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Anonymous asked:
I’m at level A2 in Spanish. What verbs should I know?
- ser = to be (permanent, personality, height/weight, color, description)
- estar = to be (temporary, location, mood, condition, wellness, dead/alive)
- ver = to see (sometimes “to watch”)
- ir = to go
- hacer = to do/make [also used with many idiomatic expressions like hacer calor etc.]
- salir = to go out, to exit
- decir = to say
- tener = to have [also used with many idiomatic expressions like tener hambre etc.]
- dar = to give
- poder = to be able to
- poner = to put
- querer = to want / to love
- venir = to come
- saber = to know (facts)
- conocer = to know (people/places) / to meet
- deber = must, should
- llegar = to arrive
- llevar = to carry, to bring
- parecer = to seem, to appear (as if/like)
- amar = to love (usually romantic)
- recordar / acordarse = to remind, to recall / to remember [if you haven’t learned reflexives, then just ignore acordarse for now]
- empezar/comenzar = to start/begin
- pensar = to think (or sometimes “to plan to (do something)”)
- escribir = to write
- soñar (con) = to dream (of/about)
- gustar / encantar = to like, to really like [used with indirect objects]
- resolver = to resolve, to solve
- contestar = to answer
- preguntar = to ask, to question, to wonder
- dormir = to sleep
- hablar = to speak
- comer = to eat
- vivir = to live
- cocinar = to cook
- preparar = to prepare / to cook
- seguir = to continue, to follow
- conseguir = to achieve, to get
- darse cuenta = to realize (in the sense of having an epiphany or gaining understanding) [reflexives again]
- correr = to run
- andar = to go, to walk
- haber = to exist, to have (done something) [only the basics of hay at this point probably for A2]
- dejar = to leave / to stop, to quit
- llamar = to call
- encontrar = to find
- buscar = to look for
- necesitar = to need
- permitir = to allow, to permit
- tomar = to take / to drink (usually with drinks and/or medicine)
- trabajar = to work
- leer = to read
- escuchar = to listen, to hear
- oír = to hear
- creer = to believe
- decidir = to decide
- tocar = to touch / to play (an instrument)
- jugar = to play (a game/sport)
- sentir = to feel, to sense, to noticesentirse = to feel (emotions)
- levantar = to raise, to lift uplevantarse = to stand up
- acabar = to finish, to end
- terminar = to stop, to finish
- esperar = to wait / to hope for
- añadir/agregar = to add
- volver = to return, to come back
- regresar = to return
- caer = to fall
- comprar = to buy
- vender = to sell
- mentir = to lie, to tell a lie
- mirar = to look, to stare, to watch
- ganar = to win, to earn
- cambiar = to change
- estudiar = to study
- nacer = to be born
- nadar = to swim
- volar = to fly
- beber = to drink
- ayudar = to help
- abrir = to open
- cerrar = to close
- llorar = to cry
- reír(se) = to laugh
- sonreír = to smile
- intentar = to try, to attempt
- recibir = to receive, to get
- colocar = to place, to put
- saltar = to jump
- notar = to notice
- mandar = to send / to give orders
- enviar = to send
- parar = to stop (doing something), to not move
- construir = to build, to construct
- destruir = to destroy
- asistir = to attend, to assist
- realizar = to accomplish, to finalize
- lograr = to achieve, to accomplish, to get done
- cumplir = to comply, to fulfill [in the A2 level this would show up more with the idea of birthdays as in “to turn (X number of years)”]
- convertir(se) = to change (into), to convert
- guardar = to hold onto, to save/reserve, to keep (objects/promises/silence)
- ahorrar = to save (money)
- despertar(se) = to awaken, to wake up
- bañar(se) = to bathe, to take a bath
- duchar(se) = to shower, to take a shower
- replicar = to reply
- responder = to respond, to answer
- servir = to serve
- invitar = to invite / to pay for, to treat
- resultar = to happen [when used with indirect objects it means “to seem like”]ocurrir = to occur
- considerar = to consider, to think about
- llover = to rain
- nevar = to snow
- adquirir = to acquire
- alquilar = to rent
- prestar = to borrow
- arreglar = to fix
- corregir = to correct
- examinar = to examine, to look over
- pasar = to pass [also used in many idiomatic expressions]
- quedar = to remainquedarse = to stay / to become [situationally]
- entrar = to enter
- repasar = to go over, to review
- revisar = to revise, to look at
- quitar = to remove, to get rid of
- sacar = to take out
- pedir = to request, to ask for
- morir (probably) = to die
There might be some repeats or things I missed here. But these are the ones I could think of off the top of my head.
If there are any major ones people think of, let me know!
Fruit in Spanish
las frutas - fruits
una manzana - an apple
una pera - a pear
una fresa - a strawberry
una frambuesa - a raspberry
una cereza - a cherry
una naranja - an orange
un plátano - a banana
un limón - a lemon
una lima - a lime
un mango - a mango
una uva - a grape
una piña - a pineapple
una ciruela - a plum
un albaricoque - an apricot
un kiwi - a kiwi
un pomelo - a grapefruit
un melón - a cantaloupe
una sandía - a watermelon
vocabulario de cuidarte | self care vocabulary (list #1)
- cuidar to care, to look after
- amar to love
- bañar(se) to bathe (self)
- lavar(se) to wash (self)
- el agua water
- noche de spa spa night
- la bomba de baño bathbomb
- la bañera bath
- el jabón soap
- el champú shampoo
- el acondicionador conditioner
- los exfoliantes exfoliates
- la mascarilla facemask
- la crema hidratante moisturizer
- la manicura manicure
- la pedicura pedicure
- té caliente hot tea
- agua caliente hot water
- las burbujas bubbles
- los cirios candles
- la música music
- acogedor cozy
- hidratar to hydrate
Spanish Travel Vocabulary
sustantivos
el aeropuerto | airport el/la agente | the agent el avión | airplane el control de seguridad | security check la aduana | customs el equipaje | luggage la maleta | suticase la llegada | arrival el mostrador | counter la pantalla | screen el pasajero | passenger el pasaporte | passport la puerta | door/gate el reclamo de equipaje | baggage claim la sala de espera | waiting room la salida | departure/exit la tarjeta de embarque | boarding pass el vuelo | flight el mapa | map el país | country las vacaciones | vacation los lugares de interés | places of interest el museo | museum la isla | island el lago | lake la ofícina de cambio | currency exchange office los medios de transporte | modes of transportation el metro | subway el barco | boat el autobús | bus el taxi | taxi el tren | train el boleto | ticket la escala | layover la seguridad | security el despegue | take off la azafata | flight attendant el viento | wind un retraso | delay el asiento | seat de ida y vuelta | return de ida | one-way el pasillo | aisle la fila | row
verbos
abordar | to board esperar | to wait facturar | to check (luggage) hacer cola | to stand in line hacer un viaje | to take a trip recoger | to pick up viajar | to travel volar | to fly cambiar dinero | to exchange money sacar fotos | to take photos tienen muchas ganas | looking forward to
es / música
taken from @senchais‘s music french vocab list!
ORQUESTA (F) | ORCHESTRA
bronces (m) - brass corno francés (m) | french horn trompeta (f) | trumpet trombón (m) | trombone tuba (f) | tuba bombardino (m) | euphonium
teclados (m) - keyboards órgano (m) | organ arpa (f) | harp sintetizador (m) | synthesizer clavicémbalo (m) | harpsichord piano (m) | piano
percusión (f) - percussion tambor (m) | drum tambor con bordón (m) | snare drum carillón (m) | chimes platillo (m) | cymbal pandereta (f) | tambourine tímpanos (m, pl) | timpani
cuerdas (f) - strings viola (f) | viola contrabajo (m) | double bass violín (m) | violin violonchelo (m) | cello
vientos de madera (m) - woodwinds fagot (m) | bassoon clarinete (m) | clarinet flauta (f) | flute oboe (m) | oboe
otros instrumentos (m) - other instruments acordeón (m) | accordion bajo (m) | bass guitar castañuelas (f, pl) | castanets clarín (m) | bugle gaita (f) | bagpipes zampoña (f) | panpipes guitarra (f) | guitar laúd (m) | lute ukelele (m) | ukelele
TERMINOLOGÍA DE MÚSICA (F) | MUSICAL TERMINOLOGY
composición (f) - composition balada (f) | ballad minué (m) | minuet movimiento (m) | movement rapsodia (f) | rhapsody serenata (f) | serenade sonata (f) | sonata sinfonía (f) | symphony vals (m) | waltz
teoría de la música (f) - music theory acorde (m) | chord arpegio (m) | arpeggio compás (m) | bar, measure bemol (m) | flat clave de bajo (f) | bass clef clave de agudos (f) | treble clef coda (f) | coda sostenido (m) | sharp escala (f) | scale melodía (f) | melody octava (f) | octave partituras (f, pl) | sheet music intervalo (m) | interval fermata (f) | fermata pentagrama (m) | stave ritmo (m) | rhythm silencio (m) | rest síncopa (f) | syncopation clave (f) | key
OTROS (M) | OTHERS arco (m) | bow bastón (m) | baton director (m) | conductor discordancia (f) | dissonance armonía (f) | harmony mayor (m) | major púa (f) | guitar pick metrónomo (m) | metronome menor (m) | minor música (f) | music atril (m) | music stand
Vocabulario sobre la muerte en español
un asunto de vida o muerte - a matter of life and death
un ataúd - a coffin
un cadáver - a dead body
causar la muerte - cause death
un camposanto, el cementerio - a cementery
el derecho a la muerte - the right to die
enterrar, sepultar, dar sepulta - to bury
el entierro, el funeral - funeral
enviudar - become widowed
el viudo - widower
la viuda - widow
estar de luto - be in mourning
la funeraria, el tanatorio - funeral home
hasta que la muerte nos separe - until death does not separate us
el heredero - heir
la herencia - inheritance
el luto - mourning
la morgue - morgue
morrir, fallecer - die
el muerto, el difunto - a dead person
la pena de muerte - death penalty
perder la vida - perish
se debatía entre la vida y muerte - between life and death
el sepulcro, la tumba, la fosa - tomb
el sepultero - gravedigger
el testamento - testament
la última voluntad - last will
el velatorio, el velorio - funeral meal
la muerte en un atentado - death in assassination
la muerte inesperada - unexpected death
la muerte por exceso de trabajo - death from overstrain
la muerte súbita - sudden death
la muerte trágica - tragic death
¿Hay vida después de la muerte? - Is there afterlife?
el término de la vida - end of life
la muerte cerebral - brain death
Vocabulary list: Location
Words of location // Las palabras de ubicación
- above, on top of // sobre, encima de
- across from // a través de
- ahead of // delante de
- at, in // en
- behind // detrás de
- below // debajo de
- beside // al lado de
- between // entre
- far from // lejos de
- in // en
- in front of // enfrente de
- in the middle of // en (el) medio de
- inside (of) // dentro de
- (to the) left of // (a la) izquierda de
- near // cerca de
- next to // al lado de
- on top of // encima de
- outside of // fuera de
- (to the) right of // (a la) derecha de
- under // debajo de
- with // con
- here // aquí
- right here // acá
- there // allí
- over there // allá
- upstairs // arriba
- downstairs // abajo
- inside // adentro
- outside // afuera
Lazy Vocab in Spanish
Nouns
el sofá: couch
la almohada: pillow
la cama: bed
la televisión: TV
la película: movie
la computadora: computer
el libro: book
la siesta: nap
Verbs
dormir: to sleep
tomar una siesta: to take a nap
mirar television: to watch TV
ver una película: to watch a movie
navegar por internet: to surf the internet
hacer nada: to do nothing
escuchar música: to listen to music
leer un libro: to read a book
descansar(se): to rest
relajar(se): to relax
Adjectives
perezoso(a): lazy
cansado(a): tired
cálido(a): warm
aburrido(a): bored
blando(a): soft
cómodo(a): comfortable
Describing weather with estar & hacer
Both estar and hacer are used for expressions that describe the weather. Despite the fact that both verbs can mean “it is,” the correct verb must be used with its corresponding noun/expression.
Estar está nublado it is cloudy está lloviendo it is raining está nevando it is snowing está lloviznando is drizzling está lluvioso it is rainy está húmedo it is humid está seco it is dry
Hacer hace (mucho) frió it is (very) cold hace calor it is warm hace sol it is sunny hace viento it is windy hace fresco it is cool hace (muy) bien tiempo it is (very) nice weather hace (muy) mal tiempo it is (very) bad weather
Las Frutas (Fruit)
- Avocado: el aguacate/ la palta
- Apricot: el albaricoque/ el damasco
- Blueberry: el arándano
- Cherry: la cereza
- Plum: la ciruela
- Coconut: el coco
- Raspberry: la frambuesa
- Strawberry: la fresa/ la frutilla
- Pomegranate: la granada
- Fig: el higo
- Kiwi: el kiwi
- Lime: la lima
- Lemon: el limón
- Mango: el mango
- Apple: la manzana
- Passion Fruit: la maracuyá
- Peach: el melocotón/ el durazno
- Quince: el membrillo
- Blackberry: la mora/ la zarzamora
- Orange: la naranja
- Nectarine: la nectarina
- Papaya: la papaya
- Pear: la pera
- Pineapple: la piña/ la ananá
- Banana: el plátano/ la banana
- Watermelon: la sandía
- Grapefruit: la toronja/ el pomelo
- Grape: la uva
♡ Starbucks/Coffee in Spanish Vocab ♡
♡ G e n e r a l W o r d s ♡ 1. ♡ coffee machine — la máquina de café 2. ♡ coffee — el café 3. ♡ coffee bean — el grano de café 4. ♡ coffee grinder — molinillo de café 5. ♡ barista — el camarero/a 6. ♡ coffee pot — la cafetera 7. ♡ caffeine — la cafeína 8. ♡ instant coffee — caféinstantáneo 9. ♡ coffee grounds — café molido
♡ T y p e s o f c o f f e e ♡ 1.♡ cappuccino — cappuccino 2.♡ americano — americano 3.♡ decaf — descafeinado 4.♡ smoothie — batido 5.♡ macchiato — macchiato 6.♡ mocha —mocha 7.♡ frappe — frappe 8.♡ latte — latte
♡ F l a v o r s / w a y s t o d e s c r i b e c o f f e e ♡ 1. ♡ milk — leche 2. ♡ cream — crema 3. ♡ weak — débil 4. ♡ dark — oscuro 5. ♡ light (color) — claro 6. ♡ strong — fuerte 7. ♡ iced — helado 8. ♡ black — negro 9. ♡ foam — espuma 10. ♡ soybean — soja haba 11. ♡ vanilla — vainilla 12. ♡ sweet - dulce 13. ♡ bitter — amargo 14. ♡ cold — frío 15. ♡ hot — caliente 16. ♡ almond milk — leche de almendra 17. ♡ rich — sabroso 18. ♡ velvety — aterciopelado 19. ♡ smooth — liso 20. ♡ light (as in weight) – ligero 21. ♡ heavy — pesado
♡ S i z e s ♡ 1. ♡ short — corto 2. ♡ small — pequeño 3. ♡ medium — medium 4. ♡ large — gran 5. ♡ extra large — extragrane 6. ♡ tall — alto 7. ♡ grande — grande 8. ♡ venti — venti 9. ♡ trenta — trenta
♡ V e r b s ♡ 1.♡ to cool — refrescar 2.♡ to warm up — calentar 3.♡ to add — agregar 4.♡ to remove — quitar 5.♡ to order — ordenar 6.♡ to pour — verter 7.♡ to stir — remover 8 ♡ to drink — beber 9.♡ to sip — sorbo 10.♡ to make (food) — hacer comida 11.♡ to eat — comer
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30 day back to school challenge
15. Supplies + reviews
Tbh I'm the kind of studyblr who doesn't have all the fancy pens and notebooks. And being a humanities student means I don't need extra stuff like calculators and so forth. Also, I still have most of my stationery from at least 6-8 years ago.
Paper♡Mate Flair - I adore these pens; if I don't have at least the black one on my person, then consider me cancelled. They soak through most of my notebooks (but that's bc they're weak lol) But they're bold and the ink flows so smoothly.
Pilot V Pen - THE BEST INK PEN FOR LEFT HANDED PEOPLE OML; 10/10 I love, the ink dries so quickly I don't smudge it even when I write like a hunched over gremlin. The ink does turn a weird colour though after a while (black to red my English notes were possessed)
Memrise - I don't know why more people aren't using Memrise my dudes. That Duolingo owl seems threatening lmao. I started using Memrise bc it had the exact same course program as my Korean textbooks so it was useful for revising vocab for class. Now I use it every morning (haha rip my 49 day streak) to revise Italian, Korean, Spanish, Japanese hiragana and katakana (in that exact order). It's pretty basic I guess but I love it.
Thesaurus.com - I live for this website you don't understand. I use the synonym database for both essays and personal fiction writing (I even used it for this post). It's probably my most visited website (after Netflix lol)
Wordreference - I don't care what people say this is my first go to for translations. I probably got my degree based on this website alone. Translation classes would have killed me if not for this. It's a shame it doesn't translate between all languages (only English/Italian, no French/Italian par exemple so that was an interesting experience with my French friend). But the site has a very good forum for specific uses of words (and used alongside Linguee you become unstoppable!)
How I’ve been growing my community on Instagram
- Consistent content schedule & posting at the best time for my audience. I used this app (app store link) to schedule my posts for the best time
- Hashtags in first comment
- Submitting to photography feature accounts on Instagram.
Anyone have any other tips?
stuudytips
Hey Everyone! When I was younger, I used to read a ton. As a direct result of that, my writing and reading were on point. Recently, however, I haven’t been reading as much, and as a result, my writing isn’t as good as I want it to be (albeit, still pretty good). I’ve decided to read all the books on this list over the next 1 and a half years to get back into reading and to improve my writing. Enjoy! :)
1. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
4. Animal Farm by George Orwell
5. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
6. The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
7. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
8. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
9. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
10. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
11. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
12. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
13. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
14. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
15. The Ecological Rift by John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark, Richard York
16. This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate by Naomi Klein
17. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
18. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
19. The Odyssey by Homer
20. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
21. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
22. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
23. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
24. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
25. The Stranger by Albert Camus
26. Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
27. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
28. Beowulf by Unknown
29. The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision by Fritjof Capra, Luigi Luisi
30. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
31. A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
32. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
33. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
34. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
35. Faust: First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
36. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
37. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
38. Candide by Voltaire
39. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
40. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
41. Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
42. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
43. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
44. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
45. The Bell Jar by Slyvia Plath
46. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
47. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
48. Antigone by Sophocles
49. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe
50. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
51. The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales #2) by James Fenimore Cooper
52. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
53. Beloved by Toni Morrison
54. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
55. Selected Tales by Edgar Allen Poe
56. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
57. 1984 by George Orwell
58. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
59. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
60. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
61. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
62. A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O’Connor
63. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
64. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
65. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
66. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
67. A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
68. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
69. Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
70. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
71. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
72. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
73. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville
74. The Iliad by Homer
75. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1) by Dante Alighieri
76. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
77. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
78. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
79. Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill
80. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
81. Cyrano de Bergac by Edmond Rostand
82. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
83. The Mill on the Floss by George Elliot
84. The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
85. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
86. Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
87. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
88. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
89. Selected Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
90. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
91. The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
92. Call it Sleep by Henry Roth
93. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
94. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
95. The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
96. A Death in the Family by James Agee
97. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
98. The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
99. Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
100. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Carther
101. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
how to write that 17-page essay that’s high-key giving you anxiety
so it’s 4am and you’ve had three cups of coffee but you’ve only written two sentences. you look at the prompt and find it has ceased to make sense. “how the fuck am i gonna turn this into a 17-page paper” you ask.
never fear! your friendly neighborhood college fuckup is here with an answer. buckle down and get another cup of coffee; you’re in this for the long haul. (literally. this post got long because i’m apparently incapable of writing short posts, but i also pulled a 3.9 cGPA using this method so i’d say it’s worth the read.)
- first, a cheat: email your professor and ask if you can use subheaders. subheaders eliminate the need for smooth transitions between portions of your argument and also create a ton of white space, which can help you reach page count.
- second, a tip: don’t be afraid to meet with your prof. this essay probably isn’t a take-home exam; it’s likely that your prof set this paper to give you a chance to learn and write about something you enjoy. shoot your prof an email saying “hey, this is what i’m thinking, this is what i’m struggling with, can i meet with you to talk it out?” 9 times out of 10, your prof will say yes. if they say no, talk to another prof in the same discipline. otherwise talk to your uni writing center or a friend of yours. worse come to worst, shoot me a message.
- what you’re gonna do now is outline the fuck out of your paper to procrastinate actually writing it.
- step 1: take apart the prompt. it’ll be asking for a few different things; mark these things with different cues: brackets, underlining, different colored pens, whatever. this structures your response.
- if you don’t know your thesis yet, that’s fine! let it develop naturally as you conduct your research and plan your argument. you can change it as you go - that’s the point of researching the topic. no one will know what your first draft thesis was.
- step 2: look at the dismembered prompt. write bullets with brief explanations for how you’ll attack each part of the prompt. these can be detailed or as vague as “look up that one reading and use it as a counter argument.” then figure out the best way to organize the bullets. if nothing makes sense, that’s fine too. you can write each chunk of your argument and structure it later.
- these bullets make good subheaders. js.
- step 3: under each bullet from step 2, list out what info and evidence you need for that aspect of your argument. don’t worry about details yet; focus on structure. write these bullets as though you’re talking to a friend about what your argument is and why is works. let it be stupid. let it be simple. say shit like “freud was a bitch and i can prove it.”
- step 4: now that you have a rough draft of your outline, go back and fill in the details. remember, you’re still outlining! you’re basically redoing step 3 with the bullets you made in step 3. this is the part where i take the most time and put in the most effort.
- i tend to reach page/word count easily if my outline is half the length the paper needs to be, so i keep outlining until i reach that point. this ratio might be different for you. if you can figure out your ratio, it can tell you if you need to look for more info or if you’re good to go.
- make a note of what you’re citing but don’t worry about actual citations. i like using gdocs because you can easily paste a link to your source in a comment. this way, the sources don’t clutter up your doc or artificially inflate your page or word count.
- be silly! be stupid! use swear words and memes and internet lingo. you’re just outlining right now; you don’t need to sound smart and professional. you should be focusing on what you want to say, not how to say it.
- by the end of this process, my outline is basically my paper in bulletpoint format, without any fancy jargon or quotes or cited evidence, and usually not in complete sentences. i’ve essentially tricked myself into writing my paper by saying “i’m just outlining, it doesn’t really matter.” it’s also less daunting to write the rest of the paper when you know you already have 9 pages done instead of 0.
- step 5: write the damn thing! open a fresh doc for your paper and view it side-by-side with your outline. now you get to make your bullets sound pretentious and academic. insert quotes and other evidence. turn “freud was a bitch” into “freud knowingly perpetuated several falsehoods for the sake of his personal gain, thereby undoing decades of progress in the field of psychology.”
- don’t worry about citations right now, though! do what you did in your outline and insert the citations as comments at the points where they need to be. creating citations will interrupt your flow.
- step 6: once your paper is done, go back and add citations! this can take up to an hour depending on how many sources you have, so budget your time appropriately.
- holy shit! you just wrote a whole damn paper! i’m proud of you, buddy. go buy yourself a milkshake and take a nap.
✨30+ low cost selfcare/night in ideas✨
hello pals! it’s friday and a great time to unwind :)
🌼 physical self care
- fill a clean glass with water and put a lemon in it. lie down somewhere and set your water on a solid surface beside you. sunglasses optional. bougie feelings commence.
- shave really carefully and then put lotion all over yourself
- tidy your room or backpack
- cut your nails
- wash and dry your sheets and get into a warm bed. or just refold your bed really nicely and get in it. it’s a similar effect
- meditate
- follow along to a yoga video
- eat some fruit you like and really focus on how it tastes
- stretch
- stand in grass with your bare feet
🌼 make
- write down three things you’re happy happened this week and three things you’re looking forward to next week (can be as simple as ‘eating chicken’)
- print a coloring page off the internet and color it
- paint with coffee
- make a list of movies/shows you want to watch
- make a collage out of an old magazine
- journal
- get a cheap water color set and doodle
- doodle with colored pens/pencils
- learn how to make different origami shapes
- try to make a sophisticated birthday card for someone using what you have around your house
- make a new bujo thread
- bake smth from a box mix
- write an old fashioned letter or postcard to someone and send it
- knit or learn to
🌼 entertainment
- make a youtube playlist of videos you wanna watch/find a youtube series you want to watch
- go on a nostalgia trip and play club penguins, webkinz, cyber chase, coolmath, poptropica, tetris, or whatever you did as a kid.
- all of these games
- stumbleupon
- read a fluffy book or graphic novel
- start a goodreads acct
- watch a movie or tv show
- call someone you want to catch up with