Vocabulary #2

intercede - to act on someone's behalf in a agruement
1. Students were complaining about the teacher but the substitute interceded.
hackneyed - unoriginal ; made commonplace
2. She ordered from another hackneyed Chinese restaurant's ake-out.
approbation - approval or praise
3. The mother gave her son approbation for his fiancé.
innuendo - statement that indirects someone who has done something improper
4. The teacher's reputation was ruined by their previous students' innuendo to their superiors.
coalition - combination or alliance 
5. The French and Indians joined coalition to go against the British.
elicit -  to get a response or statement from someone
6. He was able to elicit anger from his friends.
hiatus - a break or a pause in time period
7. Francisco took a social media hiatus for 2 months.
assuage - to make something less painful.
8. He tried to assuage his sadness from his breakup
decadence - behavior that shows low morals and a great love of pleasure, money, fame, etc
9. They both showed a decadence attitude towards having a job.
expostulate - to disagree or go against something
10. The boy's mom expostulate to the idea of him going out with his friends to the beach. 
simulate - to look, feel or behave like something
11. The younger sister tried to simulate her older sister.
jaded -  feeling or showing a lack of interest and excitement caused by having done or experienced too much of something
12. After drinking too much juice, the little boy jaded in playing with his friends.
umbrage -a feeling of being offended by what someone has said or done
13. Mexicans felt umbrage after Trump's speech about bashing them.
prerogative - a special right or privilege that some people have
14. Teens and Kids have a prerogative opportunity in education that most teens and kids have in other countries.
lurid - involving sex or violence in a way that is meant to be shocking ; shining or glowing with a bright and unpleasant color
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transcend - to rise above or go beyond the normal limits of something 
16. Her worries and problems transcend other's normal problems.
provincial -  a person who lives or comes from a place that is far away from cities.
17. The family live in a small city provincial from Los Angeles
petulant - showing the attitude of people who become angry or annoyed when they don't get what they want
18. The little girl showed a petulant attitude towards her mom because her mom didn't buy her a candy bar.
unctuous - used to describe someone who speaks and behaves in a way that is meant to seem friendly and polite but that is unpleasant because it is obviously not sincere
19.  She was unctuous towards her friend because her friend did not say hi to her last week.
meritorious - deserving honor or praise
20.  The boy was given a meritorious award after completing a course with a A+.

Vocab #1

theme - a topic/ thesis
tone - attitude of piece of writing/ the way it is being read
mood - state of mind or feeling
diction - phrases/ use or/and choice of words
syntax - arrangement of words
syllogism - logic of if two statements are true, then the conclusion must be true

stupid - lack of intelligence/ common sense
adumbrate - foreshadow; report or represent outline
apotheosis - climax, highest point of development
ascetic - a monk / person who dedicates themselves to self-discipline, usually religious reasons
bauble - inexpensive piece of jewelry
beguile - to hypnotize or to charm someone
burgeon - flourish or to grow rapidly
complement - a thing that brings to perfection
contumacious - stubborn or disobedient to authority
curmudgeon - bad tempered of a person
didactic - to teach people something
disingenuous - fake / not true
exculpate - to show someone is not guilty
faux pas - a embarrassing act in a social situation
fulminate - coming on severe or sudden
fustian - strong cotton and linen fabric
hauteur - appearance of being arrogant, superior and disdainful
inhibit - restrain or prevent an action or process
jeremiad - a list of woes ; prolong complaint
opportunist - someone who tries to get an advantage or something valuable from a situation without thinking about what is fair or right
unconscionable - not right or reasonable

My response to "The Conscience Of A Hacker"

The reading, in my opinion, is in a more sarcastic tone & what society wants you to be, basically put you in this box. If you are smarter than others, you are bored in class, cheating and a overachiever.  The author writes his experiences in high school, being put in a box & only being limited teaching material by teachers and adults. Society wants everybody to be a certain way and think a certain way, not to think different than others, unless you'll be defined as a overachiever or a underachiever.

My response to " A Modest Proposal"

In the reading, Swift talks about how women shouldn't get abortions and keep their children, but also says women shouldn't have as much kids. The author states women/ wives as breeders, but questions why the poor are having more children. Swift then completely changes his thoughts and thinks children would be a great meal to eat, & doesn't find children as "humans". Satire is in this reading by showing a strange and humorous topic being read/ written in a serious tone

EVERYTHING'S AMAZING

In the video, 'Louis CK everything is amazing and nobody is happy' it shows examples of satire used but not directly criticizing one person. A example that Louis CK used was electronics/ cellphone development over time, he was basically saying that nowadays calling someone is much more easier to do in a press of a button but it was harder in the past to dial a '0'. Louis CK whole point of talking how advance we got in technology, from when he was a child, is that we take our technology for granted and don't actually appreciate it enough.

Satire

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                                    2.     Dylan sprouse being mocked by teenagers

3.Donald Trump in Mean Girls

These videos are all examples of satire because someone is mocking and making fun of another person. These are all sarcastic and/or ironic, they use it in a way to criticize another person. Also, from what I found, many videos were using to mock Donald trump and politics in a negative way.

My response to "The Right To Your Opinion"

"The Right To Your Opinion" talked about how people are entitled to their own opinion but may not always know how to back up their opinions. People's opinion on things may not always be right but no one can tell you are wrong. As the author stated, "You may be interested in whether or not their opinion is true, but take the hint, they aren't". People DO have the right to their opinion but should as well be open to other's opinions.

My response to "The Laughing Heart" by Charles Bukowski

My thoughts on "The Laughing Heart" is that Bukowski expresses how he feels and sees life. The poem itself is a dark motivation speech to, what sounds, like a suicial person. Bukowski writes how life is your life, and to not let those dark thoughts take over because there will be light. There might not be much hope but to always be grateful for your life.

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