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Team A Words Rhetorical Terms on Monday's test: ethos, logos, pathos Addle is a verb that means to make unable to think clearly and to confuse. I found this word in a New York Times Opinion Page Editorail by Frank Bruni. His article, "The Hex on Paul Ryan," Bruni describes how becoming the vice president of the United States ruins the men who assume this position. In Brunis's opinion, the nomination for vice president is a hex, or spell, on the nominees that put them under endless scrutiny and bring them no personal gain in the political field. The word is used in the sentence, "The office of the vice presidency seems to addle many occupants, and that goes back centuries before Cheney" (Bruni 1). I choose this word because it conveys the message of the entire passage and brings upon the desired negative connotation. I feel that this word would be useful in describing the potential negative aspects of an article. (Corbin)

Cognizant is an adjective that means having awareness. I found this word in a New York Times Exposure article by Craig Blackenhorn called "Young and Homeless". This article tells the sad story of the 1.6 million homeless children across the United States, who are unaware of their impoverished condition, and will receive little to no help in the upcoming election, because neither party is paying much attention to their well-being. In the article, the word is used in the sentence, "I want to speak for the victimized children of our country who aren't even fully cognizant of their own poverty" (Blackenhorn 1). I chose this word because it is strong and because the piece itself speaks to me about the injustice that these poor children face, and I feel that if I use this word in my writing, it will be paying a small bit of tribute to them. (Kellie)

Indigent is an adjective that means poor or needy. I found this word in the article we read in class by Barbara Ehrenreich called "Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor?". This article that we all should have read is about how homeless people are basically getting arrested for being homeless. They have no where else to sleep, so they tend to sleep on streets and end up getting arresting for doing so. This word is used in this article in the sentences, "How do you know when someone is indigent? As a Las Vegas statute puts it, 'An indigent person is a person whom a reasonable ordinary person would believe to be entitled to apply for or receive' public assistance" (Ehrenreich 1). The way the word is used in these sentences confused me more on what the word really meant, and I wanted to find out what it really meant. Therefore, that is the reason I chose this word. (Katie)

har·em is a noun that resembles a social group. I found this word in an essay we read in class called The Lowest Animal by Mark Twain. This essay reflects on Twain's idea towards human society and moral beliefs, by comparing and contrasting the advantages and disadvantages of being an animal vs. a human. The word is expressed in the article by saying, "The male chicken is inferior to the females in that which there is only one male in the colony against multiple females. The male treats his sense of territory as a harem of his own," (Twain 1). I chose this word because its not something that you hear eveyr day, and it was appealing to me. (Maddie)

[|Inexorably] is an adjective that means unchanged or unalterable. I found this word in the article we read in class, [|"Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor?"] by Barbara Ehrenreich. This article expresses the argument that many homeless people are being criminally punished for being poor. Many people are arrested because they are using public places as places to sleep and resume their daily activities. Poverty is a very big issue in the article and Ehrenreich expresses her concern that the poor people are being harshly treated by authorities because of something that is out of their control. This word is used in the sentence, "If poverty tends to criminalize people, it is also true that criminalization inexorably impoverishes them" (Ehrenreich 1). I chose this word because I believe it describes the feelings the homeless people have, that their situations are inexorable, they are unalterable and can not be changed yet they are being punished for it. (Haylie)

Destitute is an adjective that means w ithout the basic necessities of life or "not having". This word can be found in an article we read in class, [|"Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor?"] by Barbara Ehrenreich. This article represents the opinion of Ehrenreich, and many other people, that homeless people being arrested for using public places to sleep and reside during the day is unfair. The article points out that the government claims the situation would be the same if the rich were sleeping on park benches and performing these same behaviors, but the authorities seem to forget the fact that the rich have places to sleep, and therefore don't ever come to these desperate measures. I chose this word because I felt it describes the side of the homeless that we often forget; they're lacking the basic necessities of life and can't live like we expect them to. (Grace)

Janjaweed is a noun which represents an armed tribal militia group in the Darfur region of western Sudan. I found this word in an article in the New York Times, "Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy as Ivory Fuels Wars and Profits", by Jeffery Gettleman. In this article, he talks about the current killing of elephants for ivory. There is a Resistance Army (which includes the janjaweed) in Africa whose leader is Joesph Kony. Kony takes people of the town and makes them work for him. In this case, he made some of the people kill elephants and use their tusks for ivory. Of course, this is illegal and the African leaders are trying their best to stop this manner. STOP THE JANJAWEED! (Miranda)

[|Enumerate] is a verb that means to count. I found this word in Article 1, Section 2, paragraph 4 of The United States Constitution. I chose this word because I thought it would work well inan argumentative essay, and I liked the word. (Chandler)

[|Indignation] is a noun that represents strong dissatisfaction for anything offensive or unjust. I stumbled upon this word in the New York Times article, [|"Is it now a crime to be poor?"] by Barbara Ehrenreich. This article deals with the problems homeless men and women are faced with by the government. In this article, the word is used in the sentence, "//Indignation// runs high when a celebrity professor encounters racial profiling, but for decades whole communities have been effectively 'profiled' for the suspicious combination of being both dark-skinned and poor. . . ." (Ehrenreich 3). I chose the word //indignation// in this sentence because it clearly demonstrates the displeasure of the unjust rules of racial profiling. (Amber)

Sanguine is an adjective that means cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident. It can also mean bloody. I found this word in Mary Shelley's [|Frankenstein]. The author uses the word in the context of blood often, but the word was originally used to describe on of the four "humours" of people, or their dispositions. A person said to be sanguine was ruled by their blood, whereas a choleric, or irrational and easily angered, person was ruled by their bile. (Joel)

Avaricious is an adjective which means incredibly greedy or hungry for wealth. I stumbled across this word in Mark Twain's essay titled //The Lowest Animal.// This essay shows the flaws in humanity through satire. One of the major flaws is humanity's greed, and I felt this particular word described this particular flaw perfectly. (McKenna)