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Each week, every student will write an entry in our shared glossary. We will use the Docs on our Course Profile to collaborate on this glossary, each adding at least one entry per week. Words can include technical terms in the study of poetry, such as from our textbook, words you didn’t know when reading, or words you knew but needed to understand better in the context of the poem, or even words from our class discussions, others’ blog posts or comments, or course documents. I will also include in the glossary words for which you can complete the entry, rather than choosing your own word. For each entry, you will include:
the word,
its part of speech (eg, noun, adjective, verb)
the most appropriate definition–not necessarily the first one
the source of the definition
the context of the word (eg, the poem title and line from our reading, the textbook section and page, or the discussion or course document date and subject)
your explanation of the connotation of the word in that context
your initials (to get credit for your work)
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Part of Speech
DefinitionSourceContextExplanation
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Ambiguity
noun
This word appears in chapter three.1) Allows for two or more simultaneous interpretations of a word,a phrase, an action, all of which can be supported by the context of the workEx: Giving words or ideas two different connotations (chicken as an animal, and chicken as a coward person.)
2) Definition in the dictionary: Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention.Ex: There are several ambiguities in this text
R.S
Bivouac
Verb
To rest assemble in such an area; encamp (dictionary.com) "Battle-Piece"(pg108) Seldom, they quickstep as far downhill as this bivouac; they miss string, snap. Ex: they built a wall like so they wouldn't be strucked with abullet or cannon.
M.S
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Diction
Noun
Like all good writers, poets are keenly aware of diction, their choice of words.This word appeared in chapter 3 first paragraph. Diction is the way of speaking or writing that the authors decides to use in order to bring out the meaning or value of his or her work. For Ex. This author in this poem expressed his idea in a stylish diction.
P.C
Die
Verb
"To have an orgasm" (wordnik.com)The word "die" was used in this context in many of Shakespeare's works and in the poem "Last Night" by Sharon Olds.In the poem "Last Night", the poet was describing an intense sexual experience and in lines 18-19, she says "...the screaming I groan to remember it, and when we started to die, then I refuse to remember..."
GSL
metaphor
figure of speech
A metaphor is a literary figure of speech,that uses an image, story or tangable thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels.
SM
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Opulence
Noun
1. wealth, riches or affluence (plentiful, an abundant supply of thoughts or words; profusion)Connotation of the word opulence in my opinion means plentiful, variety and sophistication in the part of the text. As we see in the text that theaters are described as a (variety of things) such as we see actors and actress with different imaginations, visualization, we see sophistication of using different things to make viewers feel emotion, a mood, and a tone. There are plenty of things we see at the theater including a genre of a movie or a play.Source: Poetry : An IntroductionMichael Meyer
(Pg 69) : Denotation and Connotations
" Theater, for instance was once associated with depravity, disease and sin, whereas today the word usually evokes some sense of high culture and perhaps visions of elegant opulence".
H.A
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Reticence
(n) one that is not open or communicative;one that is reserved in speechsource: mentioned in chapter 3context: "Her reticence mimics their fatalistic pose" in regards to Brooks' "We Real Cool"
D.C
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Victual
Noun
food or provision for human beings. Source:"Battle-Piece"(pg 108)"Keen to victual, nearly home, feature the sharp surprise when, smooth as oiled stone"(dictionary.com"