Vocab #2

faith: Belief in and loyalty to God

threshold: The minimum number of people needed to support a service

tarry: to delay or be tardy

resolve: settle or find a solution to (a problem, dispute, or contentious matter).

discern: (v.) to see clearly, recognize

mirth: happiness and laughter

catechism: book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; 

pious: Deeply religious

frenzy:A wild outburst of excited feelings or actions

martyr: A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs

YGB questions

1. The purpose of the story was showing that the mind can always be foolish. Your mind can give you an illusion of what happen in your past.
2.  Young Goodman Brown wife Faith does not really fit into her. She is not who Young Goodman Brown thought she would be towards the blog.
3. I think the  pink ribbon represents faith in the story.
4. Everything that that Brown witness was like an illusion. It was a dream. 
5. The old man was the devil. In the story the old lady said that Brown was talking to the devil in the woods.

Ancient Stories

1. They use words differently
2. They never use slang
3. Also the more you read ancient stories the more you will know.

Big Question?

How was Earth made??

My Aeries

I earned a F on my essay because I didn't do it. Other things I've done in this class is 6 blogs

Vocab 1

adumbrate- foreshadow and symbolize
apotheosis- the highest point in the development of something
ascetic- one who practices self-denial
bauble- something atratice but useless thing
beguile- to deceive
burgeon- to grow and to charm
complent- something that completes or makes perfect
contumacious- bad tempered
didactic- intended to instruct
tone- a writers attitude
mood- how we feel when we read
diction- thew words an author chooses to tell a story
syntax- the way the author writes something
theme- central idea of a work of literature

response to "Young Goodman Brown"

In the beginning of this story I found that the author is always reminding us about the pink ribbon. I think the ribbon had a meaning and I think it meant to be happy and joyful. I think the meaning of the story was to always stay together and don't back down.

response to "The Conscience of the Hacker"

I found this essay pretty interesting. As a reader you can tell that he is angry and spiteful. what the author is trying to say is everyone is different and the hackers aren't criminals.

Vocab 3

Coherent- logically connected
Belabor- to explain
Eschew- to abstain
Acquisitive- tending or seeking to acquire and own
Emulate- to try to equal
Banal- devoid of freshness
Excoriation- the act of excoriating
Congeal- to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state
Carping- characterized by fussy
Substantiate- to establish by proof
Temporize- to be indecisive
Largesse- generous bestowal of gifts
Tenable- capable of being held, maintained, or depended
Insatiable- not satiable
Reconnaissance- the act of reconnoitering
Germane- closely or significantly related
Ramify- to divide or separate
Intransigent- refusing to agree
Taciturn- inclined to silence