Monday, March 31, 2008

Newsweek What Woman Want: Gender, Class, and Hillary

Word - Kevlar - Page 30
Context Clues - When I read the sentence the clues within the article that allowed me to understand what the author was getting at were: wearing and top, both of these words sandwhiched the vocabulary word, making it known that it was a kind of clothing.
Sentence - Recently, after learning what a Kevlar top was I was able to identify one at a department store.

Word - Rorschach Test - Page 34
Context Clues - From reading this sentence I knew that it had something to do with some kind of test as it was labeled in the vocabulary word. Also it spoke about emotions which lead me to think that they must be involved.
Sentence - I have heard of the Rorschach Test, but I never knew the accurate name by which professionals call it.

Word - haranguing - Page 33
Context Clues - Within this sentence the context clues that were available were: scolding by my mother. Not each individual may of been scolding, but for the ones that weren't I do believe most of us have at least heard a story or new someone who had been. This helped me to draw the conclusion that it was not a good thing.
Sentence - During my adolescence my grandfather gave me many haranguing talks, which now not only do I look back with fondness but I actually miss.