Vocabulary (5V)

Agency 

When I looked up the word agency on good, it came up as .. 

Something that relates to a business or organization.  I also looked up agency on online dictionary and it gave me 

The condition of being in action, operation
The means or mode of acting, instrumentality
A business or service authorized to act for others

Agency meaning of being in action, or operation can relate to our time study that we did this week.  We applies ourselves and we were in action of what we were doing.  This can relate to the other definition of agency (business and organizations.)  Southern offers many agencies and if I ever want to be acting instrumentality I have to be in action with all of my school work to get to the point of being in an agency.  Agency applies to this class inquiry because we are always supposed to be in action and engaging with class and talking about certain things.  It's the mode of acting !

Other Vocab :

Juxtaposition:

• The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

This word I discovered in my writing class and at first I didn't know what it actually meant.  I had to compare girls that were in the book we were reading with a relationship they had with neighborhood boys.  It was called Virgin Suicides and the girls actually ended up killing themselves, leaving the boys in mystery.  We had to compare the existence and life or death situations without the obvious juxtaposition.

Engage:

• Occupy, attract, or involve (someone's interest or attention)

This is a vocab word that everyone should use in the classroom and actually do it. It always good to engage in conversations while in the classroom. It not only gives you great participation points but it helps you become more comfortable as a student and comfortable with everyone in the class.