Vocab List 9 Remix

Bosom- space between breasts

Prudently- conservative

Inveterate- habitually

Propensity-likelihood tendency

Repose- to rest

Stripling- to punish

Sequester- to set apart

Purport- to attend

Imbibed-To drink in

Apparition- sight of a ghostly figure

Incessant- on going

Cognomen- name or nickname

Reverie- a daydream

Gambol- Running or jumping playfully

Specter- visible spirit

Tarry- to linger

Hessian- German Mersonary in civil war

Ad Hominem

Ad hominem is a logical fallacy of attempting to undermine a speaker's argument by attacking the speaker instead of addressing the argument.

An example of ad hominem was in one of the debates between President Obama and Governor Romney. In the debate Governor Romney "attacked" Obama by asking him why he have less ships then we did before when his argument wasn't about Obama but on what he wanted to do about the military situations.

This qualifies as ad hominem because Romney tried attacking Obama by trying to say he was doing something wrong but the question that was supposed to be answered by Romney was how he planned to make the military stronger. That took away from the argument and didn't address the initial questioned that Romney was asked.

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Vocab

Tranquility- peace/ calm

Prudently- practical

Imbibed- to drink in

Tarry- to linger

Onerous- burdensome

Rustic- country/ primitive

Grievous- worth grieving over/something over the top

Pedagogue- teacher

Implored- implied

Inveterate- to establish

Storytelling Technique (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow)

The author uses syntax as a storytelling technique. Syntax means the choice of words someone uses in a certain situation. The author uses this when explaining the town. He says, " The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the nightmare, with her whole nine fold, seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols." By the author using these choice of words it sets the tone as more of a creepy feeling and let's the reader get a more scary feel to the town.

Beginning of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

The beginning of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was used to set the time of the story to be mysterious an a hint of questioning if what they are about to say is true. This technique has been used in other stories like "The Blair Witch Project" by having mystery throughout the whole story creating a scary feel for readers and viewers.

David Guetta Connection

When Ricky and Uriel explained to us the movie Uriel found they tried explaining how the movie had the same goals that we are trying to accomplish in this class. In the movie David Guetta tries to accomplish something above and beyond what any other artist had done. This technique is very much like what we are trying to accomplish in this class by using blogs that no one in this school has heard of but may be a big part of our future and many other people's futures.

Vocabulary Remix

Flout- willfully disregarding a rule
Caveat- a qualifying exception
Blazon- to adorn/ decorate
Filch- to steal something of little value
Fractious- bad tempered
Equitable- equal or just
Autonomy- independence/freedom
Addendum- a thing to be added
Amnesty- an official pardon
Axiomatic- self evident
Extricate- to free from difficulty
Soporific- causing sleep
Scathing- severely critical or scornful
Unwieldy- hard to move or carry
Vapid- flat, tasteless,dull
Prognosticate- to predict
Sepulchral- tomb like or having to do with interment/ gloomy or dismal
Salutary- producing good effects
Straitlaced- strictly rule abiding
Scourge- to whip or lash
Precept- general rule for behavior
Transient- lasting for a short amount of time