A few days ago, in English class, Mr. Watson assigned us literacy circles with a twist. So I self assigned myself for the job of Lexicographer. My job is read the required text pages and then locate words that are hard to describe. Tonight's read is pages 19-27; chapter White Tigers; book, Woman Warrior. The words that I am finding the definition for are words that I might know in my vocabulary, but was curious to see what different contexts the word could refer to. My source from which I am finding my defintions is from
an online dictionary,
google and a site called
http://www.answers.com.
PAGE 19:
- Swordswoman: A trained sword fighter that is a women, a fencer.
- White Crane Boxing: a martial art. Here's a site I found. It has a thorough history of this type of boxing.
- Shao-lin: type of martial art combined with buddhism.
- alighted:to come down from, to rest in a certain spot.
PAGE 20:
- Fa Mu Lan: fictional, real female figure in chinese history. Want to know more?
- ideograph: a pictorial symbol.
PAGE 23:
- avenge: to get revenge for someone or yourself.
PAGE 24:
- timberline: the point in a landmass where timber halts its line of growth.
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