Our Words

Pedagogy - The art or science of teaching; education; instructional methods

Metacognition - Awareness and understand of one's own thought process; thinking about thinking; knowing about knowing

Syntax - The study of the patterns and of formation of sentences and phrases from words

Iambic Pentameter - A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
This is what Shakespeare wrote in!!

Contingent - Dependent on something not certain yet

Ethnography - The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures --> Like a history also

Iteration - The act of repeating; a repetition

Rhetoric - 1. The art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech. 2. The ability to use language effectively 3. The art of making persuasive speeches; oratory

Content - 1. Something that is to be expressed through some medium, as speech, writing, or any various arts. 2. Significance, profundity; meaning

Context - 1. The parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect 2. The set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc...

Rhetorical ReadingAn active attempt at constructing a rhetorical context for the text as a way of making sense of it (Haas & Flowers 167-168).

Modicum - A moderate, or small amount


Idiosyncrasy - A characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual


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  1. Receptive-Able or willing to receive something, especially signals or stimuli

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  2. Rhetoric - the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

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  3. Consenus-serving a useful purpose; tending to build up:

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  4. constructive-serving a useful purpose; tending to build up

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  5. cognitive- 1.-pertaining to the act or process of knowing, perceiving, remembering, etc.; of or relating to cognition :
    "cognitive development; cognitive functioning."
    2.- of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.

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  6. Inquiry-1.an act of asking for information. 2.an official investigation

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  7. Parody- A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristics style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule.

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  8. Reform: To improve (someone or something) by removing or correcting faults, problems, etc. To improve your own behavior or habits.

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  9. Symbiotic: Living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship. Symbiosis: A cooperative relationship (as between two persons or groups)

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  10. Idiosyncratic: An unusual way in which a particular person behaves or thinks. An unusual part or feature of something.

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  11. poverty
    a : the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions
    b : renunciation as a member of a religious order of the right as an individual to own property

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  13. abuzz- Filled with continuous humming sound

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  14. deviant: different from what is considered to be normal or morally correct

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  15. ancillary: providing something additional to a main part or function

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  16. syllogism: a formal argument in logic that is formed by two statements and a conclusion which must be true if the two statements are true

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  17. methodology: a set of methods, rules, or ideas that are important in a science or art : a particular procedure or set of procedures

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  18. apathy: the feeling of not having much emotion or interest : an apathetic state

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  19. bedlam: a very noisy and confused state or scene

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  20. bedlam: a very noisy and confused state or scene

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  21. constituency - group of people who support or who are likely to support a politican or political party

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  22. Pedagogy - 1. the function or work of a teacher; teaching.
    2. the art or science of teaching; education; instructional methods.

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  23. Satire- A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony.

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  24. Biogenic gas is made by microbes, near the surface and often in marshy areas, and is predominantly methane (CH4).

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  25. Thermogenic gas is made by heat and pressure, and contains a mixture of light and heavy hydrocarbons. Shale is often in large slanted formations, so may be deep underground or at the surface.

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  26. Gas chromatography is a sensitive probe of the gases present in a sample; it is traditionally an expensive piece of lab equipment

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