Friday, October 10, 2014

Vocabulary 3

Heuristic

The heuristic questions provide an off-the-shelf answer to each of the difficult target questions. pg.99

Thinking, Fast and Slow. Author Daniel Kahneman

Heuristic means: Interesting


This image shows how different ideas connect to one another.

My own sentence:
The English professor uses a heuristic method to help the students visualize how to connect major ideas with supporting details.



Superfluous

An intention to answer one question evoked another, which was not only superfluous but actually detrimental to the main task. Pg. 95

Thinking, Fast and Slow. Author Daniel Kahneman

Superfluous means: extreme or excess













This image shows the excessive amount of candles.

my own sentence:
For my dad's birthday, my mom covered the entire cake with candles, the extra candles were superfluous.


Pianissimo

If crimes were expressed as music, mass murder would be played fortissimo while accumulating unpaid parking tickets would be a faint pianissimo. Pg94

Thinking, Fast and Slow. Author Daniel Kahneman

Pianissimo means: soft or relax




This image shows how relax she looks.

my own sentence:
Christina Aguilera voice was so pianissimo when she was singing the Ave Maria.












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