111 Matching Annotations
  1. Dec 2019
    1. Readers won’t be able to follow your unfolding response, much less any complications you may offer, unless you keep reminding them what claims you are responding

      Repetition of the main claim is important. Sometimes the reader gets lost and forgets the main idea being expressed in the paper or article

    2. Freudian psychology

      Freudian Psychology is based on the work of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). ... Originally trained as a neurologist, Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind, dreams, infantile sexuality, libido, repression, and transference—all of which continue to influence the field of psychology to varying degrees.

    3. monologue

      A monologue is a speech given by a single character in a story. In drama, it is the vocalization of a character’s thoughts; in literature, the verbalization. ... Many plays and shows involving performers begin with a single character giving a monologue to the audience before the plot ...

    1. source address

      For me I think the online professors talking about citing and Marvin is talking about source address. Which are different, source IP address is the sender, and the destination IP address is the intended receiver. Devices that make up the network use the destination IP address, and maybe some other criteria, to forward the packet across the network. While citing is quote (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.

    2. Before we move on, there’s an important aspect of walking with sources that you need to be aware of. In college writing, if you use a source in a paper, you’re expected to let the reader know exactly how to find that source as well. Providing this “source address” information for your sources is known as documenting your sources. Marvin: What do you mean by a “source address”?

      This is saying that it's important to cute the sources you use. Even if paraphrasing or using a small section of someone else article.

    3. peer-reviewed

      A process by which a scholarly work (such as a paper or a research proposal) is checked by a group of experts in the same field to make sure it meets the necessary standards before it is published or accepted.

    4. Well, the professor said it should talk about a health problem caused by water pollution and suggest ways to solve

      Water pollution is one of the major causes of global warming. For Marvin course it is going to be a often topic being discussed. Damage to the environment is not only being done throughout the water sources but also air, noise and soil pollution.

    5. Hi. I’m a student in the physician assistant program. The major paper for my health and environment class is due in five weeks, and I need some advice. The professor says the paper has to be 6–8 pages, and I have to cite and document my sources.

      It's best to ask an outside professor for help on what to do in your paper. Outside assistance can lead you towards what your actual professor wants. Beginning an early bird is good. You start the assignments early leave space for drafts, reviews and corrections. This shows a lot how his time management skills are good

    1. impulsive slacker

      a person who shirks work or obligation especially : one who evades military service in time of war.

      2 : a person and especially a young person who is perceived to be disaffected, apathetic, cynical, or lacking ambition.

    2. Forward thinking doesn’t just come with age. It comes with practice and experience.

      Having experienced a lot of unexpected situation and solving them. Helps you prepare for time other times to come. It becomes a habit and comes easier after a while.

    3. Being smart in school is about how well you solve problems that have correct answers and clear time limits. But being a forward-thinking adult is about how you think and act even (and especially) in uncertain situations

      Being a forward-thinking adult is having the ability to react to a situation quickly and give a good response or solution. Making right choices in a sudden event.

    4. Twentysomethings aren’t brain damaged, of course, but because of the still-developing frontal lobe, they can be what psychologists call “uneven

      Persons on their 20's are not fully grown and still have a lot to learn and experience. Because of they are still developing brain they act some what mysterious activities and show adolescents behavior or make wrong choices.

    5. This all changed in the 1970s when magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and then functional MRI (fMRI) technology made it possible for doctors to look at the brain in vivo. A host of new technologies can now measure brain activity in living children and adults, and this has allowed researchers to better understand how the brain works.

      The invention of this technology in the 90's saved a lot of lives. It must have been very expensive to obtain a MRI test, to solve the problem. This machine could examine the brain and show the sections that are damaged.

    1. moratorium

      moratorium is a temporary suspension of an activity or a law until future events warrant lifting the suspension or related issues have been resolved

    2. monogamists

      Monogamy is a form of dyadic relationship in which an individual has only one partner during their lifetime—alternately, only one partner at any one time

    3. Today’s twentysomethings spend more time single than any generation in history.

      It's so true. This is the time when most persons find out if there teenage love was real. After the heart heartbreak of your first love you start of question everyone who comes after. You become pickier and very protective of who you date. After a couple of trial and error you will eventually find someone in your late 20's to settle down with.

    4. don’t know if Mr. Brooks talked about getting married when he gave the commencement address, but I can imagine the horror and alienation among the graduates if he had. I can see hundreds of baccalaureates standing there in cap and gown, mouths agape, wondering what exactly marriage had to do with them

      After graduating from college, marriage and building a family is the next stage. It is important to marry the one that truly loves you and one who you have a connection with. Now you have time to search for the right one after leaving school.

  2. Nov 2019
    1. connotations

      A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to its explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation

    2. ad hominem

      It is short for argumentum ad hominem, typically refers to a fallacious argumentative strategy whereby genuine discussion of the topic at hand is avoided by instead attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument short.

  3. Oct 2019
    1. cinematography

      Cinematography, the art and technology of motion-picture photography. It involves such techniques as the general composition of a scene; the lighting of the set or location; the choice of cameras, lenses, filters, and film stock; the camera angle and movements; and the integration of any special effects. All

    2. elaborated

      noun a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people. "grass is slang for marijuana"

    3. transformative

      adjective. The definition of transformative is something, such as a lesson or experience, that inspires change or causes a shift in viewpoint.

    4. underemployment

      Underemployment is the under-use of a worker due to a job that does not use the worker's skills, or is part time, or leaves the worker idle

    5. Kate’s dad put his accounting degree to work while Kate’s mom got busy raising four kids, of whom Kate was the youngest.

      and again the woman is stuck at home raising kids, having all the problem and stress.

  4. Sep 2019
    1. Nearly two weeks later, Cardi had her first public solo concert since giving birth, for an audience of 60,000 in Central Park.

      That's early to go back to work.

    2. . “I can’t rap about certain things, because I don’t want to insult my husband. And when I want to do a music video, I can’t use a male model and do crazy things.

      When you are married you have to put your partner feeling into consideration.

    3. Everybody around me was like, ‘No, this never happened before. Every artist that had a baby, they already put in years in the game. This is your first year. You’re going to mess it up. How are you going to make it?’ ”

      Having a baby is only a setback, but it does not mean you cannot move forward after.

    4. Rapper Speaks Out About Her Past

      Most rappers don't openly talk about there past. She went from a stripper to being on love and hip hop to end up as a famous female rapper.

    5. trailblazer

      A trailblazer is a person who's the first to do something, whether it's marking a new path through the woods or discovering a cure for cancer.

    6. Sandra Guzman

      SANDRA GUZMÁN is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker. She has dedicated her art to amplifying the voices and stories of marginalized people and communities in various media platforms— magazines, newspapers, television, books, film, and the web.

    1. Make a list of likely questions—it will save you the vast embarrassment of going dry in mid-interview. Perhaps you won’t need the list; better questions will occur to you, or the people being interviewed will veer off at an angle you couldn’t have foreseen.

      While in the interview question will come naturally, meaning as you talk more interesting thoughts will come alone.

    2. That doesn’t mean he or she has to be president of the bank. It can be the owner of the local pizza parlor or supermarket or hairdressing academy. It can be the fisherman who puts out to sea every morning, or the Little League manager, or the nurse. It can be the butcher, the baker or—better yet, if you can find him—the candlestick maker

      It doesn't has nothing to do with who you choose. The story about success of the person is what matters.

    1. LIVING WITH OTHERS

      After living with your partner for a while and seeing their true sides; you will know that seeing your partner occasionally, texting and calling each other is totally different .

    2. We’re distinctively neurotic, unbalanced and immature, but don’t know quite the details because no one ever encourages us too hard to find them out

      You never know your partner until you start living with them.

    3. Choosing the wrong partner: We try to get together with people who don’t really suit us, because we don’t understand our needs

      Not knowing your self, you become someone you are not and choose the wrong partner.

    4. how are you about feedback

      I will think about both positive and negative feedback. I choose which ones to work on based on how it was delivered to me and if it is true.

    5. extrovert

      An extrovert is a friendly person who enjoys talking to and being with other people. Extroverts love parties, talking on the phone, and meeting new people.

    1. aromatic

      1 : of, relating to, or having a smell or odor. 2 of an organic compound : characterized by increased chemical stability resulting from the delocalization of electrons in a ring system (as benzene) containing usually multiple conjugated double bonds — compare alicyclic, aliphatic.

    2. compassionate

      Adjective. It means sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it. How to use compassion in a sentence.

    3. Of all the subjects available to you as a writer, the one you know best is yourself: your past and your present, your thoughts and your emotions. Yet it’s probably the subject you try hardest to avoid.

      You know a lot about yourself yet it is always you best avoid.

  5. Aug 2019
    1. perpetual

      It means continuing or enduring forever; everlasting. lasting an indefinitely long time: perpetual snow. continuing or continued without intermission or interruption; ceaseless: a perpetual stream of visitors all day.

    2. My teacher bends over me, gently squeezes my shoulders, the squeeze I give my sons, hands louder than words.

      This is something she does to her son to let him know everything is fine.

    3. Is it folklore, the assumption that a man will choose a lover over his children and that a mother her children over her lover?

      A mother always puts her children first and father's do not.

    4. Cherokee.

      The Cherokee are one of the indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in what is now southwestern North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, and the tips of western South Carolina and northeastern Georgia.