Thursday, March 15, 2007

LANGUAGE JOURNAL GUIDELINES

Mutiny
*Well this sounds like ''mutant''(person who are different from us because of a change in theirs genetic structure);also sounds like ''mute''(without any tone, person who cannot speak).
DICTIONARY:
  • an act that involves a group of people , especially sailors or soldiers, refusing to obey the person who is in command.

EXAMPLE:

  • There will be a mutiny if conditions don't improve.

*I was so,so, so far away, I'm so ashamed now. I'll do my best to be better.

LANGUAGE JOURNAL GUIDELINES

Grasshopper

* This word consists two smaller words,I think, grass and hopper.

  • I know what is '' grass'', it is that green thing that grows on ground;
  • But I don't know exactly what ''hopper'' means. I think it is something about jumping I'm not sure;
  • And I don't have no idea what ''grasshopper'' can mean. Maybe a grass that can jump in the air,ha ha ha.

DICTIONARY:

  • An insect that lives in long grass and that can jump high in the air.

EXAMPLE :

  • There was an invasion of grasshoppers.

*As you can see, I was on the right way. If I only knew this was an insect...