Wednesday, October 16, 2013

"What is Life Worth?" Pre-reading

ACTIVITY 25
1. I think that this article wouldn't take that long to read because it is interesting and it is just bullet points with main ideas which would be a quick read. I personally never read an article from TIME magazine but I know it is a very prestigious publisher and it's a big achievement to be featured in one of their articles.

2.Like I said it is very prestigious and it's kind of a big deal if you are ever featured in an article.

3.The magazine includes stories on worldwide news and various stories that are important to hear and know about

4.I have seen TIME magazine inside doctor's offices and in waiting rooms and I think people mostly read them in there and old people who don't watch the news and still read magazines might subscribe to them.

ACTIVITY 26
1.The article is going to talk about life insurance and how much it has changed since 9/11. It might also talk about how not very much money in a life insurance plan can really harm a family's life.

2.I didn't read the 2 texts yet but I think that it would have to do with life and how we should value it.

3.I have no clue if it'll have a first-person view but I'm going to guess that it won't be in first person.

ACTIVITY 27
 Financial and Legal Terms

  • Compensate: to make up for a loss
  • Disparity: unfairness; unevenness
  • Valuation: determination of monetary value
  • Litigation: legal action; suing 
  • Commodify: turn something into an object of monetary value
  • Discretion: judgement 
  • Beneficiary: receipt of benefit, usually monetary 
  • Tort: civil lawsuit to remedy a wrong act
  • Allocation: distribution, especially money 
  Emotion-laden Words 
  • Squeamish: easily offended
  • Garish: offensively bright and showy
  • Gall: impudence, insolence 
  • Traumatize: to inflict stress or pain upon someone
  • Callous: uncaring:; cold
  • Inconsolable: incapable of being comforted
  • Indignant: full of anger over an injustice 
  • Balk: resist; refuse to proceed
  • Deteriorate: degenerate; gradually fall 
  Descriptive Terms
  • Rhetorical: related to the effective use of language   
  • Rorschach Test: an inkblot test that reveals a persons particular taste
  • Artillery: heavy ammunition used against an enemy
  • Analogy: a comparison intended to illustrate common elements between seemingly different terms 
  • Solidarity: unity based on a common interest
  • Orchestrated: carefully arranged to achieve a particular effect
  • Concoct: to put together from various materials 
  • Mechanism: technique for achieving a specific result 


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