Self Reliance....

So I was reviewing the test questions from earlier this morning and tried finding better answers and I found a page with the EXACT same test questions. Thought i might as well just share the link just in case anyone needed it. http://mrgunnar.net/english.cfm?subpage=348353

Vocabulary: Fall List #7

1)ad infinitum-endless, without limit

The midterm was ad infinitum.

2)apportion-to distribute proportionally

The apportion of our part in the project was fair to everyone.

3)bona fide-made, done, presented, true

Everyone bona fide their projects in front of the class.

4)buoyant-tending to float

The toy boat  is buoyant in water.

5)clique-a small exclusive group of people

My clique only consists of my good friends.

6)concede-to acknowledge as true

My parents never concede my brother has done his homework.

7)congenial-agreeable, suitable, pleasing in nature or character

Everyone was congenial to the blog idea.

8)lofty-extended high in the air

The road led in a south-eastern direction gradually upward to very lofty regions.

9)migration-the process or act of migrating

The animals which depended on migration are having their routes closed off by farmers.

10)perceive-to recognize, envision, or understand

I perceive that I have to try harder in all my classes.

11)perverse-intentionally determined

I am perverse about doing better on all my tests.

12)prelude-to go forward in an act of action

I don't want to prelude a hoard of zombies... because they will eat me.

13)rancid-having an unpleasant smell or taste.

Seafood has a rancid smell.

14)rustic-unsophisticated, rude, and artless

The little boy was rustic to his teacher.

15)sever-to separate from the whole

I predict that the zombies will sever many of our body parts.

16)sordid-dirty, filthy, and meanly selfish

Their sordid affair was kept secret for nearly 30 years.

17)untenable-incapable of being defended.

Nobody likes to be untenable when they're about to get beat up.

18)versatile-having or capable of many uses

You have to be versatile in language so you can communicate with others that don't know English.

19)vindicate-to upload or justify by argument.

There's always that one student that wants to vindicate with the teacher.

20)wane-a gradual decrease or decline in strength

After his accident he was very wane for a few months.

Midterm Reflection....

A.) What went well?
I don't think anything went well besides I was pretty confident in the first half of the vocab words.
B.) What didn't go well?
The whole other portion of the Midterm.): I should have studied more and focused a lot more of my time on the midterm instead of wasting my time.
C.) How much of the content will stick with you?
Hopefully as time passes more of it will. I need to increase my vocabulary because it's super low.
D.) What can you learn from this experience to improve for next time?
What I did learn is to STOP messing around half the time. To take this way more seriously next time. Something I definitely did learn for next time is to spend a lot more time time on the vocab I'm struggling with a lot. To somehow try and find a way to make them easy to memorize or literally ask others what made it easy for them to memorize the words.

Literary Analysis of LETHAL by Sandra Brown

General

1. The plot of the story was complicated in the beginning. I'm very slow at catching what's going on so it took me a little while to figure out what the author was doing in the novel. The novel had two perspectives. One was with Honor and what was occurring with her and the other jumped around with all the police that were looking for the so called "Coburn". It created a lot of suspense sense they'd jump around from one view to another and it just kept you want to keep reading and reading. Kept me wanting to know if the main character Honor was going to die.

2. The author was trying to point out a real event that has happened to people before and how they react. Us readers will think that the characters are stupid for doing certain things, but if we think of it, we would probably react the same way if we were in her place or maybe even worse. She let's us see the true fear that runs through the characters mind knowing that she may die and that her young daughter, Emily may be harmed by the murderer, Coburn.

3. The author expresses much tone throughout the whole book. The three that caught my attention a lot would be: "I'm prey to them so I've got nothing to lose.", "...rather than reveal the desperation she felt...", and "No loose ends, no mercy". Those are a few lines where the author, Sandra Brown, shows tone. She shows it in those excerpts because it was all said in threats and one on how she felt towards the situations.

4. Literary elements I observed in this story were foreshadowing when they would say what the officers discovered and later on Coburn re-tells it. A huge symbol that was throughout the whole book was the main characters name, Honor, because it notify's you that she is a good person based on her name.The whole book was written indirectly. The author never got to the point quick but always created suspense. There was flashback in the beginning of the story when Honor remembers a time of when her husband was alive. Schema was throughout the whole novel as well, when she created suspense of everything that was going to happen at one point. She let you try and figure out what would happen and maybe more than half the time you were wrong. 

Characterization

1.Two examples of direct characterization would be in the very beginning when Cobalt mentions that the cops are searching for him so he hides out in Honor's house by threatening her. It was obvious he was going to threaten her sense the moment he pointed the gun at her and demanded her what to do and when to do it.

The indirect characterization would be when Cobalt kept everyone wondering if he was going to kill Honor and Emily or not and if Honor and Emily were ever going to be able to get away from him without being harmed.

2.The author's syntax never changes because like I've said before she kept a lot of the important events in suspense. One moment she kept in suspense for a long time was what Coburn was looking for in Honor's House.

3. I think the protagonist is round because in the beginning all she showed was fear, but as the story went on the author mentions how she becomes brave and faces the bad guy not thinking of the consequences much. She eventually tries to escape to save her daughter, something she didn't have the guts to do int he beginning. 

4. After reading the book I felt like I had met a whole new person and they had told me a lot about their personal life. The story was written in such a way that it just made you feel like the character was just there telling you what happened to her. It didn't make you at all feel like you were just reading some boring book with normal characters. Everything about it felt so real. There were points where you might have even felt like  you were a part of it and there the same moment everything was happening.

Midterm Review/ Study strategy

My group and I plan  on studying for the midterm by making flashcards of every word with the definition and sentences in the back. When we have time available in class we plan on quizzing each other until we are able to get PERFECTION. While not in class we plan on studying on our own my having others quiz us if possible. It isn't anything difficult and it doesn't take much time to make the flash cards which gives us more time to practice them.

Thoreau's Walden

I was very endemic about life itself. I was adroit with the simple life in the woods. I wanted to fathom the purpose of my life. I extol life itself and am impervious with anyone and anything. I want to be potent of my life. I want to live a simple life and scrutinize every little detail of it. I expect to protrude on my journey through the woods. Unlike all the other people who are very meticulous about their life I am being very conclusive about what I want to discover on this journey.

We are all beguile to our true life but yet we manage to stay strong. As our obnoxious lives go on we grow stronger and smarter. Even though life is a misconstrue we try to be 'bigger' people to feel better about ourselves. Our life is a true jeopardy but we still keep trying no matter what. This is why I am averse about our life.

Thoreau's Walden Notes

First Paragraph

• He went to the woods to live a simple life and see what he would learn from it
• Wanted to discover his purpose in life
• Wanted to live life the way it was meant to be lived without distractions because life is precious.
• Wanted to make the best out of his life
• To live life with the basic essentials
• Experience all the right of things and really understand them
• He expects to be enlightened
• Nobody knows the purpose of their life

Second Paragraph

• We walk blindly but together, wanting to stay strong.
• As our fable(life) went on we grew stronger and smarter
• We try to be "bigger" people to get a better view of life
• It's mistake after mistake no matter what method we try