Dear O,
That is quite an anomaly and a conundrum you have there. Honestly, I would not know how to handle that, but I would say is follow what your father and your brother are saying so your problems won't proliferate because that would be the last thing you would want especially when those problems become brusque and hurt you in the future. Your father and your brother might classify you as an abomination to the family for becoming the saboteur of their plan for you. They might feel like the prince will rather lose you and commit debauchery than abdicate his throne. To expurgate these feelings from your father and your brother, you should follow them so they won't become bellicose and churlish men and won't be ready to fight. Basically, please be wise in your decision as it could lead to complications from a rapacious prince if you choose the prince.
Sincerely,
The Scholar
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Vocabulary #8
abase
verb (used with object), a·based, a·bas·ing.
1.to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
2.Archaic. to lower; put or bring down
abdicate
verb (used without object)
1.to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.
verb (used with object)
2.to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner: King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936.
abomination
noun
1.anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred.
2.intense aversion or loathing; detestation: He regarded lying with abomination.
3.a vile, shameful, or detestable action, condition, habit, etc.: Spitting in public is an abomination.
brusque
adjective
abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
saboteur
noun
a person who commits or practices sabotage.
debauchery
noun, plural de·bauch·er·ies.
1.excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance.
2.Archaic. seduction from duty, allegiance, or virtue.
proliferate
verb (used without object), verb (used with object), pro·lif·er·at·ed, pro·lif·er·at·ing.
1.to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation.
2.to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively.
anachronism
noun
1.something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
2.an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one: To assign Michelangelo to the 14th century is an anachronism.
nomenclature
noun
1.a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
2.the names or terms comprising a set or system.
expurgate
verb (used with object), ex·pur·gat·ed, ex·pur·gat·ing.
1.to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
2.to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.
bellicose
adjective
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
gauche
adjective
lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.
rapacious
adjective
1.given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
2.inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate: a rapacious disposition.
3.(of animals) subsisting by the capture of living prey; predacious.
paradox
noun
1.a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
2.a self-contradictory and false proposition.
3.any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature.
4.an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.
conundrum
noun
1.a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper.
2.anything that puzzles.
anomaly
noun, plural a·nom·a·lies.
1.a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
2.someone or something that is abnormal or incongruous, or does not fit in; an anomalous person or thing: With his quiet nature, he was an anomaly in his exuberant family. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
3.an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc.
4.an incongruity or inconsistency.
5.Astronomy . a quantity measured in degrees, defining the position of an orbiting body with respect to the point at which it is nearest to or farthest from its primary.
ephemeral
adjective
1.lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
2.lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower.
noun
3.anything short-lived, as certain insects.
rancorous
adjective
full of or showing rancor.
churlish
adjective
1.like a churl; boorish; rude: churlish behavior.
2.of a churl; peasantlike.
3.niggardly; mean.
4.difficult to work or deal with, as soil.
precipitous
adjective
1.of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
2.extremely or impassably steep: precipitous mountain trails.
3.precipitate.
Definition are from dictionary.com!
verb (used with object), a·based, a·bas·ing.
1.to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
2.Archaic. to lower; put or bring down
abdicate
verb (used without object)
1.to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.
verb (used with object)
2.to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner: King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936.
abomination
noun
1.anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred.
2.intense aversion or loathing; detestation: He regarded lying with abomination.
3.a vile, shameful, or detestable action, condition, habit, etc.: Spitting in public is an abomination.
brusque
adjective
abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
saboteur
noun
a person who commits or practices sabotage.
debauchery
noun, plural de·bauch·er·ies.
1.excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance.
2.Archaic. seduction from duty, allegiance, or virtue.
proliferate
verb (used without object), verb (used with object), pro·lif·er·at·ed, pro·lif·er·at·ing.
1.to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation.
2.to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively.
anachronism
noun
1.something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
2.an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one: To assign Michelangelo to the 14th century is an anachronism.
nomenclature
noun
1.a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
2.the names or terms comprising a set or system.
expurgate
verb (used with object), ex·pur·gat·ed, ex·pur·gat·ing.
1.to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
2.to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness.
bellicose
adjective
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
gauche
adjective
lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.
rapacious
adjective
1.given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
2.inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate: a rapacious disposition.
3.(of animals) subsisting by the capture of living prey; predacious.
paradox
noun
1.a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
2.a self-contradictory and false proposition.
3.any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature.
4.an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.
conundrum
noun
1.a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper.
2.anything that puzzles.
anomaly
noun, plural a·nom·a·lies.
1.a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
2.someone or something that is abnormal or incongruous, or does not fit in; an anomalous person or thing: With his quiet nature, he was an anomaly in his exuberant family. Synonyms: abnormality, exception, peculiarity.
3.an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc.
4.an incongruity or inconsistency.
5.Astronomy . a quantity measured in degrees, defining the position of an orbiting body with respect to the point at which it is nearest to or farthest from its primary.
ephemeral
adjective
1.lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
2.lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower.
noun
3.anything short-lived, as certain insects.
rancorous
adjective
full of or showing rancor.
churlish
adjective
1.like a churl; boorish; rude: churlish behavior.
2.of a churl; peasantlike.
3.niggardly; mean.
4.difficult to work or deal with, as soil.
precipitous
adjective
1.of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
2.extremely or impassably steep: precipitous mountain trails.
3.precipitate.
Definition are from dictionary.com!
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Literary Fiction & Empathy
How can reading fiction help you understand others? Use Hamlet as an example to explore your own thinking process and reactions to a character's innermost thoughts/struggles.
The different personalities, traits, and characteristics the characters in fiction help us understand others. It gives us that broad spectrum of different types of people that we may meet in the future. Reading and learning about these different types of people help us understand what other people are like. We get the opportunity to adapt to these type of people even though we haven't met them yet. Hamlet is a great example because the story contains so many different characters with different personalities, traits, and characteristics. You have Hamlet's uncle is a betrayer and a greedy man. In real life, you will meet those types of people even though you would not like to. Those type of people are real in the real world, whether we like it or not.
The different personalities, traits, and characteristics the characters in fiction help us understand others. It gives us that broad spectrum of different types of people that we may meet in the future. Reading and learning about these different types of people help us understand what other people are like. We get the opportunity to adapt to these type of people even though we haven't met them yet. Hamlet is a great example because the story contains so many different characters with different personalities, traits, and characteristics. You have Hamlet's uncle is a betrayer and a greedy man. In real life, you will meet those types of people even though you would not like to. Those type of people are real in the real world, whether we like it or not.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Hamlet: Outside of Righetti
http://aplove.blogspot.com/2007/11/ap-lit-hamlet-actscene-notes.html
I came across this website when I searched "AP classes studying Hamlet". The blog offers the whole text, and also the gist of the act at the end of the post. I left a comment on the Hamlet thread.
http://elsinoreinashmore.weebly.com/
I came across this website as well when I searched "studying Hamlet". The author, Simon McKenzie, gives us different ways into learning more about Hamlet. I do not know how to contact the author of this website.
http://www.d.umn.edu/~lmillerc/TeachingEnglishHomePage/TeachingUnits/HamletMurderLovePoisonandaPrinceExploringShakespearesHamlet-EllenBurns.htm
This university is studying about Hamlet. The website gives their students the class requirements, expectations, and agenda of how to work on Hamlet. It also gives other resources for those who are interested. I am not sure how to contact the author.
https://sites.google.com/a/wjps.org/apliterature-wjps/hamlet-by-william-shakespeare
This website gives us some resources for studying Hamlet. I emailed the author and acknowledged that their posts can help us in studying Hamlet.
I came across this website when I searched "AP classes studying Hamlet". The blog offers the whole text, and also the gist of the act at the end of the post. I left a comment on the Hamlet thread.
http://elsinoreinashmore.weebly.com/
I came across this website as well when I searched "studying Hamlet". The author, Simon McKenzie, gives us different ways into learning more about Hamlet. I do not know how to contact the author of this website.
http://www.d.umn.edu/~lmillerc/TeachingEnglishHomePage/TeachingUnits/HamletMurderLovePoisonandaPrinceExploringShakespearesHamlet-EllenBurns.htm
This university is studying about Hamlet. The website gives their students the class requirements, expectations, and agenda of how to work on Hamlet. It also gives other resources for those who are interested. I am not sure how to contact the author.
https://sites.google.com/a/wjps.org/apliterature-wjps/hamlet-by-william-shakespeare
This website gives us some resources for studying Hamlet. I emailed the author and acknowledged that their posts can help us in studying Hamlet.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
WHAT I MEANT TO SAY WAS
WHAT I MEANT TO SAY WAS....Well there was a mishap with my midterm. No worries! This post will be updated as soon as I get my midterm back. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Vocab #7
shenanigans
1.Usually, shenanigans.
a.mischief; prankishness: Halloween shenanigans.
b.deceit; trickery.
2.a mischievous or deceitful trick, practice, etc.
ricochet
noun
1.the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
verb (used without object)
2.to move in this way, as a projectile.
schism
noun
1.division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties.
2.the parties so formed.
3.Ecclesiastical .
a.a formal division within, or separation from, a church or religious body over some doctrinal difference.
b.the state of a sect or body formed by such division.
c.the offense of causing or seeking to cause such a division.
eschew
verb (used with object)
1. to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid:
plethora
noun
1.overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
2.Pathology Archaic. a morbid condition due to excess of red corpuscles in the blood or increase in the quantity of blood.
ebullient
adjective
1.overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
2.bubbling up like a boiling liquid.
garrulous
adjective
1.excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
2.wordy or diffuse
harangue
noun
1.a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
2.a long, passionate, and vehement speech, especially one delivered before a public gathering.
3.any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing lecture or discourse.
verb (used with object)
4.to address in a harangue.
verb (used without object)
5.to deliver a harangue.
interdependence
noun
the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other:
capricious
adjective
1.subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
2.Obsolete . fanciful or witty.
loquacious
adjective
1.talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
2.characterized by excessive talk; wordy
ephemeral
adjective
1.lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
2.lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower.
noun
3.anything short-lived, as certain insects.
inchoate
adjective
1.not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
2.just begun; incipient.
3.not organized; lacking order: an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject.
juxtapose
verb (used with object), jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing.
to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
perspicacious
adjective
1.having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
2.Archaic. having keen vision.
codswallop
noun
nonsense; rubbish.
mungo
noun, plural mun·gos.
a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.
sesquipedalian
adjective
1.given to using long words.
2.(of a word) containing many syllables.
noun
3.a sesquipedalian word.
wonky
adjective, won·ki·er, won·ki·est.
1.British Slang.
a.shaky, groggy, or unsteady.
b.unreliable; not trustworthy.
2.Slang. stupid; boring; unattractive.
diphthong
noun
1.Phonetics . an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi- sound of toy or boil.
2.a.a digraph, as the ea of meat.
b.a ligature, as æ.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3.to diphthongize.
Credit to dictionary.com for providing the definitions.
VOCAB 7
Credit to Eli Esparza for taking the time to create the ending to our story and adding this week's vocabulary to the story.
I am glad that I left with everyone at the station because we have started on a great journey together. We have decided to go to the institute together. From there we would discover what happens next. The journey took 3 days to get there and we each took turns driving so that way there was no lost time.
Something very strange occurred when we arrived at the institute. There was nobody at the gate to let us in. I thought it was codswallop because you would think someone would be there. The minute we go out of the car Hingle Mcringleberry, Quatro Quatro, and Sequester Migriclle M.D. were up to there usual Shenanigans. We went inside the facility and discovered again that no one was there. In the office we saw that it was filled with sand and camel drawings. It took us several hours and then the Scholar finally figured out what the drawings meant. We were to find a camel and it will show us the way. In the back or the lot there were dozens of camels there and the minute we sat on one they took off towards the ocean. The ride was Ephemeral because we did not walk that far before we stopped at the ocean. We borrowed the boat that that was there and Quatro Quatro shot a gun and the bullet Ricochet the steal frame and put a hole in the boat. We had to think fast and decided to patch it with mungo. After going for about a week with no end in sight we reached land. When we got off the boat the camels just disappeared and we learned that we have reached are destination. The scholar had announced that we had arrived in Egypt.
1.Usually, shenanigans.
a.mischief; prankishness: Halloween shenanigans.
b.deceit; trickery.
2.a mischievous or deceitful trick, practice, etc.
ricochet
noun
1.the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
verb (used without object)
2.to move in this way, as a projectile.
schism
noun
1.division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties.
2.the parties so formed.
3.Ecclesiastical .
a.a formal division within, or separation from, a church or religious body over some doctrinal difference.
b.the state of a sect or body formed by such division.
c.the offense of causing or seeking to cause such a division.
eschew
verb (used with object)
1. to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid:
plethora
noun
1.overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.
2.Pathology Archaic. a morbid condition due to excess of red corpuscles in the blood or increase in the quantity of blood.
ebullient
adjective
1.overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
2.bubbling up like a boiling liquid.
garrulous
adjective
1.excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
2.wordy or diffuse
harangue
noun
1.a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
2.a long, passionate, and vehement speech, especially one delivered before a public gathering.
3.any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing lecture or discourse.
verb (used with object)
4.to address in a harangue.
verb (used without object)
5.to deliver a harangue.
interdependence
noun
the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other:
capricious
adjective
1.subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
2.Obsolete . fanciful or witty.
loquacious
adjective
1.talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
2.characterized by excessive talk; wordy
ephemeral
adjective
1.lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
2.lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower.
noun
3.anything short-lived, as certain insects.
inchoate
adjective
1.not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
2.just begun; incipient.
3.not organized; lacking order: an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject.
juxtapose
verb (used with object), jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing.
to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
perspicacious
adjective
1.having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
2.Archaic. having keen vision.
codswallop
noun
nonsense; rubbish.
mungo
noun, plural mun·gos.
a low-grade wool from felted rags or waste.
sesquipedalian
adjective
1.given to using long words.
2.(of a word) containing many syllables.
noun
3.a sesquipedalian word.
wonky
adjective, won·ki·er, won·ki·est.
1.British Slang.
a.shaky, groggy, or unsteady.
b.unreliable; not trustworthy.
2.Slang. stupid; boring; unattractive.
diphthong
noun
1.Phonetics . an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and identified by its apparent beginning and ending sound, as the oi- sound of toy or boil.
2.a.a digraph, as the ea of meat.
b.a ligature, as æ.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3.to diphthongize.
Credit to dictionary.com for providing the definitions.
VOCAB 7
Credit to Eli Esparza for taking the time to create the ending to our story and adding this week's vocabulary to the story.
I am glad that I left with everyone at the station because we have started on a great journey together. We have decided to go to the institute together. From there we would discover what happens next. The journey took 3 days to get there and we each took turns driving so that way there was no lost time.
Something very strange occurred when we arrived at the institute. There was nobody at the gate to let us in. I thought it was codswallop because you would think someone would be there. The minute we go out of the car Hingle Mcringleberry, Quatro Quatro, and Sequester Migriclle M.D. were up to there usual Shenanigans. We went inside the facility and discovered again that no one was there. In the office we saw that it was filled with sand and camel drawings. It took us several hours and then the Scholar finally figured out what the drawings meant. We were to find a camel and it will show us the way. In the back or the lot there were dozens of camels there and the minute we sat on one they took off towards the ocean. The ride was Ephemeral because we did not walk that far before we stopped at the ocean. We borrowed the boat that that was there and Quatro Quatro shot a gun and the bullet Ricochet the steal frame and put a hole in the boat. We had to think fast and decided to patch it with mungo. After going for about a week with no end in sight we reached land. When we got off the boat the camels just disappeared and we learned that we have reached are destination. The scholar had announced that we had arrived in Egypt.
Green Eggs & Hamlet
a) What do you know about Hamlet, the "Melancholy Dane"? b) What do you know about Shakespeare? c) Why do so many students involuntarily frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare"? and d) What can we do to make studying this play an amazing experience we'll never forget?
a) Honestly, I am not really familiar with Hamlet. -I am looking forward to learn more about Hamlet in the future of this class.
b) I do know that Shakespeare wrote many famous works of literature that is used as part of curriculum all around the world due to its fine use of vocabulary and writing style.
c) Many students involuntarily frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare" because they know it is time to read something that doesn't really makes sense at first because of the language, but then once the students study and analyze the text more, then they come to appreciate the theme and ideas Shakespeare was trying to make.
d) Honestly, I cannot think of a way that we can use to make studying this play an amazing experience, but I am looking forward in hearing about the different ways my colleagues will all suggest.
a) Honestly, I am not really familiar with Hamlet. -I am looking forward to learn more about Hamlet in the future of this class.
b) I do know that Shakespeare wrote many famous works of literature that is used as part of curriculum all around the world due to its fine use of vocabulary and writing style.
c) Many students involuntarily frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare" because they know it is time to read something that doesn't really makes sense at first because of the language, but then once the students study and analyze the text more, then they come to appreciate the theme and ideas Shakespeare was trying to make.
d) Honestly, I cannot think of a way that we can use to make studying this play an amazing experience, but I am looking forward in hearing about the different ways my colleagues will all suggest.
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