A Big Question

How would this world be like without the internet?

Vocabulary: Fall List #9

1. bosom: intimate center

2. prudently: practical; wise

3. inveterate: habitual

4. propensity: a natural tendency

5. repose: to pose again

"Legend of Sleepy Hollow": First Impressions

     Now, I have heard of there being a headless horseman but i never actually knew where it came from. While reading "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", I understand that the headless Hessian first appeared in Washington Irving's story. I think it has became such an iconic figure but not many people know where it came from. Reading the first few paragraphs got me interested in the story because of said character. I sense a story filled with some mystery and eeriness. 

Vocabulary: Fall List #7

1. ad infinitum: No limits; endless
 ex. Counting numbers is ad infinitum.
2. apportion: to divide proportionally
 ex. The brothers apportion their chores.
3. bona fide: authentic; true
 ex. The president's words were bona fide.
4. buoyant: able to float; floating
 ex. The drift wood was buoyant.
5. clique: a small, exclusive group of people
 ex. There are many cliques in school.

Essay Revision/Improvement Strategy

     My thinking can get really slow during a test and I think it is because of the pressure from the exam. I can write a lot better when I am given more than just a class period to write it. Honestly I am a slow writer, but with time, whatever I am writing could turn out very well-made. I noticed that after the test, I was able to remember a lot more literary elements. Things that I have to do and will need on my next essay on my next essay: legibility, authenticity, organization, get to the point and write my thesis in the first paragraph, and elements. 

"A Dream Within A Dream": Reaction/Reflection

     The poem "A Dream Within a Dream" is centered on Poe, which gives it a Romanticism feel. So that means his personal feelings and himself are in the poem. While reading the poem, the Romanticism can help you see yourself in Poe's position and if you have ever felt like Poe does in this poem then you can obviously relate to it. Poe talks about golden grains of sand falling through his fingers. Poe could be making a reference to an "hourglass of life". Edgar Allan Poe's philisophical poem contains questions that I too have wondered before. Is reality even real, is it all an illusion? It might also be asking, why does life have to end? Is our reality just a dream within a dream?

Vocabulary: Fall List #6

1. adroit: clever or skillful
 ex. The man was very adroit at basketball, so he now plays professionally.
2. amicable: friendly
 ex. The man who opened the door for others is very amicable.
3. averse: having a strong feeling of opposition
 ex. Many people are averse drugs.
4. belligerent: hostile
 ex. The drunken man was very belligerent.
5. benevolent: expressing goodwill or kindness
 ex. The new student gave off a benevolent smile.