"Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.", "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Novelists Unite!
Monday, October 14, 2013
Vocab 8.
abase:
debauchery: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
proliferate: increase rapidly in numbers; multiply.
anachronism:
expurgate:
behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade (someone).
abdicate:
(of a monarch) renounce one's throne.
abomination:
a thing that causes disgust or hatred.
brusque:
abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.
saboteur: a person who engages in sabotage.debauchery: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
proliferate: increase rapidly in numbers; multiply.
anachronism:
a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that
in which it exists, esp. a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.
nomenclature: the devising or choosing of names for things, esp. in a science or other discipline.expurgate:
remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account).
bellicose:
demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.
gauche:
lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.
rapacious:
aggressively greedy or grasping.
paradox:
a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently
sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that
seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.
conundrum:
a confusing and difficult problem or question.
anomaly:
something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.
ephemeral:
lasting for a very short time.
rancorous:
characterized by bitterness or resentment.
churlish:
rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
precipitous:
dangerously high or steep.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Noveliste Unite!
Novelists! we have about 22 days till we begin our journey together!
I suggest we start brainstorming ideas that you would want to write about and start a little of some of the main ideas? Just to take a load off, It will be a load of work. :)
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
WHAT I MEANT TO SAY WAS
Chaucer mainly wrote to inform his readers and to inform them of the dangers of pride.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Green Eggs And Hamlet.
A) Sorry But I know nothing about this :/
B) All I know about Shakespeare is Romeo & Juliet and the fact that some of his stories do not make sense.
C) Because People are terrified at the fact that we have to memorize this and no one wants to, why not just have a test on it or Socratic seminar? I'm hoping we at least have like 2 weeks to do this.
D) By not having to memorize it... How about that... please?!
B) All I know about Shakespeare is Romeo & Juliet and the fact that some of his stories do not make sense.
C) Because People are terrified at the fact that we have to memorize this and no one wants to, why not just have a test on it or Socratic seminar? I'm hoping we at least have like 2 weeks to do this.
D) By not having to memorize it... How about that... please?!
Monday, October 7, 2013
SO MY MAIN POINT WAS
IF I ONLY REMEMBERED WHAT I HAD SAID.
Well I THINK I wrote about how chaucer Was giving out warnings because maybe he's been through it before, and i also gave examples ? Not sure if that's what you wanted us to post?
Well I THINK I wrote about how chaucer Was giving out warnings because maybe he's been through it before, and i also gave examples ? Not sure if that's what you wanted us to post?
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