Lexical definition

and sound judgment, then why do people still smoke cigarettes despite knowing the effects to their body? The question is then this: is common sense really so, common? The Oxford dictionary definition states common sense as “good sense and sound judgement in practical matters.” The problem within the definition of this phrase is if this ideology were true, then how can we explain the poor decisions we make everyday? Although defined as being good sense and judgment, common sense has proven to…

Aristotle asserts, in his book Nicomachean Ethics, that courage is a virtue existing somewhere between confidence and fear. Confidence and fear are relativity vague terms in and of them self. Yet, out author cleverly go off path, distracting us away from the primary issue to understand the secondary issues in an effort to engage the reader in a true understanding of what it mean to be courageous. Courage is defined as a mean and to understand that mean we must first understand what two…

Similarly, in “In Helping Students Use Textual Sources Persuasively,” Margaret Kantz frames the reading by sharing her input on what facts, opinions, and arguments actually are. First, Kantz states that, "'research' does not mean compiling facts and transmitting them to a teacher, but instead it is using a variety of conflicting sources to make an original argument on the subject that one is researching." In other words, when writing a research paper, it is important to enter into the…

see if you’ll ever be successful in life.How cool is that? Achieving goals is probably what every student dreams of. Being successful in life should be everyone’s priority but not every person thinks the same way. Success has different types of definitions but yet all come together to the same thing.…

Take bowling for an example, many will agree that bowling doesn't take much physical ability and one does not have to be physically fit to play the sport, but still most bowlers will classify themselves as athletic; this may be due to the unclear definition but they shouldn’t be classified as athletic because they are not physically active. Many sports have athletic people that participate in athletic activities and are fit including swimming, which people consider to be an athletic sport, due…

brought together by corresponding qualities. When I think of the word community it is usually with a positive connotation rather than negative. In Amy Tan’s essay, she introduced a community that her mother was apart of that caused me to rethink my definition of community. Her mother was apart of a community of “broken” and/or “limited” English speakers by default because she could not speak our language properly according to our rules of grammer. The community was looked down upon in our…

Definition Essay: Success Everyone defines success differently. The dictionary definition for success is the achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted. You can be successful by positively influencing one person or a group of people. You can be successful academically, professionally, and socially. These different ways of being successful have a positive vibe that can be took and passed on by you and the person/people you influence. Yes you can be successful by influencing a…

home can have a plethora of definitions. In “Homeplace,” by Scott Russell Sanders, and “I Must Be Going,” by Richard Ford, home is defined in two distinct ways. Sanders believes that if one continues to move frequently, the meaning of home will dwindle. On the other hand, because Ford is always on the move he believes home is where you make it. Although, the dictionary defines home as a place of residence, these authors go beyond the dictionary’s standard definition. These essays are similar…

In The Outsiders, Ponyboy talks about things in his neighborhood that are tough, and he compares them to things that are “tuff”. Tough means things that are rough and strong, and not easily intimidated. Tuff means things that are popular and well admired by society. Tough was meant to describe things that are strong, rough, and not easily broken. Tuff described things that others thought were interesting. I will compare things in my mind that I feel are tuff and tough. When I think of the word…

Happiness and Success The definition of success is “The accomplishment of an aim or purpose.” Because we all have different aims and goals in life, success will be seen differently to every single person asked. Many people’s goal in life is to have money, these people will most likely see success as being rich. People whose goals are to win awards or trophies will most likely see success as winning an Oscar or a championship. Some people’s goals are to have power, these people will probably see…