Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Lit Terms #2
Circumlocution: when writer uses very long and complex sentences to convey a meaning that could have been done using short sentences
Classicism: art, literature, and music reflecting the principles of ancient Greece and Rome tradition and reason
Cliché: overused expressions that lose their original meaning
Climax: point at which the conflict is the highest point
Colloquialism: use of informal words, phrases, or even slangs
Comedy: amusing event designed to provide entertainment or produce laughter
Conflict: problem the protagonist of the story comes across
Connotation: when words create emotions or feelings in the reader
Contrast: when an idea or object is used in opposition of another
Denotation: the literal/dictionary definition of a word
Denouement: final outcome of a story after the climax and plot; all loose ends are tied up
Dialect: language used by people of a specific area, class, or district
Dialectics: pertaining to the nature of logical argumentation
Dichotomy: the split or break between two opposing things
Diction: distinctive tone/ wording of an author
Didactic: intended for instruction
Dogmatic: asserting opinions in an arrogant manner
Elegy: a poem or song written in honor of someone deceased
Epic: a narrative celebrating the feats of a hero
Epigram: a remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way
Epitaph: inscription on a tomb about the deceased person
Epithet: used as a descriptive device usually added to a person's name
Euphemism: to say something harsh in a pleasant manner
Evocative: calling forth memories and sensations
Monday, January 13, 2014
LIT TERMS #1
allegory: a symbolical narrative:
alliteration: the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
allusion: a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
ambiguity: doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention
anachronism: something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time
analogy: a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based
analysis: this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its essential features and their relations
anaphora: repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
anecdote: a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
antagonist: the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work:
antithesis: the direct opposite
aphorism: a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation
apologia: an apology, as in defense or justification of a belief, idea, etc.
apostrophe: the sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced, as in o'er for over, or pronounced, as in gov't for government; to indicate the possessive case, as in man's; or to indicate plurals of abbreviations and symbols
argument: an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention; altercation
assumption: something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
audience: the persons reached by a book, radio or television broadcast, etc.; public
characterization: the creation and convincing representation of fictitious characters.
chiasmus: a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases
alliteration: the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group
allusion: a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
ambiguity: doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention
anachronism: something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time
analogy: a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based
analysis: this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its essential features and their relations
anaphora: repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
anecdote: a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
antagonist: the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work:
antithesis: the direct opposite
aphorism: a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation
apologia: an apology, as in defense or justification of a belief, idea, etc.
apostrophe: the sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced, as in o'er for over, or pronounced, as in gov't for government; to indicate the possessive case, as in man's; or to indicate plurals of abbreviations and symbols
argument: an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention; altercation
assumption: something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
audience: the persons reached by a book, radio or television broadcast, etc.; public
characterization: the creation and convincing representation of fictitious characters.
chiasmus: a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases
Sunday, January 12, 2014
AP PREP POST #1 SIDDHARTHA
1. What purpose does self-denial serve in Siddhartha? What about self-indulgence?
after he reads the book it makes him snap out of it and make him realize what he was doing and i think it helped him realize it when he was in self denial,
2.What does enlightenment look like in Siddhartha? Is it a feeling? An attitude?
enlightenment to siddhartha looks lik starting over, being born again and i feel its more of an attitude than feeling because he's changing his ways despite that he will be alone in the begining of his journey.
3.If you were the river, would you be enlightenment or would you know enlightenment? In other words, what’s up with the river?
after he reads the book it makes him snap out of it and make him realize what he was doing and i think it helped him realize it when he was in self denial,
2.What does enlightenment look like in Siddhartha? Is it a feeling? An attitude?
enlightenment to siddhartha looks lik starting over, being born again and i feel its more of an attitude than feeling because he's changing his ways despite that he will be alone in the begining of his journey.
3.If you were the river, would you be enlightenment or would you know enlightenment? In other words, what’s up with the river?
found these two at http://www.shmoop.com/siddhartha/questions.html
4. How are the Samanas described? From his description, how does the author feel about them?
5.Why is Siddhartha unhappy? Why is his spirit like a “waiting vessel”?
siddhartha is unhappy because he is alone and fed up with everything and the "waiting vessel" is about to blow.
HACKING MY EDUCATION
What do I want to know?
What skills do I want to demonstrate?
the skills i want to demonstrate is to be independent, strong, capable of doing anything.
What experience do I want under my belt?
the kind of experience i want under my belt relates to what ever i want to do and in this case i want to either be a physical therapist or a sports surgeon, but i do have some experience by volunteering at star physical thereapy.
What am I looking for?
Who do I want in my network?
Roadmap for the semester:
At the moment I dont know what my semester is going to look like except making sure i have good grades. everything feels like a great big jumble. i feel myself stressing about after high school about where am i going to go. i know i still have five months but i like to know what i am doing in advance then last minute and right now i'm having a mind block where everything is do foggy and blurry i dont know what to do. so when i know you guys will know but as of now have no clue.
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