Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Character Study 3
After the group meets in New York they fly to Los Angeles where they meet up with the three final cast members; Dan Smith, Tyroil Smoochie-Wallace, and Ozamataz Buckshank. The group then sets off on their journey to find the metric ball.
Character Study 2
My character Johna is a lovable ditz from Minnesota who has been chosen to compete in a reality competition show to steal the metric ball from it's hidden location by traveling all around the world, completing difficult tasks.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Canterbury Tales
-Did Chaucer go on a pilgrimage to Canterbury?
-I want to read the corrupt priest's story the most because it seems pretty scandalous compared to the other characters.
-I want to read the corrupt priest's story the most because it seems pretty scandalous compared to the other characters.
Character Study
The seemingly timid girl stood on the outs of the crowd, observing everything that was going on around her. She hoped that someone would engage her in the conversation, but was content in being alone with her thoughts as well. She wasn't very outgoing when it came to new people or unfamiliar situations, she hung back and slowly let her true self appear. Once you did get to know her though she became that girl that was always cracking jokes and going off with her sassy one-liners. She wasn't all fun and games though, she could be serious when she needed to be, reacting appropriately to the current situation going on around her. If someone was sad she wouldn't ask what was wrong she would just show that person that she was there for them and her gentle nature let them know that she was someone you could trust. Loyalty was big to her, she disliked people who were fake because she was always her genuine self with people.
Dashboard
So I made my dashboard but I have no idea how to customize it or add more than one thing you like to it, it's a work in progress.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Vocabulary #6
1.)accolade: praise or approval; a ceremonial embrace or greeting.
She received great accolade after she got a 2400 on her SAT.
2.)acerbity: sourness or bitterness of taste; harshness or severity of manner or expression.
His acerbity towards others didn't earn him many friends.
3.)attrition: the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment.
Many jobs were lost through attrition.
4.)bromide: a trite or commonplace remark; a tiresome or boring person; a sedative.
The bromide of the wife's conversation soothed the hot headed spouse.
5.)chauvinist: extravagantly patriotic; blindly devoted to a cause; or (noun) a person like that.
The song Blurred Lines is viewed as an example of chauvinistic behavior.
6.)chronic: continuing over a long period of time or recurring often.
The chronic illness I had, made me makes frequent stops to the hospital.
7.)expound: to explain in detail.
Various political writers expound their points of views on thousands of topics that interest the people.
8.)factionalism: party strife and intrigue.
It is important for our entire team to be unified and not have to deal with factionalism.
9.)immaculate: spotless; without blemish or fault.
Well, you don't have to keep your house looking immaculate all the time, just in case someone turns up to view.
10.)imprecation: a curse; the act of cursing.
The witch spread imprecations to those who condemned her
11.)ineluctable: not able to be avoided, changed, or overcome.
Tractor beams in science fiction stories, like Star Wars are often ineluctable
12.)mercurial: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood; fickle or inconstant.
The mercurial dancer captivated the audience with her routine.
13.)palliate: to make less serious or severe by glossing over; to relieve without actually curing, mitigate.
The Advil palliated her stomach pains temporarily, but they later returned.
14.)protocol: customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette; a type of international agreement; an official account or record.
The suspect was let go because the arresting officer had not followed protocol during the arrest.
15.)resplendent: shining or gleaming brilliantly; splendid or magnificent.
She looked resplendent in her green dress.
16.)stigmatize: to brand or mark as in some way discreditable, disgraceful, or ignominious.
The son's crime stigmatized the entire family.
17.)sub rosa: in secret; confidentially; privately.
The surprise party was sub rosa, and the birthday girl was shocked when all of her close friends jumped out at her.
18.)vainglory: excessive pride in and boastfulness about one's own accomplishments or qualities; a vain show or display.
He has a right to vainglory because he is very good at what he does.
19.)vestige: a trace or visible evidence of something that once existed but is now lost or vanished.
After my sister finishes a bag of chips, she looks at her fingers for some vestiges of food left.
20.)volition: the power to choose, will, or decide; the act of choosing, willing, or deciding.
She used her volition to make that sandwich!
21.)obsequious: obedient, dutiful; characterized by showing servile complaisance or deference.
They were served by obsequious waiters.
22.)beatitude: a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing.
Angela had a beatitude attitude, she was forgiving and kind to everyone she met.
23.)bete noire: someone or something than one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids.
Kids who remind teachers that there is homework are the bete noire of most classrooms.
24.)bode: to be an omen of; to indicate by signs.
Austin bode news of terrible misfortunate among the Willis family and their winery.
25.)dank: unpleasantly damp or wet.
Nobody ever went into the dank cellar as it was cold and damp.
26.)ecumenical: worldwide or universal in influence or application.
The bible is a ecumenical symbol of religion.
27.)fervid: burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated.
He was fervid when it came to football and put more effort and time than most people could ever do.
28.)fetid: having an unpleasant or offensive odor.
The horrifying smell came from the fetid pool of chemical waste produced by the nuclear plantation.
29.)gargantuan: of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious.
The gargantuan crowd filled up the whole entire street.
30.)heyday: the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years
The soccer team had a heyday when they won the championship.
31.)incubus: a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare.
The incubus in her life was overwhelming her.
32.)infrastructure: a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations.
Jadeveon Clowney has never publicly announced his position on Obama's stance on infrastructure
33.)inveigle: to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain or acquire by artifice.
During the interview the lady inveigle to her best ability, which evidently got her the job.
34.)kudos: the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement.
I gave him kudos for doing that, it took a lot of guts.
35.)lagniappe: an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity.
The worker earned a lagniappe for their extra labor.
36.)prolix: long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way.
I expect Kobe Bryant's Hall-of-Fame speech to be prolix.
37.)protege: someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government.
I was the man's protege; I learned everything I needed to know about business from him.
38.)prototype: an original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form.
My prototype of a hands-free cell phone did not turn out very well.
39.)sycophant: someone who attempts to win favors or advance him or herself by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer.
People always remembered him as the sycophant, the loyal sidekick to Bill.
40.)tautology: needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy.
Her tautologies began to annoy me as I edited her essay.
41.)truckle: to yield or submit tamely or submissively.
My mother always told me not to truckle when I was put under pressure to do something I didn’t want to do.
She received great accolade after she got a 2400 on her SAT.
2.)acerbity: sourness or bitterness of taste; harshness or severity of manner or expression.
His acerbity towards others didn't earn him many friends.
3.)attrition: the process of wearing down by friction or gradual impairment.
Many jobs were lost through attrition.
4.)bromide: a trite or commonplace remark; a tiresome or boring person; a sedative.
The bromide of the wife's conversation soothed the hot headed spouse.
5.)chauvinist: extravagantly patriotic; blindly devoted to a cause; or (noun) a person like that.
The song Blurred Lines is viewed as an example of chauvinistic behavior.
6.)chronic: continuing over a long period of time or recurring often.
The chronic illness I had, made me makes frequent stops to the hospital.
7.)expound: to explain in detail.
Various political writers expound their points of views on thousands of topics that interest the people.
8.)factionalism: party strife and intrigue.
It is important for our entire team to be unified and not have to deal with factionalism.
9.)immaculate: spotless; without blemish or fault.
Well, you don't have to keep your house looking immaculate all the time, just in case someone turns up to view.
10.)imprecation: a curse; the act of cursing.
The witch spread imprecations to those who condemned her
11.)ineluctable: not able to be avoided, changed, or overcome.
Tractor beams in science fiction stories, like Star Wars are often ineluctable
12.)mercurial: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changes of mood; fickle or inconstant.
The mercurial dancer captivated the audience with her routine.
13.)palliate: to make less serious or severe by glossing over; to relieve without actually curing, mitigate.
The Advil palliated her stomach pains temporarily, but they later returned.
14.)protocol: customs and regulations dealing with official behavior and etiquette; a type of international agreement; an official account or record.
The suspect was let go because the arresting officer had not followed protocol during the arrest.
15.)resplendent: shining or gleaming brilliantly; splendid or magnificent.
She looked resplendent in her green dress.
16.)stigmatize: to brand or mark as in some way discreditable, disgraceful, or ignominious.
The son's crime stigmatized the entire family.
17.)sub rosa: in secret; confidentially; privately.
The surprise party was sub rosa, and the birthday girl was shocked when all of her close friends jumped out at her.
18.)vainglory: excessive pride in and boastfulness about one's own accomplishments or qualities; a vain show or display.
He has a right to vainglory because he is very good at what he does.
19.)vestige: a trace or visible evidence of something that once existed but is now lost or vanished.
After my sister finishes a bag of chips, she looks at her fingers for some vestiges of food left.
20.)volition: the power to choose, will, or decide; the act of choosing, willing, or deciding.
She used her volition to make that sandwich!
21.)obsequious: obedient, dutiful; characterized by showing servile complaisance or deference.
They were served by obsequious waiters.
22.)beatitude: a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing.
Angela had a beatitude attitude, she was forgiving and kind to everyone she met.
23.)bete noire: someone or something than one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids.
Kids who remind teachers that there is homework are the bete noire of most classrooms.
24.)bode: to be an omen of; to indicate by signs.
Austin bode news of terrible misfortunate among the Willis family and their winery.
25.)dank: unpleasantly damp or wet.
Nobody ever went into the dank cellar as it was cold and damp.
26.)ecumenical: worldwide or universal in influence or application.
The bible is a ecumenical symbol of religion.
27.)fervid: burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated.
He was fervid when it came to football and put more effort and time than most people could ever do.
28.)fetid: having an unpleasant or offensive odor.
The horrifying smell came from the fetid pool of chemical waste produced by the nuclear plantation.
29.)gargantuan: of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious.
The gargantuan crowd filled up the whole entire street.
30.)heyday: the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years
The soccer team had a heyday when they won the championship.
31.)incubus: a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare.
The incubus in her life was overwhelming her.
32.)infrastructure: a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations.
Jadeveon Clowney has never publicly announced his position on Obama's stance on infrastructure
33.)inveigle: to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain or acquire by artifice.
During the interview the lady inveigle to her best ability, which evidently got her the job.
34.)kudos: the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement.
I gave him kudos for doing that, it took a lot of guts.
35.)lagniappe: an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity.
The worker earned a lagniappe for their extra labor.
36.)prolix: long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way.
I expect Kobe Bryant's Hall-of-Fame speech to be prolix.
37.)protege: someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government.
I was the man's protege; I learned everything I needed to know about business from him.
38.)prototype: an original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form.
My prototype of a hands-free cell phone did not turn out very well.
39.)sycophant: someone who attempts to win favors or advance him or herself by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer.
People always remembered him as the sycophant, the loyal sidekick to Bill.
40.)tautology: needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy.
Her tautologies began to annoy me as I edited her essay.
41.)truckle: to yield or submit tamely or submissively.
My mother always told me not to truckle when I was put under pressure to do something I didn’t want to do.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
What A Character
The fictional character that popped into my head as soon as I read the question would have to be Annemarie Wilcox from the novel Shug and although it's not exactly an impressive read that character definitely struck a chord with me. Annemarie is a very real and honest depiction of a pre-teen which was what I was when I read Shug for the first time. Annemarie struggles with the want to be older while still holding onto her childhood and throughout the novel tries to find a balance between the two. I have revisited this book probably a hundred times because even though I know what's going to happen I get caught up in the story and find myself back in the same mindset that I was in when I first read it. Annemarie has a lot of qualities that make her interesting like her imperfections which include overreacting and occasionally acting immaturely which we all deal with from time to time. Something that I really enjoy about her character is her resilience, things don't go the way she plans or thinks but she takes that head on and faces the new challenges. She's brave and fearless without being your typical hero.
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