconnaissance- close examination or survey of a region
- The school had a reconnaissance of the new student before school started.
Germane- closely of significantly related
- The topic was extremely germane of the story.
Ramify- to divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts
- The government decided to ramifty the state.
Intransigent- uncompromising
- The students were intransigent of the teacher.
Taciturn- temperamentally not speaking much
- The girl was taciturn after she head the sad news.
Invidious- causing resentment
- The girl was mad making her invidious after the boy pushed her.