Romantacism

On my wonderful walk which lasted for about fifteen minutes, I thought about how stresst out I was about all my English homework. (Im not kidding) I saw a couple cars in a nice variety of color. I saw some trees, a couple leaves fell off one of them. It was also hot out when I took my walk, possibly high 70's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism  http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/romanticism.html   
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/romanticism

The last link is more of a definition of Romanticism. Most of the information I found seemed to be primarilly focused on emotions or the emotional state of a person. During my walk I was not emotional. I was just bored, but that is an emotion. My notes would be considered romantic since I used the word I. (The I's have it!!!!)

Dream within a dream

        This poem is of the Romanticism period because Poe puts himself in the poem when he uses the word "I." (The "I"s have it!) Poe also expresses his feelings through the lines, "Grains of the golden sand- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep- while I weep!" These lines also express a sense of Imagery because I can actually picture this in my head. This poem to me is a little bit creepy. I don't know why i feel like it is...

This weeks vocabulary

1. Adroit: Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.

2. Amicable: Having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement.

3. Averse: Having a strong dislike of or opposition to something.

4. Belligerent: Hostile and aggresive.

5. Benevolent: Well meaning and kindly. Charitable.

6. Cursory: Hastily, therefore not thorough or detailed.

7. Duplicity: Deceitfulness; double dealing.

8. Extol: Praise enthusiastically.

9. Feasible: Possible to do easily or conveniently.

10. Grimace: A twisted expression on a person's face; disgust or pain.

11. Holocaust: Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale.

12. Impervious: Not allowing something to pass through.

13. Impetus: The force that makes something happen or happen more quickly.

14. Jeopardy: Danger of loss, harm or failure.

15. Meticulous: Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

16. Nostalgia: A sentimental longing of the past.

17. Quintessence: The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

18. Retrogress: Go back to an earlier state; typically a worse one.

19. Scrutinize: Examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.

20. Tepid: Lukewarm; Showing little enthusiasm

Essay strategy

For my future essays to come, I need to be more clear on my literary terms. I don't think I was very clear on one of my terms such as personification. I also needed to add another example of that...  I would like to incorporate more vocabulary terms into my writing. Not only would it make my writing stronger, but it would make me sound smarter. :D

Vocab paragraph

Dr. Preston said, if we write a paragraph using all of the vocab words we dont have to take the test:

Vocabulary words

Allude- to refer to something the author thinks you should know.

Clairvoyant- Able to preceve anything beyond the senses

Conclusive- final; to conclude

Disreputable- of poor reputation

Endemic- Wide spread in a particular place

Exemplary- To do something of noteworthy importance

Fathom- Measure of nautical depth; to understand

Guile- to trick

Integrity- Integrating thought, word, and action

Itinerary- a trip schedule

Misconstrue- to miss understand, to miss represent

Obnoxious- rude, loud

Placate- to calm down or satisfy

Placid- calm or peaceful

Plagiarism- Taking someone else's work and making it your own

Potent- Powerful

Pretext- a rational/ reason for doing something

Protrude- to stick out

Stark- obvious or clear

Superficial- shallow or at a surface level

Your life is your life

1. From what poem/author does this commercial borrow (without credit)?
2. Why might the use of this poem by a corporation be considered ironic?
3. Does the poem reflect the reputation of the author? Why/why not?
4. How did you find the answers to #1 & #3? Describe your research process and your sources in detail.
5. MEMORIZE the poem and be prepared to recite it on demand.

Reading Book

For English, I have decided to read a book by Dan Brown called The Lost Symbol. I have chosen to read it because I have enjoyed his other books such as The DaVinci Code and also Angels and Demons. This book also has been sitting in my bookshelf for a couple years and I've been meaning to read it.....

Vocabulary. (Mostly from Young Goodman Brown)

melancholy: A deep, pensive, and long-lasting sadness.

exemplary: Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind

peculiar: Strange or odd.

dread: Anticipate with great apprehension or fear

bough: A main branch of a tree.

pious: Devoutly religious

communion: The sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings.

auditor: A person who conducts an audit

multitude: A large number

eloquence: Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing.

despair : the complete loss or absence of hope.

hoary: gray or white with age; ancient or venerable

AHA

My AHA moment was two days ago in class when we talked about different symbols in Young Goodman Brown. When I first read the story I thought it was just a random dream some guy had, but actually each thing in the story is a symbol. It didn't occur to me that EVERY thing was a symbol. Even the forest and trees were symbols! Lord of the Flies was full of symbols too which I didn't realize till the very end of the book. I can't believe YGB is full of symbols too....

Symbols in Young Goodman Brown

1) The Old man may symbolize an older version of Brown or even the Devil.

2) The staff symbolizes a snake that is known to lead people down bad paths which is why the old man wanted him to have the staff.

3) The Pink ribbons represent Faith's innocence throughout the story. Faith has stayed the same and Goodman Brown has changed throughout the story.

4) The dark forest represents darkness or may even show the darkness that's within all of us especially Brown.

5) The alter could symbolize unholiness because faith and Brown had trouble deciding between heaven and hell...

6) The priest symbolizes everyone's sins or who has sinned.

7) Fire symbolizes how people are drawn to evil.

8) The cloud in the sky symbolizes hopelessness and doubt.

9) The trees represent the people, probably sinners...

10) Faith symbolizes that she is faithful throughout the story...

Vocab words

1. Encomium: Expression of high praise.

2. Coherent: Logically connected; Consistent.

3. Belabor: To explain, worry about  repeatedly or more than is necessary.

4. Eschew: stay away from; shun; avoid.

5. Acquisitive: Tending or seeking to aquire and own; often greedily.

6. Emulate: To try to equal or excel.

7. Arrogate: To claim unwarrantably or presumptuously.

8. Banal: Devoid of freshness or originality.

9. Excoriation: To strip the skin from a human or animal.

10. Congeal: To change from a soft or fluid state to a ridged and solid state.

11. Carping: Characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding.

12. Substantiate: To establish by proof or competent evidence.

13. Temporize: To be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.

14. Largesse: Generous bestowal of gifts.

15. Tenable: Capable of being held, maintained or defended.

16. Insatiable: Incapible of beng satisfied or appeased.

17. Reconnaissance: A search used for useful military information in the field.

18. Germane: Closely or significantly related.
19. Ramify: To divide or spread out into branches or branchlike parts.

20. Intransigent: Refusing to agree or compromise.

21. Taciturn: Inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.

22. Invidious: to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hatefull.