Vocab #6

Adroit-Clever or skillful
The student is very adroit in his thinking.

Amicable-Having a spirit of friendliness

Vocab #5

Colloquial-Casual
Everyone at the party was colloquial.

Allude-Form of allusion/A hint
The author used his favorite allude for the story.

Clairvoyant-Able to perceive thing beyond senses.
The man was clairvoyant in his writing.

This Life Is Your Life

1. From what poem/author does this commercial borrow (without credit)?
2. Why might the use of this poem by a corporation be considered ironic?
3. Does the poem reflect the reputation of the author? Why/why not?
4. How did you find the answers to #1 & #3? Describe your research process and your sources in detail.
5. MEMORIZE the poem and be prepared to recite it on demand.

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Revision/Strategy

My plan to do better for the next essay is to go over everything more so that way it is fresh in my head. Another thing that I am going to do is look at what types of examples I can use so that way I can use better ones to make my essay flow more. I will also have to work more on my intro and make it better so that way my essay's make more sense. My last thing that I will have to do is to work on time management because I was running short on time during this essay.

Fictional Book

The fictional book that I chose to read was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The reason I chose The Hunger Games is because I want to compare it to the movie and see what is different and similar. Every time I read a book and watch the movie they are totally different and the movies don't reveal as much as the books do.

Vocabulary #4

Melancholy-Sadness 
The children are very melancholy from there parents death.

Exemplary-Desirable model
Exemplary people deserve praise.

"AHA!"

While reading meaning, signs, and symbols I, II, and III I was a bit confused on what it was really trying to show me. After the lesson today I understood more about them. From the lesson I got that a symbol is a special kind of sign and they are usually intentional. A sign is is just something that makes us think of something else.