reiterate
Function: verb
Definition: To say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively
Entries from January 2008
January 31, 2008
Word of the Day for January 30, 2008
January 31, 2008
Word of the Day for January 31, 2008
placid
Function: adjective
Definition: serenely free of interruption or disturbance <placid skies> <a placid disposition>; also : complacent 1
Synonyms: calm
January 29, 2008
In-Class Assignment: Writing Assignment #1
Writing Assignment #1
If it was you job to design the curriculum for this course (English III), what would it look like? What would the course cover? Be specific.
This essay must be at least a full page long.
Points will be awarded for:
following directions
use of proper headings (see your syllabus)
proper spelling and grammar
content
You will have one class [...]
January 29, 2008
Word of the Day for January 29, 2008
amiable
Function: adjective
Definition: 1: pleasing admirable 2a: generally agreeable <an amiable comedy> 2b: being friendly, sociable, and congenial
Synonyms: good-natured, obliging, complaisant
January 28, 2008
Word of the Day for January 28, 2008
ebb
Function: noun
1 : the reflux of the tide toward the sea 2 : a point or condition of decline <our spirits were at a low ebb>
Function: intransitive verb
1 : to recede from the flood 2 : to fall from a higher to a lower level or from a better to a worse state <his popularity [...]
January 25, 2008
Word of the Day for January 25, 2008
deluge
Function 1: noun
Definition 1 : an overflowing of the land by water : a drenching rain, or an overwhelming amount or number
Function 2: transitive verb
Definition 2: to overflow with water : inundate : overwhelm swamp
January 24, 2008
In-Class Assignment: The Vocabulary of Poetry
Today in class, we defined the following 30 poetry-related vocabulary words. Your handwritten definitions will be returned to you so that you may use them as a study guide for the test on this information. The test will be given on Thursday, January 31st to all sections. If you will not be in class on [...]
January 24, 2008
Word of the Day for January 24, 2008
stoic
Pronunciation: \ˈstō-ik\
Function: adjective
Definition: not affected by or showing passion or feeling; especially : firmly restraining response to pain or distress <a stoic indifference to cold>
Synonym: Impassive
January 23, 2008
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
– Robert Frost
January 23, 2008
Word of the Day for January 23, 2008
apodictic
Pronunciation: ap-uh-DIK-tik
Function: adjective
Definition: expressing or of the nature of necessary truth or absolute certainty
Example sentence: The apodictic tone of Liza’s writing reflects her complete confidence in the correctness of her statements.
