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Notes

Today 9-25-17, in class I learned that to be satisfied, we have to spend time working on whatever is going to make us be happy.

Fall list #4 - Definitions

Intermittent: occurring at irregular intervals, not continuous or steady. Ebb: the movement of the tide out to sea. Regress: return to a former or less developed state. Tendency: an inclination toward a particular characteristic or type of behavior. Antiseptic: scrupulously clean or pure, especially so as to be bland or characterless. 

Theme of Young Goodman Brown - Essay

      The theme of Young Goodman Brown is the story of how a young man loses his innocent belief in religious faith. After losing his faith, he decides to leave his wife named Faith. The story tells the journey of Goodman after leaving his wife. He starts thinking that the people from his town are evil and this makes him leave the place.       At the beginning of the story Goodman Brown says goodbye to his wife, Faith, outside of his house in Salem Village. His wife asks him to stay with her, but he tells her that he must go travel for only one night, which is false because he is not planning to come back. After reading the first two paragraphs of the story, the reader can understand that the author is talking about a man that is loosing his faith.      Some facts that lead me to my conclusion are; Young Goodman Brown is a religious man but after thinking that people in his town is evil he tries to escape from them, once in the forest he se...

Smart Goal

S (specific)- Get an A in every class at the end of this semester. M (Measurable)- When I see my grades and  when I see I'm doing well in all of my classes. A (Attainable)- Getting good grades in every test, doing my homework and classwork. R (Relevant)- It is relevant because   I want to raise my GPA to get a good scholarship next year. T (Timely)- By the end of this semester.

Vocabulary List #2

Faith:   complete trust or confidence in someone or something. Threshold: a strip of wood, metal, or stone, forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or room. Tarry: of, like or covered with tar. Resolve: settle or find a solution  to ( a problem, dispute, or contentious matter). Discern: p erceive or recognize (something) Martyr: a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.  Mirth: amusement, especially as expressed in laughter. Catechism: a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the from of questions and answers, used for the instruction of Christians. Pious: devoutly religious.  Frenzy: a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior .

Being a good student - Essay

       I am a good student. My family and friends know that I always work hard to get good grades and try to be the best students in class.

Vocabulary

Theme: the subject of a text. Tone: attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. Mood: feelings in readers through words from the author. Diction: style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. Syntax: determines how the chosen words are used to form a sentence. Stupid: having or showing a great lack of intelligence. Adumbrate: report or represent in outline. Ascetic: the practice of severe self-discipline. Bauble: something attractive but useless or worthless. Beguile: charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way. Burgeon: begin to grow or increase rapidly. Complement: a thing that completes or brings to perfection. Contumacious: willfully disobedient to authority. Curmudgeon: a bad-tempered or surly person. Didactic: intended to teach.