Sunstein and Chiseri-Strater argue that, "Special words, jargon, slang, and the unique uses of everyday language are important clues to understanding a culture or subculture. Knowing what terms insiders use will help you step away from your outsider status, and analyzing the words--and their uses--will assist you in seeing what's important to insiders" (279). If you are already an insider, you need to try to imagine what aspects of the group's language you take for granted that others might not understand. For example, I used to work in advertising. In my dissertation proposal for a study about the evolution of advertising agency rhetoric, I had to consider that my committee members have not worked in advertising and may not be familiar with certain terms or define them the same way that I do.
Definition of Terms
Advertisement: A persuasive message created with text and/or images and used to sell products and services.
Advertiser: This term is used interchangeably to refer both to companies that produce products and services and the advertising agencies that create and place advertisements for those companies.
Advertising Agency: A business organization, working on behalf of itself or another organization, that both creates persuasive advertising and purchases media space in which those advertisements appear.
Advertising Publications: Refers to Advertising Publications archive housed in the Emergence of Advertising in America Online Database. These publications cover a variety of topics, including why manufacturers should advertise, how to advertise, descriptions of publications in which advertising was sold, and rates and data for newspapers and magazines around the nation.
Advertising Space: Space purchased within a print medium for the placement of advertisements.
Consumer: Although, technically, the JWT House Ads are directed to “consumers” of advertising services, they were placed in publications considered to be trade, rather than consumer. Consumer, in the sense that I use it, refers to the end-user of products and services purchased for personal use.
House Ads: For the purposes of this study, the J. Walter Thompson House Advertisements archive in the Emergence of Advertising in America Online Database. These advertisements appeared primarily in the trade publication Printer’s Ink, and were used to promote the advertising agency services of J. Walter Thompson.
Media: The plural form of what refers to any medium, primarily print, during the era discussed, that supports editorial and/or advertisements in text, and/or images.
Work Cited
Sunstein, Bonnie Stone, and Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater. FieldWorking: Reading and Writing Research, 4th. ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2012. Print.
Gay Rights
ReplyDeleteGay - homosexual
Lesbian - the characteristic of female homosexuality
Bisexual - sexually responsive to both sexes
Transgender - a person appearing or attempting to be a member of the opposite sex, as a transsexual or habitual cross-dresser
Queer - strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; derogatory name for some
Gay Rights - equal civil and social rights for homosexuals
Homophobia - unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality
Homosexual - a person who is sexually attracted to members of the same sex
Discrimination- treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit
Hate Crime - a crime, usually violent, motivated by prejudice or intolerance toward a member of a gender, racial, religious, or social group
Androgyne - is a person appearing and identifying as neither man nor woman, presenting a gender either mixed or neutral
Horse Showing
ReplyDeleteHand- Unit of measurement for a horse which is equivalent to 4 inches.
Amateur- A rider who shows, but is not paid to ride.
Bridle- the piece of equipment used to control the horse
Bit: attached to the bridle, inserted into the horse’s mouth to provide communication between the horse and rider
Reins: part of the bridle that loops around the horse’s neck to control the direction of the horse
Saddle: what is used to keep the rider in place
Stable / Stall : a building where thee horses are kept.
Mare: a female horse 4 years or older
Stallion: a mature, uncastrated male horse
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteTeaching
ReplyDeleteLesson Plans- Written plans that guide the classroom through the day.
IEP- Individual Education Plan, used to set goals for students with special needs.
Superintendent- Person who is the head of a school or corporation.
Going into The Marines
ReplyDeleteEnlist-Enroll or be enrolled in the armed services
Marine- A member of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea
Basic Training-The initial period of training for new personnel, involving intense physical activity and behavioral discipline.
Semper Fi-Semper Fidelis is Latin for "Always Faithful". Well known in the United States as the motto of the Marines
Devil Dog- Marine: a member of the United States Marine Corps.
Awol- Absent from duty without leave
On interviewing someone who teaches Secondary English
ReplyDeleteCritical thinking- is that mode of thinking - about any subject, content, or problem - in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully taking charge of the structures inherent in thinking and imposing intellectual standards upon them.
INTASC Principles- The Performance-Based Licensure product uses the ten standards articulated by the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC). These standards reflect the professional consensus of what beginning teachers should know and be able to do. The standards and the key indicators associated with them follow. They provide the framework for the rubrics used to assess the products.
Thinking Skills- Interrelated, generally "higher-order" cognitive skills that enable human beings to comprehend experiences and information, apply knowledge, express complex concepts, make decisions, criticize and revise unsuitable constructs, and solve problems -- used frequently for a cognitive approach to learning that views explicit "thinking skills" at the teachable level.
Comprehension- the means by which an individual develops understanding of something, whether it is a fact, an idea, or a complicated concept. There are three levels of comprehension: (1) literal understanding, (2) interpretive understanding for implicit significance, and (3) evaluative understanding for analytical meaning.
Inspire 1. to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
2. to produce or arouse (a feeling, thought, etc.): to inspire confidence in others.
Communicate 1. to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
The world of DRUMS
ReplyDeleteSnare - a length of wire, gut, or hide stretched across a drumhead to produce a rattling sound.
Hoops - die cast metal that is screwed on to lugs of a drum, sitting in the drum head. How tightly the hoop is tightened to all lugs results in different tones of the drum
Resonance - the reinforcement or prolongation of sound by reflection from a surface or by the synchronous vibration of a neighboring object. (batter and resonant head of a drum)
Head - a single or double or triple layer of mylar film that is stretched over a drum and is seated under the hoops.
Batter head - the drum head of which receives the stokes of the beater
Resonant head - the drum head on the bottom of the drum that rebounds the sound waves that are produced by stroking the batter head.
Ride cymbal -a cymbal used for keeping up a continuous rhythm. (usually 20-22 inches in diameter)
Rudiment - a basic pattern used by drummers, such as the roll, the flam, and the paradiddle.
words of computer science
ReplyDeletealgorithm: a procedure for solving a mathematical problem in a finite number of steps
method: a function in some programming language
recursive: a property of some methods such that they need to execute itself again to obtain the result
iteration: executing the same instruction(s) a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
program/noun: a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
program/verb: to write a computer program
convergence: in networking system, it means the merging of distinct echnologies, typically the digital technique and analogue technique
computer: a device that can store, retrieve and process data
programmer: a person who programs
java: a kind of programming language
Waterfowl hunting
ReplyDeleteBlind-a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, especially one in which hunters conceal themselves.
Call - An instrument used to mimic the sound of waterfowl.
Decoys- man-made items used by hunters that resemble their prey that is used as a lure.
Drake - Male duck.
Hen-Female duck.
Hunting- to engage in the pursuit, capture, or killing of wild animals for food or in sport.
Limit - The maximum amount of ducks a hunter can legally harvest on any given day.
Refuge - A safe place for waterfowl where hunting is not allowed.
Retriever - Name given to dogs used for hunting.
Waterfowl- any aquatic freshwater bird.
Football Positions
ReplyDeleteQuarterback- A player positioned behind the center who directs a team's offensive play.
Offensive Linemen- A player in the forward line of a team for offense.
Running Back- A player who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield.
Wide Receivers- An offensive player who is positioned at a distance from the end and is used primarily as a pass receiver.
Tight End- An offensive end who lines up close to a tackle (Type of lineman).
Defensive Linemen- A player in the forward line of a team for defense.
Linebacker- a defensive player normally positioned behind the line of scrimmage, but in front of safeties.
Cornerbacks- A defensive back positioned to the outside of linebackers.
Safeties- A defensive player positioned behind the linebackers, usually to prevent passes.
Music/ Technology
ReplyDeletenode - a point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
Room modes - the collection of resonances that exist in a room when the room is excited by an acoustic source such as a loudspeaker.
Chorus Effect - an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
Harmonic - Any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental tone.
Acoustics - The scientific study of sound, especially of its generation, transmission, and reception
Melody - A pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds.
Cantus Firmus - A preexisting melody used as the basis of a polyphonic composition, especially in 14th- and 15th-century polyphony.
Triad - A chord of three tones, especially one built on a given root tone plus a major or minor third and a perfect fifth.
Amplitude - the magnitude of change in the oscillating variable with each oscillation within an oscillating system
Mixer - a device for adding or multiplying signal voltages together
Grounding - The mounting brackets are conductive, acting as grounding strips for the cabinet and equipment, allowing the whole cabinet to be connected to the building ground.
Naïve-lack of experience, judgment, and knowledge
ReplyDeleteInnocent- pure; uncorrupted by others or other’s beliefs; not exposed
Rock- can be a physical stone or when used as “under the rock” is a phrase meaning living a sheltered life
Sheltered-a parents protection from what they view as harmful to their kids; can be worldly values, bad language, movies with sexual content, etc
Corruption- when other people influence another in bad ways; especially sheltered children who haven’t been exposed to it before
Influence- affecting or changing another person’s thoughts, behaviors, or actions
Exposed- being subjected to an action, thought, influence, experience or condition; being unprotected; no longer innocent
Bank Work
ReplyDeleteTeller-a person employed in a bank to receive or pay out money over the counter
Transaction-the act of obtaining and paying for an item or service; to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement.
ATM-automated-teller machine
Deposit-to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account
Withdraw-to remove or take out
Referral-to make mention of action
Checking account-a bank deposit against which checks can be drawn by the depositor
Savings account-a bank account on which interest is paid, traditionally one for which a bankbook is used to record deposits, withdrawals, and interest payments
Fiction-a fake story that may have some parts based in reality.
ReplyDeleteNonfiction-A true story or event that happened, normally in the authors past.
First Person point of view-a character within the story is telling what is happening from their point of view. It is told with an "I" perspective.
Second Person point of view-The story is told from the prospective of "You". This is used often to make the reader more involved in the story. "You turn on the TV only to see horrific scene".
Third Person point of view (restricted)-This means the story is told from a perspective of a single character. There will be no thoughts from different characters shared with the reader.
Verisimilitude-The ability to make one's characters believable for the world they live in.
Aestetic-What we as writers want to write about and what we like and dislike and WHY we do or dont like them.
Syntax-The ordering of words to have a certain meaning.
Basketball Team
ReplyDeletePoint Guard: A player who brings the ball up the court, normally runs the offense (calls out plays)
Shooting Guard: Player who plays on the perimeter, comes off screens to get open and shoot
Small Forward: Player who plays inside both inside the paint and on the perimeter, usually a very versatile position in the offense.
Power Forward: Similar position to the "Center" position. Plays in the post/low block. Needed for getting rebounds and defending bigger opponents
Center: Typically the tallest player on the team, used to guard for shots close to the basket.
Coach: Tells the team what offensive and defensive strategies to use. The coaches main job is to get the team to play together
Team Manager- Keep team hydrated, rebound during warm ups, and take care of team equipment
Swimming
ReplyDeleteTime: The amount of time it took you to finish a set amount of laps
Timer: Person responsible for recording your time
Touch pad: The pad you hit when you finish your laps
Warm up: Lap swimming to loosen up your muscles
Cool down: :Lap swimming after an event to keep away cramps
Event: Your scheduled race
Heats: The order in which each set of swimmers swims
Lane: The lane in which you swim
Cut: A set time that determines what level of swimming you are at
1650: A mile swim
Counter: Person who has the counting board and is responsible for telling the swimmer what lap they are on
Counting Board: A board with hinged numbers to help keep track of laps
Music Subculture
ReplyDeleteScene: As in "music scene" or "art scene". An ongoing organization of events, etc. among peers of a particular subculture. Not to be confused with the use of the word as in "scene kids".
Show: A concert that's put together or organized by one's peers. A "show" is usually attended predominantly by those who are affiliated by the local music "scene" or subculture. Purely for the fun of it.
Concert: Differs from a "show" in that a concert is most often organized by a venue, and not by a group of one's peers. Concerts also usually cost money to see. "Shows" are most often free.
Sound check: A quick play-through of one or two songs in order to adjust the levels* before playing for an audience. "Sound check" usually happens an hour or so before the concert or show begins.
*Levels: Can refer to either the frequency outputs of a single instrument/microphone, or the volume levels of several instruments that are playing together. Usually both of these are taken into account when "adjusting the levels".
PA system: Short for public address system. Often used to amplify anything other than electric guitars. Any microphones used during the performance, whether for vocals, drums, or other acoustic instruments, usually run through the PA.
Monitor: An amplifier that faces inward toward the musicians playing so that they can hear themselves. Though they're almost a necessity when playing on a stage or in a large venue, they are often not needed in small rooms or venues.
Single: A release of one or two songs by a band or musician.
EP: Short for extended play. A release that's too long to be considered a single, but too short to be a full album or LP*. An EP typically contains between 3 and 6 songs.
*LP: Short for long play. Another name for a standard length album. An LP usually has between 8-15 songs.
This glossary is based off of words I have heard associated with my great-grandparents, and words I expect my great-aunt will use when I interview her about her life and living in her parents’ mansion during the years around and following the Great Depression.
ReplyDeleteAncestor: a person whom one is the descendant of; typically more remote than a
grandparent
Carriage House: a building for a horse-drawn carriage, typically one that has been
converted into a type of dwelling
Great Depression: the financial and industrial slump of 1929 and the years
following, which resulted in severe job loss and deprivation
of wealth
Horn : Another word for telephone, commonly used in the 1930’s and 40’s
Import/Export Business: a business whose job is to import and export goods and
services between different countries.
Japanese Garden: Originating in Japan, this is a space which seeks to re-create nature on the smaller, garden-sized scale. It represents the passage of time and a sense of movement, while bringing in elements that show the wildness of nature.
Terra-cota: Unglazed, reddish-brown ceramic clay, used for pottery and in building.
“The Big House” : What the house my great-grandparents lived in was referred to as.
Skateboarding:
ReplyDeleteSet: A staircase, that usually is 3 or more stairs.
Kickflip: Fliping the board in air.
Ollie: jumping the board into air.
Switch: riding with your less dominate foot forward.
5-0: another word for police because skating is also illegal.
Backside/Frontside: Grinding your board, and basically the way your sliding and facing on the rail determines this.
Skateboards
ReplyDeletebearings- what makes the weel spin
deck-the actual board with out everything on it
trucks-what the wheels and bearings mount to
bushings-rubber on trucks that allow you to turn
hardware-what holds the trucks to the board
This gloassary i have put together for Resident Assisting. These are words that an R.A. would be familiar with or use in the resident halls.
ReplyDeleteR.A. - Resident Assistant
Icebreakers - usually a game or activity that will get residents talking or help getting people better aquainted
F.E.R.P.A. - confidentiality between resident and R.A.
UPD - University Police Department
Housing contract - Agreement established stating the conditions the resident must uphold to continue living in the residence hall by the R.A. and resident.
Quiet hours - Times in which the hall residents are guaranteed quiet time to study, sleep, etc.