I'M HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE

I wish I can be having the time of my life right now but instead of doing "homework" that has to be finished by tomorrow. All this homework is stressing me out that I can't even enjoy my life right now. All that goes through my mind is "school, work, homework, due dates, etc." I don't have time to think of myself or the people around me. I'm too focused on assignments that, I don't really pay attention to what's really going on in this world. The only time I get to enjoy my life is Saturday and not much of Sunday. Oh gosh! I can't wait for winter break!! I need a break from school already.

Vocabulary list #3

catharsis- emotional discharge through which one can achieve a state of moral or

renewal or achieve a state of liberation from anxiety and stress

                The author used catharsis throughout his whole book.

taboo- social prohibition that forbids mentioning a word or subject

                My sister always says that its taboo to mention a bad word.

sordid- something dirty, squalid or morally distasteful

                The food at the restaurant was really sordid.

swindle- to take money or property from someone by using lies or tricks

There are two kinds of people in this world, people who are swindle when asking for money and those who are honest when asking for money.

frivolous- self-indulgently carefree; unconcerned about or lacking any serious purpose

                I tend to be frivolous frequently.

inadvertently- something done accidentally or unintentionally

                I inadvertently cut a piece of her hair off.

incendiary- a person who commits arson; designed to cause fires

                In my opinion, cigarettes are incendiary.

jargon- a use of specific phrases and words by writers in a particular situation, profession or trade

                The presentation had to be jargon.

colloquialism- use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing 

                Colloquialism will sure not be appropriate for a resume.

archaism-  beginning or ancient

                That statue in the museum was archaism.

cudgel- a short heavy club

                A cudgel might be a good tool to defend yourself.

egregious- extraordinary, but in a negative way

                Fake people seem to be egregious.

anesthetize-  to give drugs to a patient so that no pain can be felt

                I was given anesthetize when I got surgery.

euphonious- sweet-voiced; use of words and phrases that are distinguished as having a wide range of noteworthy melody or loveliness in the sounds they create

                The choir was euphonious.

scrupulous- someone who is detailed and precise, or someone who is aware of the right thing to do

                Many teens now-a-days aren’t scrupulous about mostly everything.

perverted- a person with abnormal sexual behavior

                The girl accused the man for being perverted.

superfluous- something that is more than needed 

                In order for me to be in tune and have a good sound the reeds were superfluous.             

Saxon- the language of the Saxons, in particular

 I don’t know the language Saxon.

slovenly- (especially of a person or their appearance) messy and dirty

                Little kids are very slovenly when it comes to eating.

provocation- action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry

                The ride “It’s a small world” in Disney Land is known as provocation.

BIG BROTHER'S FIRST IMPRESSION

I'm going to be honest here. I didn't read through the whole thing but I did skim through out. I didn't understand most of it, I got lost at some point but managed to somewhat keep up. My opinion towards it is simple, in a way, English is very confusing. Which is why I didn't understand most of what I just read. Of what I understood, Orwell really does understand the way every student speaks. The language we use that in some way it's confusing.

I'M READING BIG BROTHER

Politics and the English Language By George Orwell

·         Our civilization is decadent and our language

·         any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism

-archaism-a thing that is very old or old-fashioned

·         decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes

·         slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts

·         Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits

·         vagueness and sheer incompetence is the most marked characteristic of modern English prose

·         work of prose-construction

·         DYING METAPHORS

- assists thought by evoking a visual image

- metaphor which is technically ‘dead’

·         OPERATORS OR VERBAL FALSE LIMBS

-save the trouble of picking out appropriate verbs and nouns

- keynote is the elimination of simple verbs

-range of verbs is further cut down by means of the -ize and de- formations

·         PRETENTIOUS DICTION

- phenomenon, element, individual (as noun), objective, categorical, effective, virtual, basic, primary, promote, constitute, exhibit, exploit, utilize, eliminate, liquidate, are used to dress up a simple statement

-dignify the sordid process of international politics

BAD WORDS

In my opinion what makes words mad is the way how people use them. Words aren't really bad, only when you don't use them properly. Words can be used in many different ways, either in a good or bad way. The idea of Bad words increase understanding between people because of how often they use them. If people wouldn't use bad words daily then the people would'nt really know or understand them.

Vocabulary #3 Definitions and Sentences

1.slovenliness- untidy especially in personal appearance
sentence: A kids room is usually slovenliness.
2.frivolous- not having any serious purpose or value
sentence: The reading she read was frivolous.

Satire Project

I decided to do my satire project on Disney movies because I have noticed that many of them have irony in them. They offend/ make fun of people without us knowing. I wasn't able to print my solution out today but I'll just say it here. My solution was that for people to actually know what they and their kids are watching, Disney should make a movie where it shows all the satire/ irony clearly for people to see. To show how princesses can only be skinny, beautiful, and rich girls. Or that beautiful girls can get any guy to like her just because of her beauty not because of her personality. Disney Princess movies also deliver a lot of negative messages, in my opinion. They deliver the message of how being pretty is always the key to everything. Or that wealth can buy you anything you want in the world. Or even worse, how it's sometimes okay to steal. There are many ways to make people see the irony in movies. But the only way to show them will be for Disney to make a movie showing all that, as I said before.