wallow

Wallow: intransitive verb

Definition:  to spend time experiencing or enjoying something without making any effort to change your situation, feelings, etc.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallow

In the essay ” The Dentist” taken from The Things They Carried by Tim O’ Brien he states ” she’ll explain how she cant understand  why people want to wallow in all the blood and gore.”

Now that I know the meaning I know the author meant that the lady couldn’t understand why people want to stay in that depression without making any effort to get past it.

Swirl

Swirl: Verb

Definition:  to move in circles or to cause (something) to move in circles

Source:http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swirl?show=0&t=1387257346

in the essay ” The Dentist” taken from The Things They Carried by Tim O’ Brien the author mentions the word swirl. “There is no clarity, everything swirls.”

now that I know the meaning of this word I understand that he felt like everything was going in circles because he was dizzy.

 

Fallacy

Fallacy: Noun

Definition:  a wrong belief : a false or mistaken idea.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallacy

I encountered this word while I was in class in professor Davis class. He was teaching the different fallacies there is in public speaking.

Now that I understand what a fallacy is I know that while giving a speech you should avoid fallacies which means to avoid giving your audience a mistaken idea.

Veritable

Veritable: Adjective

Definition: True or real.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veritable?show=0&t=1387254560

I encountered this word on the article ” The Happiest and Saddest Places in NYC, According to Tweeter ” by Brian Merchant. He stated ” it is the city’s veritable epicenter”

now that I understand the word I know the author meant that it was the city’s true epicenter.

Misanthrope

Misanthrope: Noun

Definition: a person who does not like other people

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misanthrope

In the article ” The Happiest and Saddest Places in NYC, According to Tweeter” by Brian Merchant he states ” I can attest that each is capable of turning the gentlest romantic into a misanthrope.”

Now that I understand the word I know the sentences was trying to tell me that even the most lovable person can turn into a antisocial person while visiting those places.

Reign

Reign: Noun

Definition: the period of time during which someone or something is the best or the most important, powerful, etc.

source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reign

in the article ” The happiest and Saddest Places in NYC, According to Twitter” by Brian Merchant it states ” Then they created a map that reveals where angry tweets reign…”

Now that I know the meaning of this word I know that they created a map that was able to tell them where the greatest angry people where.

summary of project 4

Henry Beecher was the first pastor at Plymouth Church. Thanks to him the popularity of the church increased rapidity through out time. Is that Henry Ward Beecher wasn’t a ordinary pastor. He was also a abolitionist that through his preaching tried to make a difference in this world. That was the main reason why he accepted to be the pastor in the first place. He knew that being a pastor he would get farther as a abolitionist. He did make a difference. He got to help slaves hide on the underground railroad era, he even bought slaves. One of them was pinky. Thanks to him purchasing her from her owner she was able to be free. Even though he did great things he was also known for sex scandal he got into. He supposedly committed adultery   in his own church with one of his friends wife. This got him in a lot of trouble, he even had to go to court for it. There was no proof of it so the case became exonerated. He may had his flaws but he achieved great things for this society. No one is perfect, but what counts is what you could do to make this world a better place to live on.

Letter of Advice

Dear next year student,

As this being your first semester in City Tech most of you wont know the area really well. Well with this course you would end up knowing most of it by the research projects that you are going to have to do. All the project are about a location around the school. But this would also give you a chance to get  to know the neighborhood your going to spent years studying a lot better. you will come to know how significant each place around here is. also you would learn to appreciate its history through the research you would do and your classmates would do as well. Maybe you would see this neighborhood not important at all when your first starting college but I assure you it hides the most fascinating places in NYC! but am sure you going to find out through this English course how true my words are. You would also get to read many stories about Brooklyn and most of them are all about places around here. It would make you feel like you want to visit each place you hear in each story. Don’t worry you wont be alone on this because professor Rosin and Davis start off by giving you a tour around this places so you can familiarize your self with it. Then your off to pick your special place. Which would be a place that interest you since you first laid your eyes on it. This English class comes together with your speech class so you would get to be with your same classmates as on English in speech as well. I would like to tell you not to worry even though this is a challenging class you would love the experience you get from it. I know I do. Have fun guys and learn.