Vocabulary Fall List: #7

Ad infinitum-  To infinity; endlessly; without limit.
 Apportion-  To distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
 Bona fide-  1)  Made, done, or presented in good faith; W/o deception or fraud.  2)  Authentic, true.
 Buoyant-  Attempting to float in a liquid.   Capable of keeping a body afloat.  Not easily depressed, cheerful.  Cheering or invigorating.
 Clique-  A small, exclusive group of people.
 Concede-  To acknowledge as true, just, or proper.  To acknowledge before something is officially established.
 Congenial-  Agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character.  Suited or adapted in spirit.
 Lofty-  Extending high into the air; of imposing height; towering.  Exalted in rank, dignity, and character.    
 Migration-  The process or act of moving a group of people, animals, or things, from one place to another.
 Perceive-  To become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses.
 Perverse-  Willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary
 Prelude-  Any action that comes before another action. 
 Rancid-  A rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, especially as through decomposition.
 Rustic-  Of, pertaining to, or living in the country, as distinguished from cities and towns.  Simple, artless, or unsophisticated.  Uncouth, rude, or boorish.
 Sever-  To separate a part from a whole as by cutting or the like.
 Sordid-  Morally ignoble or base; vile.
 Untenable-  Incapable of being defended, as in an argument or thesis.
 Versatile-  Capable of or adapted for turning from one thing to another of various tasks.
 Vindicate-  To clear, as in an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.
 Wane-  To decrease in ferocity, intensity, ect.

Midterm!!! (Oh, crap...)

I know there are some people out there that are now freaking the hell out about the Midterm, and that's fine.  I may not have stuck to my exact plan either.  But I found a website (Study Blue ) that not only has a great study technique, but it helps organize your work. When you get to the page, you should see a "join" button in the top right corner.  When you click it, just type in your information (it's completely free and confidential).  The site will give you the option of joining via Facebook, or you can sign up with an email.  Clicking on email will pop down a info table, and once you fill it out, click "Submit".  It will ask you to join a class, so type in "English 3, Preston" in the box.  It will take you to your "Backpack", which is the organization part.  You can create flashcards and other study material to help with whatever.  If you have time, explore the site and comment to this post with what you found, because I haven't looked at the whole site.  You're welcome!

HomeWork for 10/1

1. Spend time with "Dream Within a Dream"-- you'll need to be able to recite it from memory by Wednesday, 10.3
2. Take a walk by yourself.  Think.  Observe.  Write it all down.
3. Research Romanticism online and find 3 websites you think are credible.  Bookmark or cut/paste the URLs.
4. Using what you learned on these websites, read what you wrote and analyze whether it qualifies as Romantic literature.  Provide at least three reasons for your conclusion.
5. Post all the information from #1-3 to your blog by Monday, 10.1

1. Right now, I am sitting in a tall tree with a pad of paper an a pencil, and I can't help myself from thinking about the recent activities that have cropped up in my life.  Like how, just last week I fell out of a relationship, only to find myself jumping right back into one.  Sports are going not quite as planned, but still rock.  I realize that my life is not at all complex or terribly hard.  You might even say that I have it kind of easy (I would disagree, but whatever.) .  It's hard to clear my mind, because it seems to be going a mile a minute, and I can never focus on stuff for more than an hour (except for when it comes to books.  Pulled an all-nighter once reading all the books on my Kindle... about twelve of them, one more that 800 pages.).  And maybe music.  I love music.  It inspires me, makes me want to transcend the expectations of my stereotyped "teenage laziness" that my generation has been branded with.
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• http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/romanticism.html
• http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/rom.html
• http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/romanticism.html

1. (3.)  Inferring from the research, I have come to the conclusion that I had almost written a Romantic piece of literature.  I used "I", but I did not include a lot of feeling and natural themes into my writing.  There was also not enough thoughts about what makes me human, according to the sites.  So yeah, almost.