Query

Elusive

Fictitious

Parasitism

Languid

Irk

Congenial

Loathsome

Berth

Dissociate

Bestowed

Leisure

Acute

Donning

Intermingling

Although I didn’t enjoy doing these glossary blogs much, I would’ve been completely lost without them. They most certainly benefited me in the long run. Completing these glossary assignments helped me comprehend and have a better understanding of what I was reading much better throughout this semester. I will surely try to make this a habit with my other classes since it gives me a better interpretation of what I am reading. This assignment has without a doubt broadened my vocabulary list and I do hope to start using these words in my own papers from now on.

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Glossary write-up

1. Bogey
2. Eccentric
3. Exalted
4. Jitterbugging
5. Mountainous
6. Sordid
7. Boudoir
8. Pad Thai
9. Adhan
10. Telenovela
11. Fringe
12. Proliferate
13. Bigot
14. Hunky-Dory
15. Shillings

While looking up these words, I realized how important it is to understand the context of the reading. Without knowing these definitions, some sentences were confusing while others flat out didn’t make sense. Understanding the meaning behind each term that I looked up helped me to grasp the meaning of the writing. Most of the words that I choose are nouns and understand them gave me insight on the work. Some were culturally or socially related such as telenovela, bigot, and jitterbugging. Others were unusual words such as bogey or adhan that I wasn’t familiar with I now understand. Knowing these definitions have helped me with identifying words from other non-school related articles.

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1. Scorch
2. Implore
3. Nigh 
4. Cultish 
5. Lurid
6. Anishinaabe
7. Almanac
8. Wharf
9. Arbor
10. Passe’
11. Martyr
12. Gingerly
13. Hitherto
14. Querulous
15.  Tumultuously

This glossary assignment greatly affected my reading process. I was able to explore my thoughts and ideas about a particular quote when I looked up the meaning of a word I didn’t know. I usually discern the meaning through context clues when I am reading but not knowing the words in exact meanings interfered with my understanding of the stories sometimes. I believe I got much more out of the readings because I was able to evaluate and interpret the purpose of the words used.

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To reflect back on the glossary entries you’ve completed this semester, to facilitate my finding all of them, and to make it easier for us to share the entire glossary with each other and anyone else interested, please write a post that includes the following information:

• Give it a title
• Choose the category Glossary Write-Up
• In the post, make a list of the 15 or more words that you included in your glossary–just the words in a list.
• Then hyperlink each word to its glossary entry post.
  • To do this, highlight the word, then click on the link icon–it’s the 10th from the left-hand side.
  • Paste in the address for the post you wrote about that word
  • Click Add Link
• Then write a one-paragraph reflection about the glossary assignment for the semester. Think about how it affected your reading process.

In making this list, you can go through and review all 15 posts you have made for the glossary. Remember that each word needs to be in its own post, and should do the following, as per the assignment requirements :

• Include ONLY the word in the subject line of the post
• In the post, again provide the word and its part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, etc)
• Include a dictionary definition–and make sure you’re using the most appropriate definition, which might not be the first one
• Cite the source of your definition or link to it–I recommend Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, although you might need to consult a different kind of dictionary
• Identify where you encountered the word: specify the specific page of a particular reading, date of the class discussion, title of the handout, blog post URL, etc
• Quote the passage (or if it’s someone’s speech that you cannot quote directly, paraphrase it carefully)—this might require more than one sentence to convey the meaning of the passage
• Explain what you understand about the passage now that you understand the word. It is not acceptable to merely write “Now I understand the passage because I understand what this word means.” If you do, you will not get credit for that entry.
• (optional) include links, images, or other media that help your classmates understand the word or the context
• Choose the category Glossary in the right sidebar when you write a new post, and the author’s name so we can look at all glossary entries from a given author’s writing.
• add tags to your post that reflect the topic you wrote about. You might include a tag based on the source of the word, the part of speech, the letter it begins with (this will help alphabetize our glossary), and the number of the glossary entry it is for you to help you keep track.

To edit any of your posts, make sure you’re logged in. There are two different ways to edit it then:

When you’re looking at the post on the site:

• look at the bottom of the post, next to where you would reply to add a comment.
• click on the word Edit
• you’ll go to a screen that’s like what you have to write the post.
• make your changes
• after you make the changes you need to make, click Update, which is where Publish used to be

When you’re on the Dashboard, looking at all of the posts:

• you will notice that when you mouse over a post, you have the option to Edit or Quick Edit any of your own posts.
• If you choose Edit,
  • you’ll go to a screen that’s like what you have to write the post.
  • make your changes
  • after you make the changes you need to make, click Update, which is where Publish used to be
• If you choose Quick Edit
  • you can change the title, categories, tags, etc
  • you cannot change the body of the post from here
  • after you make the changes you need to make, click Update on the right.

Glossary Write-Ups are due by Tuesday, May 20th, at 2:30pm

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