Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Descriptive Word





Assignment: Choose one of the above images. 1. Snowscape 2. Barn 3. Dive 4. Slide 5. Airplane

Comment by stating the chosen photo and then choosing a vocabulary word from our list that you associate with the photo. State the vocabulary word and then an explanation of why you associate this word with the photo. IMPORTANT: Once someone has chosen a vocabulary word in conjunction with a photo- it may not be used again.

Example of comment:
Photo 2- Barn. I associate the vocabulary word "rustic" with this photograph. The word rustic means 'from the country' and this barn with the cattle lying in front of it is the perfect example of weathered country life,

74 comments:

  1. *photo 1: snowscape
    *I think of hedonist when I see this picture. The man is out there with no one but a camera man. He obviously lives for pleasure.

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  2. Photo 2- Barn
    * I think this picture is a very good axample of a bucolic setting.

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  3. The Barn comment above this comment is from me. Anja Davis lol

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  4. -photo 2: barn
    I think this picture is a great exmple of a bucolic setting. =] Helen Hatfield

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  5. photo 4: slide
    I think of hubris because this little girl obviously has lots of pride for being able to reach the top of the slide. :)
    -teal

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  6. photo 1: snowscape
    when I see this picture I think of the word pristine because it seems pure and untouched by anything.
    Mitchell Pettit

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  7. photo 1: snowcape
    When I see the person standing there all alone i thank of a remote setting because there is no one or anything around.

    -Daniel Campbell

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  8. Photo 2
    the barn above makes me think of a bumpkin lifestyle.
    Christian Saylor

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  9. Photo 3: Dive
    The boy in the picture ,ay have had a whim to jump off the diving board although me usually may not want to do so.
    Cierra Condra

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  10. Photo 4
    When I look at this picture, i think the girl should be going down the slide, but she isn't. So i think she was a engima look on her face, because she doesn't know if she could go down the slide or go back down the ladder
    -Shelby Bryant

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  11. Photo 1
    The man is savoring the outdoors.(Personallly I think he is crazy, its freezing outside.)
    Monica Moritz

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  12. the cows in the picture are quite bovine, wouldn't you think?
    HAHA! -Sarah Johnson

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  13. Photo 2
    Since the picture has cows in it, I think of bovine which means cow-like.
    -Randa

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  14. i fell hubris cause this boy has alot of pride and feels good for what he has done!

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  15. 1. Snowscape ..... The man is taking in the commodious outdoors.

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  16. Photo 2- This is a bucolic setting.

    Troy Estes

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  17. picture 2 makes me think of dormant because they are layin down being lazy and makes me want to go to sleep

    -Brayton Adams

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  18. Picture 3
    Delve
    This picture reminds me of delving into the swimming pool on hot summer days.

    KAtie Morin

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  19. Picture 1 is rampant because all the snow is widespread.

    Jason Judd

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  20. Picture 1 is placid because its peaceful.

    M.a.C.y O.l.D.s

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  21. Picture 1.
    The snow scence is very placid.
    By: Allison Wall

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  22. picture 5

    This scene is placid because there isn't much going on in the picture but the boy is very content, and just taking the view of the sky in.
    Kaylee Massey (:

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  23. Photo 2
    The scenery is bucolic.
    -Logan Lovegrove-

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  24. Picture 2: The Barn
    This scene is very bucolic, and it reminds me of a remote location somewhere in the middle of no-where.
    -Kindra DuLong

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  25. photo 2.
    i think this picture is a perfect for an example of a bucolic setting.


    - Haley Bare

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  26. the picture of the girl on the slide
    the picture is frolic, because the girl is playing carefree.
    nicole boggs

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  27. photo 1
    the picture is very tranquil.
    -Dalton Craig

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  28. Picture 4: Slide

    Obscure.

    It's all blurred up. It's hard to see details.

    Catherine Partridge.

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  29. The snow scape is horry because it is covered in snow and frost. -Derrick Martin

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  30. photo 1- snowscape-
    the snowscape is tranquil because nobody is around to cause comotion.

    DANIEL VOGEL

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  31. Photo 2-Barn

    Bacchanal

    I associate this word with the cows laying on the ground because it looks like they are all tired from a long night of drinking and partying.

    Nick Brunner

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  32. picture one: snow
    I think cherub describes the little boy because he looks like he would never do any harm to anyone, he's simply playing in the pool. (:
    -Danielle Skaggs

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  33. picture 1 - vapid: lacking livliness

    The nearly lifeless expanse of snow and ice in the photo seems to emanate vapidity.

    JAKE TAYLOR

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  35. Photo 3
    This picture makes me want to delve into a swimming pool.

    -Alexis Weber

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  36. remote

    The word remote describes picture 1 because the traveler looks to be remote out in the wilderness.
    Garrett Jackson

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  37. photo3-dive
    This picture makes me think of the word ambience, because it looks as if the mood quality is nothing but fun and relaxed. *Angela Cambpell*

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  39. photo 2
    Bucolic describes the barn because it means country.

    Annie Weber

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  40. Photo 2 Barn- menagerie: A collection of animals.

    The word menagerie comes to my mind when I view this picture because there is a collection of different animals on the farm. Even though they are all cattle, they are all different kinds of cattle.

    Max Tukey

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  41. 1. Snowscape
    I associate this word with hydra because it appears like this guy forgot to lay bread crumbs to find his way back home

    Kameron Logan

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  42. Photo 2.
    I think of the work bucolic cause it's country like...and bovine because it shows cows.

    ~jessica cruser

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  43. Photo 2- Barn. I associate the word "rustic" with this photograph. Rustic means 'from the country'. The barn with the cattle sitting in front of it IS rustic.

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  44. the last photo makes me think of the word levity because the blue sky with the beautiful white clouds seems so light and the boy seems relaxed and not serious.

    Jessie Ballenger

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  45. Photo 1
    This is a placid picture because being out somewhere by yourself with all that snow would be peaceful.
    Kristine Gasper

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  47. Picture 3: dive
    I associate this picture with hiatus because it reminds me of summer vacation and going swimming :)
    -Mindy Talkington

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  48. Picture 5-Airplane
    The plane is volatile because it is able to fly.
    Jordyn Austin

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  49. For picture 3 i think that robust describs it.

    Robust means healthy, strong

    Callissa Ketterling

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  50. Picture 2
    The picture is quaint because when I see cows and a barn I think of 'back in the old days'

    ~Brianna Perry

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  51. photo 2: The picture is bucolic because it is in the country. Has a country setting.
    -Elizabeth Schamel

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  52. Pic 2. i think it means bucolic because its country.

    Bailee Chilman

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  53. Photo2: The picture has a bovine like animals in it.
    ~Leann West~

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  55. *picture 2*
    This picture makes me think of the word lethargic because all the cows are laying down relaxing.


    -Ashley Barber-

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  56. 4. Slide
    It reminds me of the word obfuscate because it has purposely been skewed to look blurry.
    Briana Campbell

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  57. Photo 2

    It reminds me of agri becase cows eat there.

    Shelby Campbell.

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  58. 1. Snowscape
    I would choose the word 'vestige' which means the traces of something long gone.....or something to that effect
    Why? Because when I look at the photo it makes me think that the man is the last one walking alone in a flat, white, desolute plain.

    Kasha Parks

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  59. 5.
    the sky is lucid because it is very clear

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  60. 3. Dive
    This picture reminds me of delve. The boy is diving into the water.
    -Hannah Villa

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  61. 1.snowcape
    i think of the word pristine which means clean, pure, or untouched. I think of this word because the snow is clean and looks a if there are no foot prints in it.
    ~Jaclyn Capes~

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  62. 2. Barn
    This picture reminds me of the word bucolic, because it means relating to herdsman or farmers.
    MaKayla Marksberry

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  63. 5.Plane
    *I think of volatile when I see this picture, because the plane is easy to fly.
    -Maqenzi Hovious

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  64. The photo that i have chosen is "slide".
    The vocab. word that i picked to describe this picture is "audacious",which means extremely bold or fearless. I picked this word for this picture because it was bold and fearless of the little girl to climb to the top of the slide.
    -Desiree' Booker

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  65. Photo 3: frolic
    I chose this word because the child in the picture is expressing carefree play.

    -Brianna Kirkham!!!!!!

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  66. 2. Barn

    The barn is surrounded by cows which makes it a bovine place to enjoy the grass.

    Michael Gasper

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  67. 2. Barn
    This picture reminds me of quaint, beause it looks like a quiet, old, country farm. The barn looks old fashioned.

    Sadie Lovelace

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  69. 2.barn
    bovine it means cow and there's a bunch of cows in the pic

    David bingham

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  70. Photo 2
    The scenery reminds me of someone living in a bumpkin town.

    Derek Stewart

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  71. ~Emily~
    Admiring
    Female
    Latin


    ~Emily Kage~

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  72. 1.Snowscape
    This picture makes me think of the word pristine because it looks like nothing is touched and everything is clean.
    ~Molly Firsich

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  73. I picked quaint to go with barn because quaint means pleasantly old fashioned.
    Alli McFall

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