Word Bank

Benevolent (adj.) - Doing good or performing goodwill.
Egregious (adj.) - Extraordinary in some bad way
Ideological (adj.) - Of pertaining to ideology. Ideology (noun.) -The body of doctrine, myth, belief, ect.., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class or large group.
Impeccable (adj.) - faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
Irreproachable (adj.) - not reproachable; free from blame Ambiguity(noun.)- an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning... Stigma (noun) - A mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach as on one's reputation. Pessimism (noun) - the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems, etc.: His pessimism about the future of our country depresses me.
Engender (Verb) - to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.
Litany (noun) - a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
Ubiquitous (adj.) - having or seeming to have the ability to be everywhere at once.
Tantalizing (adj.) - having something or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest or desire.
Benign (adj.) - showing or expressive or gentle kindness.
Inadequate (adj.) - Not adequate, lacking the quality required.
Lucid (adj.)- easily understood
Epitome (noun.) - a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class
Robust (adj.) - strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man
Lucrative (adj.) - Profitable, moneymaking
Superlative (adj.)- of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
Indignation (noun.) - Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base ; righteous anger
Wrath (noun.) - strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire.
Incongruous (adj.) - out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
Pique(verb.)-To affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride
Fabrication(noun)-The act or process of fabricating
Exacerbate(verb)-To increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of; aggravate
Demure(adj)-Not attracting or demanding a lot of attention; not flashy; quiet; polite
Exuberance(noun)- Almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic.
Propensity- An established behavior

Sunday, April 1, 2012


Egregious Advertisement

Every day I am surrounded by some form of advertisement. Whether it’s on a billboard, bus, Bart, newspaper or on my phone! Advertisement is everywhere I am, you would think it would be hard to ignore.  Usually I ignore billboard ads as big as they are I don’t tend to look up at them. Most are annoying to listen to and to see like the Pandora advertisement. While you’re listening to your music an ad pops up after a song and starts talking about something boring like insurance. Not the best advertisement while people are listening to a station it’s an interruption. Tampon commercials are foolish to me like the Playtex commercials when they have the women dressed up in all white saying it works. The women are smiling and in good moods because the tampon is comfortable? Commercials that are over the top like the Verizon commercial with the thunder and lightning coming from the store insinuating that Verizon has the best service connection. Yes they have the best service connection compared to others but they are very expensive!
I would like the Covergirl commercials if they would use a regular girl instead of a Pop singer or actress! Rihanna and Drew Barrymore wear Covergirl so I’m going to buy cover girl! Maybe I just don’t understand their message but in my opinion state the actual benefits for using cover girl products other than this celebrity wears it. The Progressive Insurance Commercials grasp my attention every time. The point of the commercial is that Progressive values their customer’s and they beat other competitor’s prices and deals. Advertisement that gets straight to the point is usually what grasps my attention. Most advertisement has ideological reasons why you should buy their product or why their product is better than competitors.

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2 comments:

  1. Briana JaneeApril 9, 2012 at 7:08 PM

    I enjoyed this blog! I completely agree with you on every topic you touched. Being a woman, I completely understand how ignorant Tampon commercials are. What woman on their cycle is going to be dancing around or planning tennis, in white none the least? I know I wouldn't. Also why on earth would I want to interrupt my music with commercials about completely unrelated topics, that's part of the reason I refuse to use Pandora. I enjoyed reading your blog, it kept me interested and also made me laugh. Keep up the good work! :)

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  2. Glen Durmas Jr.April 9, 2012 at 9:00 PM

    Good job Sharlynn, I enjoyed reading this post. What I like most about the entire post is that you incorporated your personality into your writing and that's unique and difficult to do. That is what makes your writing different from other posts. Actually reading this post I felt like you were talking to me and I enjoyed your goofy sense of humor. Keep writing your only going to get better, keep up the good work

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