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Post by souahong on Apr 13, 2010 17:04:27 GMT -8
4/13 Notes
***Latin Phrases -Tempus Fugit: -tempus-time -fugit-is running -exact translation-time is running -english translation-time is flying -root is-fug(like fugitive, central fugal) ***Etymolygy: -ped:foot 1) pedal-where your foot goes 2) pedestrian-a person walking 3) pedestal-bottom of a statue
-bi:two 4)biped-two-legged animals
-quadr:four 5)quadruped-four-legged animals
-kyklos(cycle):wheel 6)bicycle-two-wheels 7)bifocal-two lens -cuspis:point 8)bicuspid-two points 9)bimontly- 10)bivalve-two shelled(ex:clams) -phone:sound 11)quadraphonic-stereo with four sound systems 12)quadruplets-four babies born at the same time 13)quadruple-four times as much -later-:side 14)qudrilateral-shape with 4 sides 15)telephone-tele-distance/phone-sound 16)bilateral-two sided(pros & cons)
-unus-:one 17)unilateral-one sided -annus:<1 year 18)annual-every year 19)annuity-yearly payment 20)biennial- -enn:>1 year 21)quadrennial-every four years -semi:half 22)semiannual-every half year(6 months) 23)biannual-every half year(6 months) -per:through 24)perennial-through every year(ex:pumpkin pie) 25)annual- -tri:three 26)triplet-three babies 27)triangle-three sided shape 28)tricycle-three wheeled 29)trifocal-
LESSON 2 -centum:100 30)century-100 years 31)centennial-100 year celebration 32)bicentennial-2 100 year celebration 33)tricentennial-3 100 year celebration 34)semicetennial-half of 100 years -sesqui:1 1/2 35)sequicentennial- 1 1/2 100 (150 years) 36)biennial-2 years 37)triennial-3 years 38)quadrennial-4 years 39)semiannual-half a year -mille:1,000 40)(mill) 41)millennium-period of 1,000 years 42)centipede-insect with 100 legs(1 pair of legs) 43)millipede-insect with 1,000 legs(2 pairs of legs) -metron(meter):measure 44)pedometrer-device on your waist to count your steps -optiko:vision 45)optometrist-person who measures your vision -chronos:time 46)chronometer-time measuring device(ex:watch, clock) -therme:heat 47)thermometer-measuring heat 48)optician-makes lens 49)chronic-all the time
Lesson 5 -im,in:inside,not 50)impede-in foot(in the way) 51)impediment-something that hinders -ex:out 52)expedite-out of the way 53)expediter-expert of speeding things up 54)expeditious-speedy 55)exhale-breathe out 56)exclude-leave out 57)inhale-breathe in 58)include-leave in -verto,extro:turn,outward 59)extrovert-turned outwards(outgoing) -intro:inward 60)introvert-turned inward(shy) 61)expedition-going out
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Post by souahong on Apr 15, 2010 15:42:19 GMT -8
4/15/10 Notes ***Writing-Essay: -intro, body 1, body 2, body 3, conclusion -secret formula: -introduction: 1)Hook-grabbing attention 2)Background-title, author 3)Thesis-one summary statement of your whole essay (an arguement) 4)Outline-list three reasons why you think that way for the thesis -body paragraphs: 1)Topic Sentence 2)Detail 1 (fact)-specific details 3)Analysis (opinion) 4)Detail 2 (fact) 5)Analysis 2 (opinion) 6)Conclusion sentence -conclusion: 1)Recap of thesis-is not repeating, it is to say the idea in summary 2)Link to hook-(ex: if you said something about teenagers watching television, in your hook, you want to remind the reader in the conclusion and make that connection) *thesis needs to be as narrow as you can make it *then you break it down into your 3 reasons(outline sentence in intro) *as long as you have the 2 T's and the 2 F's, you're fine. -you can add more details T F O F O C
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Post by souahong on Apr 20, 2010 17:01:55 GMT -8
4/20/10 Notes ***Etymology -sesquipedalian -1 1/2 foot in length -very big long word sesquipedianism use of big word \cura care curator -person who cares for museums sine -without sinecure -easy job with no responsibilities pedicure -care of feet mani (hand)=hand care verto/versus -turn convert (verb) -change conversion (noun) convert (noun) -person who changes religion revert-back -tto turn back lets revert to our old methods reversion (noun) per (through) pervert (verb) -totally twisted invert-in is in/not -turn inside out -upside down invert fraction (flip over) introvert/extrovert intro:inward extro: outward vertigo -dizziness vertibra/vertibrae -back bone is a series of bones connected down your back. each is vertibra whole thing is vertibrae versatile -can play different instruments pod -foot inter (between) sectus (cut) bisect- bi (two) cut into two pieces trisect-cut angle to 3 pieces intersect - crossing; cutting between each other insect-3 body parts head, thorax, abdomen -cuts in the body quadrisect-cut into 4 pieces lingua- language linguistic - study of languages plico-fold imply- hide a meaning plywood -many layers of thin sheets together compressed # ply -more than 1 layer ad- to or toward folding yourself toward it implicit/implied -hidden message explicit -folded out -open explicate a poem means to unfold; analyze quintus-5 sextus, sestes, sextes-6 septem-7 octo-8 insinuate - imply in a negative way inference -to bring trans-across transfer- carry across de-down away defer-postpone graphein-write -biography-self written book -chirography-hand writing okto, pous-eight -octopus-8 legged animal -octoroon-1/8 black gonia-angle -octogon-8 sided octoginta-80 -octogenarian-80 year old -decade-10 years septuaginta-70 *** Grammar -Tense: a) Past(did)-use when action was completed at a definite past time. usually when a definite past time is mentioned 1) She took the test yesterday. b) Present Perfect(have done)-use when a past action extends to the present or affects the present. usually used with "since", "for" or "now that" 1) She has lived in LA (since she was 5 years old.)-she already lived there 2) Now that she has taken the test, she can relax.-if affects us because we can now relax c) Past Perfect(had done)-use when th action precedes another past action (ex: this is the past of the past) 1) She had taken the test before she talked to me. E A B <--> C D EXAMPLE: ---|-------|-------|-------|----- past p past present future
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Post by souahong on Apr 27, 2010 17:12:24 GMT -8
4/27/10 Notes ject-throw -inject is throw inwards -recession means slow economy -eject means throw out -dejected means being depressed thrown down pressed down feeling sad/down -preside means president presides;goes to front in frontof everybody else and leads a group revert means turn back sides: sit reside: sit back recede: go back precede: go before dis-away dissident is person who sits apart and disagrees sub- below subnormal: below normal; low iq submarine: under water subside:go below dissidence: noun form for dissident insidious: insidious plot to kill president; people get together to plan something nihil-nothing nihilist: nothign in the world is valued;religion, gov't, family believe is nihilism sed/set/sid-sit session: tutoring session in a group sitting down ob- upon obsession: sitting upon your mind -thinking about it all the time asidiuous-always sitting at the job sentio-feel sentimental-overly feeling/emotional presentiment-feeling beforehand sentient-able to feel dis-away or apart dissident-person who sits apart assent-feeling to;agree consent- feeling with ;give permission sentio/sensus-physically sensitive insensitive-no feeelingss sensuous-full of feelings sensation is a physical sensation or tingling sensation physical feeling sensational is wild, exciting, moves peoples emotions celebrity news are sensational news sensible is using good senses doing the right thing;save money'not wasting insensible means you have been knocked out and you can't feel anything; unconscious sensual means sensuous: full of senses extra means beyond esp extra sensory perception moves things without touching them extraordinary means unusual extra cirricular: activities beyond school work extraneous details: unneccessary details extra marrital-beyond marriage murous means wall intra mural means inside wall extramural means more wall immure criminals -lock up intravenus-bloodveins inside(injection) intraurban gang violence urbane-city-like suburbs-under, outside; area outside of the city -specio, spectus-to look spectator-someone who looks spectacle-a show spectacles-glasses expect-looking at and waiting for something introspection-looking inside of yourself introspective-watching consensus-everyone agrees -fluo(fluv-, flux-, fluct-)-to flow fluent-words flow out of you, you are a good speaker fluid-liquid influence-ideas flow into other people's minds influenza-(flu), the cold/illness was flowing into you flume-water way superfluous-flowing over, too much superfluity-noun form ^^^ affluent-being rich, flowing with money effluent-flow out effluvium-stuff flowing out, pollution miasma-^^^ same flux-flow/change fluctuate-up and down, like stock prices influx-in flow, ex: influx of immigrants efflux-out flow, ex: efflux of migratory birds ***GRAMMAR LIE/LAY a)Lie/lay/lain-to lie is to lie down -have lain down b)Lay/laid/laid-to lay is to put something down -lay-past tense of lying down -laid it down -have laid it down c)Say, "I lay my head as I lie." d)DRILL: circle the correct verb. 1)Everynight I (lie/lay) in my bed. 2)My dog always (lies/lays) down next to me. 3)Last night, I (lied/lay) down to sleep. 4)As I (lie/lay/laid) my pillow on the bed, my dog jumped in. 5) I told him that he can't lie next to me this time. Subject-verb agreement 1) Mark all prepositional phrases with parentheses and ignore them. 2) Mark al clauses with brackets and ignore them. (when, which, who, that, because) 3) These words are always singular: a) Anything, anyone, nobody, no one, neither, none, one, somebody, someone, something, everybody, everyone, either, each 4) Collective nouns are usually singular. a) Family, group, audience, America 5) If two subjects are connected with "and," the verb is plural. a) Apple and banana are... 6) If two subjects are connected with "or," the verb depends on the subject closer to the verb. a) Apples or banana is... 7) Some subjects connected with "and" are really expressing one thing. a) Rock and roll is here to stay. Pronoun agreement 1) Whenever you see a pronoun, check the antecedent to match the number and gender. 2) Collective nouns generally require a singular pronoun.
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Post by souahong on May 4, 2010 17:03:27 GMT -8
5/4/10 notes
LATIN PHRASE: -persona non grata-an unwelcome person -usually in a political sense LECTURE: -IQ:-intelligence quotient -quotient-answer to a division problem -A/B=C -mental age/physical age=IQ -average 10 year old should think like a 10 year old, so his average IQ is 100 -IQ is graphed on a bell curve -68% of people score within 15 points above or below 100 -96% of all people fall within 30 points (+/-) of 100
-can your IQ change? -IQ is generally considered to be half and half -50% DNA and 50% environment -it's not purely about genetics -the more you work at something, your intelligence could actually improve over time
-bias: -cultural bias-ex: when you take a test biased for african american people -sexual bias-ex: when there are tests biased for men/women -mensa-"table"/"desk" -club for top 2% ETYMOLOGY: -confluent-con-with/together; fluent-flowing; flowing together -refluent-re-back; fluent-flowing; flowing back -reflux-(same as above)
circum-around -circumference-circum-around; measurement around a circle -circumnavigate-circum-around; navigate around the world -circumfluent-circum-around; fluent-flowing; something that is floating around you
philos-love, biblion-like the bible -bibliophile-biblio-book; phile-person; person who loves books -bibliography-biblio-book; graph-write; a writing about the books that you used sophos-wisdom -philosophy-phil-love; sopho-wisdom; love for wisdom -sophisticated-being wise, well mannered -sophistication-(same as above) -sophistry-a group of people who make you think wrong things -sophistical-(same as above) anthropos-mankind -philanthropist-phil-love; anthropist-mankind; man lover -philanthropy-(noun version) -philanthropic-(adjective version) misein-opposite -misanthropist-opposite of philanthropist(usually misanthrope) -misanthropy-(noun version) -misanthropic-(adjective version) gyne-woman -misogyny-mis-opposite; gyn-woman; hatred of women -misogynist-(noun) -misogynous-(adj) -philogyny-phil-love; gyn-woman; love of women moros-fool -moron-a fool -moronic-like a fool -sophomore-sopho-wise; mor-fool; middle of schooling years, half wise, half foolish -sophomoric-low class humor, insulting term pejor-worse -pejorative-insulting misogynous-(adj) philogynous-(adj) gamos-marriage -misogamy-mis-hate; gam-marriage; someone who hates marriage -monogamy-mono-one; gam-marriage; one marriage, ex:marriage -bigamy-bi-two; gam-marriage; people who are married to 2 people at the same time -polygamy-poly-many; gam-marriage; many marriages fides-faith -confidence-con-with/together; fide-faither; to have faith in yourself -confide-con-with/together; fide-faither; share secrets with someone -confidant-con-with/together; fide-faither; person you share your secrets to -confidante-con-with/together; fide-faither; (female of above) -confidential-con-with/together; fide-faither; secret to be shared with only you and another bona, bonus-good -bona fide-bona-good; fide-faith; good faith -bon voyage-bon-good; voyage-journey; have a good journey -perfidious-per-through; fid-faith; step through someone's faith, betrayal
fidelis-faith/faithful -infidenlity-in-not; fide-faith; not being faithful -infidel-person of the wrong religion; ex: if you are a christian and you see a theo-God -atheist-a-against; the-God; a person who doesn't believe in God -theology-theo-God; logy-study; study of God, religion -theological-(adj) -theologian-(person) deus-God -deity- amo-love Amadeus-ama-love; deus-God; love God monos-one -monotheism-mono-one; the-God; believing in one god polys-many -polytheism-poly-many; the-God; believing in many gods -polygon-shape with many sides -polyglot-many languages, ex: LA sonus-sound -unison-uni-one; son-sound; harmony valva-leaf -univavle-uni-one; valve-leaf; one shelled shell-fish kleptes-thief -kleptomania-someone who is crazy about stealing dipsa-thirst -dipsomania-alcoholism pyros-fire -pyromania-someone who is crazy about fires megas-big -megalomania-people who think high of themselves ego-self -egomania-people who are crazy about themselves nymphe-mythical creature; water spirit -nymphomania-someone who's crazy about sexual activities(woman) -satryomania-(same, man) -egoist-person who only cares about himself -egotist-person who brags; TIP: egoTist=talking -egocentric-everything revolves around you -concentric-circle within a circle -centrifugal-fug-run away; force that is pushing outward -centripetal-pushing toward the center; ex: gravity -central-having to do with the center -pyre-wood used for cremation -pyrotechniques-having to do with fire; ex: someone who works with the fireworks phone-sound -megaphone-bullhorn -microphone-small sound micros-small skopein-look -microscope- -megaton-thousand tons -agnostic-person who knows there is a God but doesn't know
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