Vocabulary Post #3

1. Meme


This picture illustrates the meaning because a meme is something that is reused but added to as well

In my english class were learning about the different memes people create.

2. Hoax


This picture illustrates the meaning because it is fake and scam email.

People are capable of sending hoax emails to scare you and upset you.

3. Phylogeny

This picture illustrates the meaning because it shows the ideal of evolution.

Everyone has their own ideals of phylogeny because of either personal thoughts or even based on religion.

Vocabulary Post #2

find words from daily life, including school books.

Vocabulary Post #1

Why Gen-Y Johnny Can't Read Nonverbal Cues by Mark Bauerlein

1. Juxtaposition
He argued that body language, facial expression and stock mannerisms function "in juxtaposition to words, " imparting feelings, attitudes, reactions and judgments in a different register.

Context clue: in juxtaposition to
Personal understanding: comparing one thing to another or next to eachother.

Sometimes I rather sleep in juxtaposition to going to work and school.

2. Idiom
It is a skill that we all must learn, in actual social settings, from people (often older) who are adept in the idiom.

Context clue: we all must learn
Personal understanding: A certain way to do something.

As a baby we use baby talk until we reach the idiom of speaking english.

3. Adroitness
The digital natives improve their adroitness at the keyboard, but when it comes to their capacity to "read" the behaviors of others, they are all thumbs.

Context clue: they are all thumbs
Personal understanding: a skill with body or hand movements

Guitar players have to be adroitness in order to play for such a long amount of time.