Hoops is where I come across many new words that I haven't seen nor heard before. I like and dislike that about the poems. Its interesting hearing the words, but a pain in the butt to have to look them all up! Here are some of the words that I recently have discovered from Hoops:
- memento mori (59)- This is a Latin phrase that can be translated to "remember your mortality". This phrase is definitely one that will make you think about your own life. It makes me want to think about my place in this world. This is the title of a movie made in 1999. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266075/
- afronaut (30) - It was hard for me to find a legit definition, but from what I found this is an african person that has been in space. I thought that it had to do with being an astronaut, but the spelling of it caught my eye and so I thought that was interesting. Urban Dictionary defines this word. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=afronaut
- panopticon (22) - As Mr. Warnock said, this is a building used in prisons to insure round-the-clock surveillance. We talked about it in class and I just instantly became interested in it because I had never heard of such a thing, nor would I have ever thought of something that clever! There is a Wikipedia page dedicated to this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon
- festoon (25) - This means to hang with chains and flowers. I just absolutely adore the way this word sounds so I had to choose it! There is a salon in California with this name. http://festoonsalon.com/
In the MG, new words are thrown at me all the time. New ways to help me become a better reader and writer are always talked about in this book. Here is a word that caught my eye:
- synthesis (559) - The way by which someone creates their own points from the research of others. I have not heard this word used in this way before so I thought I would share this one. Here is an article on synthesis writing. http://users.drew.edu/~sjamieso/Synthesis.htm
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