Vocabulary list #2 Sentences

The little boy had faith in his sister that she would do good on the test.
They only needed a threshold of people for the meeting.
The woman was tarry to her flight.
The girl had to resolve her problems with her brother.
The little boy discern that his mom was mad at him.
The poor man was martyr for not following her religion and beliefs.
The kids mirth together after watching a funny video.
The girls friends had to leave to go to catechism.
The girl friends were very pious.
The family was frenzy on going on a trip to visit there brother in another state.  

Vocabulary List #2 Definitions

faith: Belief in and loyalty to God

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threshold: The minimum number of people needed to support a service

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tarry: to delay or be tardy

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resolve: settle or find a solution to (a problem, dispute, or contentious matter).

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discern: (v.) to see clearly, recognize

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mirth: happiness and laughter

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catechism: book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize

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pious: Deeply religious

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frenzy:A wild outburst of excited feelings or actions

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martyr: A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs

young goodman brown questions and answers

1. What do you think Hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story?
2. Hawthorne states that Brown's wife is "aptly named" Faith.  After reading the story, do you agree?  Does Faith's name fit her personality?  Does Brown have true faith in her?
3. What do you think the pink ribbons signify?
4. Was everything Brown witnessed real, a figment of his imagination, something conjured by evil, or a dream?  Support your answer with passages from the text.
5. Who do you think the old man really is?  What textual clues tell you this?
6. What does the staff represent?  Do you think the staff leads Brown onward or is the primary motivator Brown's own conscience/mind?
7. If Brown had not ventured into the forest, how would his life be different?  If he'd stayed home,would Brown still have Faith?  Would he still trust his wife and his fellow townspeople

ANSWERS

1. I think Hawthores's purpose for writing the story was to tell us what he thought was important about nature and how nature can be evil. Also how all people sin at once.

2. I think her name fit her perfectly. Yes Brown has faith in her.

3. I think the pink ribbon means faith, happiness, Joy, innocent, and her personality.

4. I think that what Brown witnessed was real because the magic of evil put in Brown to make him think it was all a dream. Also how he see everyone will be different.

5. I think the old man is the devil.

6. The staff represent the devil. Yes I feel like the staff lead him onward by temptation.

7. If he would of never went on his journey he would of still trusted everyone. He would also see everyone the same . Lastly there wouldn't be evil.

Vocabulary Sentences

1.  The lights turned off and adumbrate that something bad was going to happened.
2.  The apotheosis when the lady died.
3.  The glow sticks was bauble once it was already a day.
4.  The lady friend beguiled her sister with nice words.
5.  The flowers began to burgeon.
6.  She tried to make all her work complent.
7.  The girl sister was very contumacious.
8.  Her father was curmudgeon when her room was dirty.
9.  The teacher was didactic to the class.
10.  The tone in the story was happy.
11.  The mood of the reader was sad.
12.  The diction of the story was easy to follow.
13.  The syntax of the story was shocking.
14.  The girl sister ascetic when she got in trouble.
15.  The theme was to never give up in life and keep moving forward.

Vocabulary Definitions

adumbrate

foreshadow or symbolize

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apotheosis

the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax

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ascetic

ONE WHO PRACTICES SELF-DENIAL, discipline

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bauble

something atratice but useless thing

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beguile

To deceive; to charm; to enchant

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burgeon

to grow and flourish

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complent

something that completes or makes perfect

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contumacious

Rebellious; stubbornly disobedient

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curmudgeon

Bad-tempered, difficult person; grouch

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didactic

Intended to instruct; teaching , or teaching a moral lessen

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tone

A writer's attitude toward his and sometime characters

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mood

how we feel when we read

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diction

the words an author chooses to tell a story

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syntax

the way the author writes something

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theme

Central idea of a work of literature

response to "Young Goodmen Brown"

In this story I found it kinda confusing. I noticed in the beginning the author was always reminding us about the pink ribbon on her hat  I feel like the ribbon had a meaning I think the meaning in this case might represent happiness, joy, and innocent.The purpose of this story I think is to take on the journey and don't back down like him and to always stay together don't seperate in the forest.

Response to "The Conscience of the Hacker"

In the essay I found it interesting. In the essay you as a reader can tell the he probably angry, spiteful. The author purpose is saying everyone different and the hackers aren't the criminal. Also how we are learning knowledge while hacking and they call them criminals.