Vocabulary 9

Abortive: failing to produce the intended result

Bruit: spread a report or rumor widely

Contumelious: scornful and insulting behavior

Dictum: a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source; a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle

Ensconce: establish or settle

Iconoclastic: characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions

In medias res: a narrative that begins somewhere in the middle of a story rather than the beginning

Internecine: destructive to both sides in a conflict

Maladroit: ineffective or bungling; clumsy

Maudlin: self-pitying or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness

Modulate: exert a modifying or controlling influence on

Portentous: of or like a portent; done in a pompously or overly solemn manner

Prescience: the power to foresee the future

Quid pro quo: a favor or advantage granted in return for something

Salubrious: health-giving, healthy; pleasant, not run-down

Saturnalia: the ancient Roman festival of Saturn in December; an occasion of wild revelry

Touchstone: a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized

Traumatic: emotionally disturbing or distressing; relating to or causing psychological trauma

Vitiate: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of; destroy or impair the legal validity of.

Waggish: humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner



Kudos to Sam! http://sgarrisonrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/

To be or not to be..

I stumbled a lot, but I wanted to be honest. This was the first video I took reciting the poem. I know I will have to do in class, but I wanted  to prove that I knew the poem before Monday!

Hamlet Remix

 

 

 

I've edited this post. Now here's the actual picture!!!! Ignore the background.

Midterm reflection

What went well?
I believe the fact that the miderm was matching, made it a lot easier. It gives you a higher chance of it being right.


What didn't went well?
Matching the definitions with the words was hard, since the definitions I knew did not match those on the screen. I became really confused and frustrated with the whole thing.

What can you learn from this experience to learn for next time?
I've learned that I need to memorize a vary of definitions with the words. I only knew part of the definition, or my definition was absolutely wrong. This is why my collaborating with my classmates should've been used more. However, that is my fault.

Hamlet Resources

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/hamletscenes.html

http://www.bardweb.net/plays/hamlet.html

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-hamlet.htm

Each of these sites help Hamlet become a little easier to understand.
However, I believe reviewing with classmates and teachers is more reliable.

Vocabulary #8

abeyance (noun) A state of temporary disuse or suspension

ambivalent (adjective) Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

beleaguer (verb) Beset with difficulties

carte blanche (noun) Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best

cataclysm (noun) A large-scale and violent event in the natural world

debauch (verb) Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.

eclat (noun) An enthusiastic approval

fastidious (adjective) Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

gambol (verb) Run or jump about playfully

imbue (verb) Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality

inchoate (adjective) Just begun and so not fully formed or developed

lampoon (verb) Publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule or sarcasm

malleable (adjective) Easily influenced; pliable

nemesis (noun) The inescapable or implacable agent of someone's or something's downfall

opt (verb) Make a choice from a range of possibilities

philistine (noun) A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them

picaresque (adjective) Of or relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the

adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero

queasy (adjective) Nauseated; feeling sick

refractory (adjective) Stubborn or unmanageable

savoir-faire (noun) The ability to act or speak appropriately in social situations



I give credit to Katelyn Porraz. http://kporrazrhsenglitcomp.blogspot.com/2012/10/vocabulary-8.html

Pre-Will

 a) What do you know about Hamlet, the "Melancholy Dane"?

I've heard about this poem by Hamlet, and all I know is that it's gloomy.

  b) What do you know about Shakespeare?

I've heard so many things about Shakespeare. I hear that it's extremely hard to comprehend, and there's no pictures of this fellow. Therefore, we cannot prove that he was real or fake.

  c) Why do so many students involuntarily frown when they hear the name "Shakespeare"?

Students frown when they hear the name Shakespeare because his poems are so hard to comprehend, and is told in a foregin language (pretty much)

 d) What can we do to make studying this play an amazing experience we'll never forget?
I believe watching movies will make Shakespeare easier to remember.