I'M HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE

VOCAB 3 ; PART 2

catharsis : purpose of using emotional release
taboo : something forbidden by culture
sordid : ignoble actions or motives
swindle : a scheme or action
frivolous : not having any serious purpose or value
inadvertently : without intention
incendiary : incendiary of a bomb or device
jargon : form of language
colloquialism : not formal or literary
archaism : old fashioned
cudgel : short thick stick
egregious : bad or shocking

anesthetize : loss of consciousness 
euphonious : sound pleasing to the ear
scrupulous : diligent
perverted : something being corrupted by its original meaning
superfluous : unecessary
Saxon : language of the Saxons
slovenly : messy and dirty
provocation : an action  or speech making someone annoyed or angry

I'M READING BIG BROTHER

- many don't know how to properly write in the English language

- inaccurate use of English;our thoughts being foolish

- bad habits on writing

- metaphors are 'dead'; worn out, merely used

- no need of any foreign phrases 

- lots of meaning less words are being used in an art criticism 

- writers have a way of having their own definition to their writing (to others its defined another way)

- writing in English is misunderstood

- modern writing is at its worst

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BAD WORDS

Nothing actually makes words bad. Words are just words. Until someone comes by giving it a meaning. Us as people have the choice to whether decide the words we hear and speak are bad. Using specific words that are understood in negative and positive ways are important for our social values. For example when I talk to my girls I use slang, (whats good, LOL, no mames, thats burnt,etc.), for us it's a way of communication. Like a code. Many of those who also understand today's slang will comprehend when over hearing our chit chats. Then when I speak with my mother I can't go up to her and say, "Aye whats good ma, whats crackin' lackin' in the kitchen?", without getting a slap. Communication with my mother is way different from being out of the house because my mindset on spilling out words changed when being at school. The idea of "bad" words decrease the understanding between people. When someone says, "Hey watch your language, that's a bad word.", many think of words like shit, b*tch, and f*ck. At a moment when someone is talking to one another and one says a mouth load of "bad" words the other stays wondering, "damn this person is always cussing, are they mad about something?". This, this is what makes it difficult for one to understand another. They will constantly think that person will always have a use of "bad" language when seeing or passing by them. It's a good time to euphemism "bad" words when expressing a sort of feeling. When stepping on a piece of lego we shout. "F*CK!!". Things like that are good because we express em. On the other hand it's really confusing when someone directs "bad" words while being at a funeral or when leaving the restroom. It's just plain awkward. Out of all the places why at a funeral or restroom? That's when the confusion comes in.

Vocab #3

Intensified : become or make more sense

Frivolous : not having any serious purpose or value

Jesuit : a Roman Catholic

Egregious : bad or shocking

Fraternity : group of people sharing common profession or interests

Incendiarism : malicious burning to destroy something

Proletarian : relating or member of the proletariat

Chauvinistic : feeling or displaying aggressive patriotism

Galvanization : process of applying zinc coating to steel or iron

Effete : affected or overrefined

Inadvertently : without intention

Anvil : heavy steel

Archaic : old fashioned

Colloquial : not formal or literary

Pretentiousness : talent

Anesthetizes : loss of consciousness

Euphemism : indirect word or expression ( in a harsh way )

Tabulate : arrange in tabular

BIG BROTHER'S FIRST IMPRESSION

In Orwell's "Politics & The English Language", I can see what he was trying to point out. He has said how we all need to understand the proper English language by being able to write it well. Then on the other hand he does explain how we all may make errors while writing, but that only can make us improve. It's a bit confusing, sounded like a stubborn man just trying to explain himself.

Satire, Abortion.

Beware of the context you're about to read. If you're someone who gets offended/disturbed, please I suggest for you to stop reading now, but if you're willing to read what is written down; by all means keep reading. 

                Abortion is awesome! It's brilliant, marvellous, spontaneous, technically such a good idea. There's so many young children that are being tossed around and being neglected causing them to go to foster homes, but noone wants that! Its amazing how at a 12-22 weeks of pregnacy someone can abort that small load of disturbance from the stomach. Many women get abortions around the ages of 17-24, because they don't want to be raising a child that they wouldn't want. Isn't wonderful how one can "kill" their unborn child for free! Yes for free! Planned Parenthood gives appointments for those in need of an abortion. In some places abortion isnt free, its a cost between 600$-800$, but it's usually less. Believe it or not women enjoy getting an abortion. They just lay down while the surgeon removes all the unborn infant parts one by one. Women now don't have to worry about getting pregnant over and over and being worried about how to raise the child, when they now know abbortion is always a number 1 choice. Women also don't need to suffer that awful and wasteful pain for 9 months. Before abortion was legalized, which was in 1973, many children ended up being on the streets or mistreated by their parents, and it was because their parents didn't want them. We need to thank all the surgeons who do the abortion on these women! These surgeons are slowly helping the population by not increasing. Respects to those who've had an abortion! ❤️ Abortion always, never need a child for our ways. 

Vocab. 2

Intercede : intervene on behalf of another.

Hackneyed : lacking of significance. 

Approbation : approval/ praise.

Innuendo : an oblique remark or hit.

Coalition : an alliance for combined actions.

Elicit : an evoke or draw out.

Hiatus : a pause or a gap.

Assuage : satisfy.

Decadence : a moral or cultural decline.

Expostulate : a strong disapproval or disagreement.

Simulate : imitation of an appearance .

Jaded : tired/bored.

Umbrage : offense or annoyance.

Prerogative : right or privilege.

Lurid : description of shock.

Transcend : surpass (achievement).

Provincial : a concern/province of a country or an empire.

Petulant : bad-tempered.

Unctuous : excessively or ingratiatingly flattering.

Meritorious : reward or praise.

Literature Analysis Questions

      1.) It all happened in an instant. Mélanie and her brother Antoine were going to a surprise trip for Mélanie's birthday, Mélanie not knowing about the surprise. They both got into a tragic car accident, meanwhile Mélanie was injured, Antoine was fine; not knowing whether his sister survived the crash, he's just constantly thinking how he'd tell his parents his sister is dead. From the surgeon's feedback on Mélanie, surviving the tragic accident, Antoine noticed Mélanie wanting to say something. Mélanie had gotten all her memories from her childhood and she guessed where Antoine was taking her for her birthday surprise. After talks and talks about their childhood at Noirmoutier Island, Mélanie knows a family secret from the past that can fix the present. The family secret was that their mother, Clarisse, was murdered and neglected by her doctor. This family secrets destroyed marriages and family relationships throughout the story.

      2.) The theme of this book, A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay, is to not let things whether they're negative or positive flashbacks from the past taunt you. Although we may all think ignorance is the answer when forgetting things, at one point it will catch us up when we least expect it. It's better to face the fact and get over it.

      3.) The author's tone was more of a curiousity and suspense. By the author's tone I can make up that she was a night person when writing her book. I can tell she's a night person because the tone is more in a dark way, and night is dark and full of suspense. I'd say the author drinks her coffee hot with no caffeine. It seems like she's a yoga mediation person, I think this because old people mostly like doing yoga.

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