tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15954754160720958382024-03-14T01:04:47.214-07:00Connor Albright's American Lit Comp BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-34153382955548124022013-05-19T22:00:00.000-07:002013-05-19T22:00:10.154-07:00The Best of American LiteratureI honestly did not think very hard on this subject. As soon as I saw Dr. Preston's post about this topic, I immediatly thought of my book. Those 122 pages were and still are the greatest accomplishment of my small, puny, insignificant life (the reason I say those things is because they are, of course, the truth. I'm 1 in 6 billion, and as of yet, too young to make an impact. For now, at least). But yes, my novel has been the highlight of my Junior year as a whole, not just from English 3. <br />
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And for those of you who said you wanted to read it, go ahead and leave your email adress in the comments, and I will send you a snippet. Sorry, but that's all my editor will let me give away.<br />
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CA out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-46608703085418391962013-05-16T21:38:00.001-07:002013-05-16T21:38:44.812-07:00Derby Reportage.Coming out of that piece, definitely scrambled upstairs, my first thoughts were "Sweet baby Jesus that was long!!" And that, my friends, is the honest-to-God truth right there. <br />
I spent much of the time reading that story thinking to myself, <i>Why did Hunter S. Thompson <b>choose </b>to write this story as long and elaborate as he did? </i>I mean, he actually speaks of the Derby for about three sentences, then back to himself and his story. I understand that he was starting a new style of writing, but why did it have to be so... vulgar and... self-centered?<br />
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CA out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-24405146686516128882013-05-15T20:35:00.002-07:002013-05-15T20:35:19.880-07:00JOHNNY CYBERPUNK<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">First Reaction- "... What is he <em>saying?!?</em>"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Second Reaction- "Woah, how cool!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Third Reaction- *Mind being blown*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">Overall, this story had a wonderfull impact on my thinking. Sure, could've used some spell-check, but maybe that was part of the plan. No one could ever know, could they? But the best thing about "Johnny Mnemonic" was the fact that it was so far into the future, yet so... not. You following me? I mean, it seemed like some things were impossibly outdated, and there were other things that were so beyond my comprehension of technology that the language and plot left me in the dust. Yet I continued after that plot, not only because it was so sci-fi but because I wanted to see how the story played out. And much to my delight, there was a giant climatic battle and a cliff-hanger ending that only increased my respect and reverence for William Gibson (I mean, who thinks of cyborg dolphins?! Genius!!!!!!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New;">CA out.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-85096787283451022892013-04-22T22:00:00.000-07:002013-04-22T22:00:02.745-07:00The Confidant Strikes. <div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
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are the various ways Nick Carraway functions in The Great Gatsby? How does he
help give us the tour through Gatsby's world? How does he help us get to know
Jay Gatsby? How does his presence change the course of the plot, the
interactions between other characters, and/or the reader's understanding of the
tone and theme of the novel? What else (if anything) do you think Carraway's
character accomplishes? How would the book be different if the narration was
provided by an anonymous, omniscient voice?</strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> F. Scott Fitzgerald is a literary genius. Hands down. His expert use of deep symbolism and beautiful portrayal of a class-defined society continue to apply to civilization today. Yet, in his world-class book <strong><u>The Great Gatsby</u></strong>, Fitzgerald takes a simple first-person narrator, Nick Carraway, and uses him to completly transform the book into one of the greatest American novels to date. Fitzgerald's use of his <em>confidant </em>to bring in another view and opinion on the rich and mysterious Jay Gatsby.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0United States, California, サンタ・バーバラ=サンタ・マリア=ゴレータ34.866778207689634 -120.4389953613281234.762514207689634 -120.60035686132812 34.971042207689635 -120.27763386132813tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-4342549223334486142013-03-20T20:46:00.000-07:002013-03-20T20:46:36.532-07:00MAPLAN, MaBrotha!!Ok so in class today, I had this <em>awesome</em> idea that I could use a Mind Map to plot out the relation between TS Eliot's writing and the goings-on in his personal affairs. You know, connect the ideas flouting around his head at the time to the ideas flowing across the paper with his name on it. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-23077208002694839992013-03-10T18:27:00.000-07:002013-03-10T18:27:24.145-07:00I AM T.S. ELIOTI am a cat fanatic and keep more than a dozen as pets at a time.<br />
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I am "Possum" to my friend Ezra Pound.<br />
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I am a Nobel Prize winner.<br />
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I am the man that wrote, "This is how the world ends/ Not with a bang, but a whimper."<br />
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I am a night watchman for the Royal Airforce, helping notify them of German bombers that I can see from my office window.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-315300807624085532013-02-25T21:59:00.001-08:002013-02-25T21:59:34.186-08:00My ModernistI have chosen T.S. Elliot as my Modernist.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-3239717337586120132013-02-20T21:40:00.004-08:002013-02-20T21:40:57.391-08:00BOB IA smidgen late, I know, but here it is, nonetheless.<br />
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1.)<a href="http://whougrhsamlitcom.blogspot.com/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Whitney Houg</a><br />
- Excellent work ethic and great skill with her blog.<br />
2.)<b><a href="http://eesparzarhsengcomp.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Eli Esparza</a> </b><br />
<b> - </b>I can always count on him to have the latest and greatest for an example.<br />
3.)<b><a href="http://achantryrhsamlit.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ashley Chantry</a> </b><br />
- Organized the class mind map. (that takes courage, my friends.)<br />
4.)<b><a href="http://sstevensrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sara Stevens</a> </b><br />
- Very well-organized in her thought process and writing.<br />
5.)<b><a href="http://eclardysrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ethan Clardy</a> </b><br />
- Interesting way of looking at assignments, gives me a different view of things.<br />
6.)<b><a href="http://rudyvalentine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rudy Valentine</a> </b><br />
- Awesome blog, and quality work that is unmatched.<br />
<b><br /></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-87738880372770651302013-02-13T19:46:00.001-08:002013-02-13T19:46:07.333-08:00Toyota Postgame Show: Special Essay EditionTo be absolutely honest, my essay was not the at the top of its game. It (I) rambled on and on for much to long, and I didn't get to all my main points that would have really rounded out my essay. <br />
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So in all, a very disappointing performance by myself.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-66218820995331529282013-02-04T17:06:00.000-08:002013-02-04T17:06:53.900-08:00The Time of My Life.To be absolutely honest, of the 35 minutes I had in class, I must have spent at least ten or fifteen of them trying to catch up on some lost sleep. No don't go thinking that all I did was sleep, because I did spend a vast majority of that time reading and communicating ideas with my group.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-56156973903674504522013-01-23T18:03:00.001-08:002013-01-24T16:33:49.543-08:00I'm a Poet and I Know It! Slipping, falling down<br />
Royal crest low in defeat,<br />
The eagle shall fall.<br />
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O'er hate and fear<br />
Majestic strides, crown bright <br />
Heart shall rule the strong<br />
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Mighty clash of greed,<br />
Hundreds fall under steel<br />
All for few to gain.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-83890208642549170312013-01-17T16:22:00.002-08:002013-01-17T16:22:52.418-08:00Theme For English 3.Many of the teachers in this school find me as a bothersome student. I mean, I don't do the homework, I rarely participate in class, yet I understand all the material and can ace the tests. But when it comes to English, I kick ass. And I know exactly what the problem is... I love English. It's just that simple. Walking into 608 just brightens my day for about an hour. My teacher is "LEGEN... ..... Wait for it........... DARY." <br />
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Then it's back to the original, crap-shoot of a "learning experience". <br />
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As I'm saying this, I'm starting to think that maybe it's my attitude towards the rest of high school that's ruining my meaningless grades. That and all the missing work. Ugh. Now just thinking of paper makes my head hurt. Add homework to a busy schedule consisting of water polo, work, volleyball, and friends (I like to have at least an itty-bitty ounce of a social life.), and that transforms my world into a list of importance. At the top, family and school (according to Mother), followed by sports, then friends, then girlfriend (which is basically the same thing, except I can't kiss the former without consequences from the latter), and finally, my novel. Of all these things that I want to do, every day I must refer to my list of importance and choose the top three (sadly) to carry out that day. <br />
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Now don't get me wrong. I love school. The people, the subjects (English, and... English), and the teachers, they all add up to greatness. The problem lies in the complete lack of <u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">anything interesting</u> at school. It's not very compelling when the only thing <u>remotely</u> interesting during the school day is witnessing a fight that lasts for about two seconds and nobody goes down before security rushes in to break it up.<br />
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But to get back to the title, English 3 is, at least for this Junior, the <b>BEST THING ON FREAKING CAMPUS!!!!!</b> The blog, the online stuff, the sometimes-hilarious guest speakers that make Shakespeare understandable for today's teenager. All these things make up for the shittiness of the rest of school. To be able to control my own path of knowledge, make it lead towards what <b><u><i>I</i> </u></b>want to excel in means that I can control my own future and not have it handed to me on a used and dented silver platter. To have a teacher that <i>guides</i> instead of <i>dictates</i> makes for a more well-developed student that is confident as he takes his first strides in the real world. <br />
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This is my post for English 3.<br />
2013Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-26344431039775963072013-01-10T22:16:00.003-08:002013-01-10T22:16:30.019-08:00Spring Post 1: Music As LiteratureWelcome back! It has been a long and wonderful Christmas break, but now it is time to get back to work. Today we are looking at music and it's influence on the literary world.<br />
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If someone were to walk up to you on the street and ask you to describe, in your own words, what literature is, you might be quite taken aback, wouldn't you? But such a question makes one think... <i>What <b>is</b> literature?</i> Normally what comes to mind is a bunch of boring old-timey stuff that makes your head spin trying to read the first word. But literature today is so much <b>more</b> than that. Literature today contains everything from poems to novels to short stories to movie scripts and, you guessed it, <u style="font-weight: bold;">MUSIC!!</u><br />
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Back in 1600-something, William Shakespeare was writing a ton of plays that consisted of what high school students thought to be super boring shit that was difficult to read and just plain terrible. What those high school kids didn't realize was that this type of stereotypical literature (Shakespeare is the first thing that popped into your mind, wasn't it?) was not only freaking vulgar and hilarious if you decode it into modern terms, but also a stepping stone into more advanced types of writing. From Shakespearean literature blossoms the Enlightenment, which brought the corrupt political regimes to the public view. The Revolutionary War flipped the literary world on it's head yet again, bringing about the Romanticism period that cleared the path for literature to develop into the exciting beast it is today.<br />
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Now how does all this tie into music? Well, very simply in fact. Music and literature are one in the same. Mainly because they can both express our deepest thoughts that we would never say in public. The plot lines of both books and songs can be described as invigorating, meaningful, and over all, emotions. That, my friends, is the simplest connection between music and literature.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-52069119015766606372012-12-10T08:40:00.003-08:002012-12-10T08:40:41.285-08:00"Inheritance"--An Epic Conclusion to A Beloved Series<b>Literary Analysis of <u>Inheritance</u> By Christopher Paolini</b><br />
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1. <b>In Christopher Paolini's <u>Inheritance</u>, a maturing Dragon Rider named Eragon fights alongside a rebelling army called the Varden. They are in revolt against a terrible king that was also once a Dragon Rider but betrayed his brotherhood because of greed. </b></div>
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2. <b>A big theme of this book is ethics and responsibility, along with life's meaning, and even the idea of a god.</b></div>
<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;">3. </span><b><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;">Throughout the book, Paolini comes across as eloquent and deeply knowledgeable, despite his young age and teen-like appearance. </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4;"> </span><br />
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4. <b>I picked up on quite a few literary elements in <u>Inheritance</u>, such as elegant syntax and a radiating diction on the part of Paolini. Also, there seemes to be a vast amount of foreshadowing, which leads to some pretty drastic plot twists, along with a few allusions to Christianity and relgion. The entire story is told from three character's points of view, but in third person limited omnicient.</b></div>
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1. <b>When focusing on different characters, Paolini tends to tell each character's story very differently for the sake of keeping individuality alive and awesome. Each character has his or her specific way of portraying their feelings to the reader and to other characters. I think that Paolini does a masterful job of bringing his characters leaping off the pages. </b></div>
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3. <b>I definitely feel as if I've meet someone coming away from this book. All the characters are relatable and interesting, even if they seem to be a little on the darker side of the battle. </b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-77152038145163801662012-11-07T20:35:00.000-08:002012-11-07T20:35:07.793-08:00The Medium is the MessageI remember watching the Disney rendition of "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" as a kid and thinking to myself, <i>That guy is so freaking skinny, how did he eat so much? </i>But now that I've read the story, I know that there was a lot more to this guy's story than I really knew. The book produced so much more of a humorous look at Ichabod Crane. Also, after reading the book, I noticed that Disney left out a whole lot of things that made the book so much more, in-depth, and that made the movie that much more childish (well, duh.). The movie just showed the thing between him and Brom Bones as the main problem in the story. <br />
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Overall, dug the story way more than the movie.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-38286295821541344002012-11-06T20:29:00.001-08:002012-11-06T20:31:01.998-08:00Vocabulary Fall List #10<span style="background-color: #351c75; color: #7f6000;"><b><i><u>Pedagogue</u></i></b>: A teacher or instructor, specifically one that is very strict or straight-laced.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; color: #7f6000;"><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Cavernous:</u> Referring to a cave in shape, size, or atmosphere.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; color: #7f6000;"><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Coquettish:</u> Continually flirtatious, usually in a lighthearted and teasing manner.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; color: #7f6000;"><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Tete-a-tete:</u> A private conversation.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; color: #7f6000;"><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Suffice:</u> To be enough or adequate.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; color: #7f6000;"><u style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Amorous:</u> Showing feeling; In love.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-36645007925487743702012-10-08T21:50:00.001-07:002012-10-08T21:50:45.333-07:00Vocabulary Fall List: #7<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Ad infinitum- To infinity; endlessly; without limit.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Apportion- </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">To </span><span id="hotword"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">distribute</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: pointer;">allocate</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">proportionally;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">divide</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">assign</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">according </span><span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="cursor: default;">some</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">rule</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">proportional</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">distribution:</span> </span></span><span class="ital-inline" style="display: inline; font-style: italic;"><span id="hotword"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">apportion</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">expenses </span><span id="hotword" name="hotword">among</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">three</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">men.</span></span></span></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Bona fide- 1) Made, done, or presented in good faith; W/o deception or fraud. 2) Authentic, true.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Buoyant- Attempting to float in a liquid. Capable of keeping a body afloat. Not easily depressed, cheerful. Cheering or invigorating.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> C</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">lique- A small, exclusive group of people.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Concede- To </span><span style="font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 21px;">acknowledge</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> as true, just, or proper. To acknowledge before something is officially established.</span></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Congenial- Agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character. Suited or adapted in spirit.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Lofty- Extending high into the air; of imposing </span><span style="font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 21px;">height</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">; towering. Exalted in rank, dignity, and character</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">. </span></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Migration- The process or act of moving a group of people, animals, or things, from one place to another.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Perceive- To become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Perverse- Willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Prelude- Any action that comes before another action. </span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Rancid- A rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, especially as through decomposition.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Rustic- Of, pertaining to, or living in the country, as distinguished from cities and towns. Simple, artless, or unsophisticated. </span><span style="font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 21px;">Uncouth</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">, rude, or boorish.</span></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Sever- To </span><span style="font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 21px;">separate</span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> a part from a whole as by cutting or the like.</span></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Sordid- Morally ignoble or base; vile.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Untenable- Incapable of being defended, as in an argument or thesis.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Versatile- Capable of or adapted for turning from one thing to another of various tasks.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Vindicate- To clear, as in an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Wane- To decrease in ferocity, intensity, ect.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-39072501273820052472012-10-04T13:48:00.000-07:002012-10-04T13:48:01.481-07:00Midterm!!! (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 (<a href="http://www.studyblue.com/" target="_blank">Study Blue</a> ) 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!<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-14782262633429132572012-10-01T05:25:00.000-07:002012-10-01T05:25:05.707-07:00HomeWork for 10/1<br />
<span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">1. Spend time with "Dream Within a Dream"-- you'll need to be able to recite it from memory by Wednesday, 10.3</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">2. Take a walk by yourself. Think. Observe. Write it all down.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">3. Research Romanticism online and find 3 websites you think are credible. Bookmark or cut/paste the URLs.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">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.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">5. Post all the information from #1-3 to your blog by Monday, 10.1</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 21px;">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.</span></span></li>
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<li><a href="http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/romanticism.html" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 21px;"></a><a href="http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/romanticism.html">http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/romanticism.html</a></li>
<li><a href="http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/rom.html">http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/rom.html</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/romanticism.html">http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/romanticism.html</a></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 21px;">(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.</span></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-33793367478687588212012-09-24T21:44:00.001-07:002012-09-24T21:44:50.837-07:00Vocabulary: Fall List #6<br />
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<li>Adroit- An expert; deft.</li>
<li>Amicable- Friendly.</li>
<li>Averse- Unwilling.</li>
<li>Belligerent- (adj.) Aggressively hostile. (n.) A nation at war.</li>
<li>Benevolent- Kind and charitable.</li>
<li>Cursory- Hasty and superficial.</li>
<li>Duplicity- Deceitfulness. </li>
<li>Extol- To praise highly.</li>
<li>Feasible- Capable of being done, likely.</li>
<li>Grimace- Facial expression indicating pain, disapproval, etc.</li>
<li>Holocaust- Great destruction, especially by fire. </li>
<li>Impervious- Not allowing penetration; incapable of being affected.</li>
<li>Impetus- Driving or moving force.</li>
<li>Jeopardy- Hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury. Peril or danger. The danger or hazard of being found guilty, and of consequent punishment, undergone by criminal defendants on trial.</li>
<li>Meticulous- Minutely careful.</li>
<li>Nostalgia- Sentimental yearning for the past.</li>
<li>Quintessence- The pure essence or most perfect example of something.</li>
<li>Retrogress- Return to a more original or more primitive condition. </li>
<li>Scrutinize- To examine closely.</li>
<li>Tepid- Lukewarm.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-57003875728975393212012-09-19T13:36:00.003-07:002012-09-19T13:36:49.442-07:00Vocabulary Fall List #5<ol>
<li>Allude- Refer to something the author thinks you should know.</li>
<li>Clairvoyant- To perceive beyond the senses.</li>
<li>Conclusive- Being decisive; final.</li>
<li>Disreputable- Of poor reputation.</li>
<li>Endemic- Widespread to one area.</li>
<li>Exemplary- Of noteworthy importance.</li>
<li>Fathom- (n) Measure of nautical depth. (v) to understand.</li>
<li>Guile- Trickiness.</li>
<li>Integrity- Integrate thought, word and action.</li>
<li>Itinerary- Trip schedule.</li>
<li>Misconstrue- (passive) Misunderstand. (active) Misrepresent. </li>
<li>Obnoxious- Rude; loud.</li>
<li>Placate- To calm down.</li>
<li>Placid- Peaceful.</li>
<li>Plagiarism- Taking someone elses' work and showing it as your own.</li>
<li>Potent- Powerfull.</li>
<li>Pretext- A reason.</li>
<li>Protrude- To stick out, out in the open.</li>
<li>Stark- Obvious (Stark Tower is obviously home to Tony Stark) </li>
<li>Superficial- Shallow.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-21159968390349721082012-09-05T19:39:00.000-07:002012-09-05T19:39:12.176-07:00"AHA!!!" Moment.Reading simple things, like articles, has always been easy for me. But reading MSS Parts I, II, and III was a bit of a challenge. Before today, I wasn't quite understanding the whole "difference btwn signs and symbols" thing. Now I know that a sign is something that makes us think of something else (occurs naturally), and a symbol is something that was put in a certain place to force a certain thought. AHA!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-61832981412483559032012-09-04T21:47:00.000-07:002012-09-04T21:47:30.806-07:00Young Goodman Brown Symbols<b><u>Faith's Ribbons:</u></b> The ribbons show how Faith is the embodiment of innocence. When the ribbon floats down from the sky, Goodman Brown was doubting the purity of the people around him. He perceives the ribbon's appearance as Faith's loss of innocence, but at the end of the story, when Faith's ribbons had been restored to their rightful place in her bonnet, Goodman Brown questions the authenticity of his adventures.<br />
<u style="font-weight: bold;">The Staff:</u> Encircled with a carving of a serpent, the staff was an obvious symbol for the Serpent in <i>Adam and Eve</i>. Just as the Snake in the story leads Eve down the path of evil, the staff assists Goodman Brown in his unintentional quest for evil.<br />
<u style="font-weight: bold;">The Old Man:</u> Although not-so-obvious, the old man completely represents the devil himself. He is dressed exactly like Goodman Brown, suggesting the evil in all of us. His manner and style of speech all suggest evil beyond our comprehension.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-37298499502532802002012-08-30T21:28:00.000-07:002012-08-30T21:28:08.941-07:00Online SecuritySince so much of our lives is spent online downloading information and friends, keeping your personal life locked down while surfing the web is a high priority. What Ian was mentioning was, of course, common sense to all students, but the big thing that I saw that he centered around just not being stupid. All the gimmicks that he showed were so simple yet so clever; the scroll bar that really isn't a scroll bar, and the Facebook security stuff. The password stuff was really interesting, because I didn't think anybody could actually just leave 12345 as their password and think they're safe. And to think that big companies like Sony can be just hacked like, "No biggie, dude, I do this all the time, hacking into huge companies with baller lawyers. No sweat!" But yeah, mainly Ian's talk was very helpful and I look forward to another presentation, if there is to be one.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595475416072095838.post-20538554050149929182012-08-27T18:06:00.003-07:002012-08-27T18:06:55.892-07:00Vocabulary Fall List #2<u>Intercede-</u> to plead on behalf on someone else.<br /> <u>Hackneyed-</u> used so often as to lack freshness or origionality.<br /> <u>Approbation-</u> the expression of approval or favorable opinoin, praise.<br /> <u>Innuendo-</u> a hint, indirect suggestion or reference.<br /> <u>Coalition-</u> a combination, union, or merger for some specific reason. <br /> <u>Elicit-</u> to draw forth, bring out form some source.<br /> <u>Hiatus-</u> a gap, opening, break (in the sense that an element is missing)<br /> <u>Assuage</u>- to make easier or milder, to relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, to satisfy, appease, quench.<br /> <u>Decadence-</u> decline, decay, or deteriouration; excessive self-indugence.<br /> <u>Expostulate-</u> to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning.<br /> <u>Simulate-</u> to make a pretense of, to imitate.<br /> <u>Jaded-</u> wearied, worn-out, dulled.<br /> <u>Umbrage-</u> shade cast by trees; overshadowing influence or power.<br /> <u>Prerogative-</u> a special right or privilage.<br /> <u>Lurid-</u> causing shock, horror, or revulsion; pale, or sallow in color.<br /> <u>Transcend-</u> to rise above or beyond; to exceed.<br /> <u>Provincial-</u> pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook; countrified in the sense of being limited or backward<br /> <u>Petulant-</u> peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated or upset.<br /> <u>Unctuous-</u> excessivley smooth or smug; trying to hard to give an impression of eagerness, sincerity, or peity.<br /> <u>Meritorious-</u> worthy, deserving of praise and recognition.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10942947883576860962noreply@blogger.com0