Latest Blog Posts for Scribentia

• Ars Antiquua, Stipes Novus - (Old Art, New Post)
  on Jun 20, 2016
  As I was purging through my closet yesterday, (besides a colony of spiders), I found a painting that I had created during one of my years of junior high. Prior to the assignment of this painting, my class and I had been studying African American arti...
• Newbery Honor or Newbery Medal?
  on Jun 15, 2016
  BackgroundThere are two distinct Newbery Awards - the Newbery Honor and the Newbery Medal. The John Newbery Medal is a prestigious literary award granted to "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children", as inscribed on th...
• An Acrostic for "Acrostic"
  on Jun 14, 2016
  a·cros·ticəˈkrôstiknounnoun: acrostic; plural noun: acrosticsa poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or wordsAs stated by the dictionary definition of an acrostic, this form of poetry...
• Centum Verbi (One Hundred Words) for One Hundred Pageviews
  on Jun 11, 2016
  Today I earned the hundredth view of my writing blog, Scribentia. Having begun this blog on June 6, I am appreciative of the progress that this blog has made since that date. However, I am aware that one hundred pageviews is not an impressive number,...
• Top Ten Reasons I Enjoy Blogging - (In the format of David Letterman's Top Ten Lists)
  on Jun 8, 2016
  10. It is very satisfying to view published blog posts9. I can develop in my passion and interest for writing through research and publishing blog posts8. I have the opportunity to write about writing7. My writing is not restricted by specific assign...
• The Meaning of Scrībentia - (Pillar Post)
  on Jun 7, 2016
  Scrībentia, the name of this blog, is a Latin term that directly translates into English as "the writing things". This name was chosen because although I am especially appreciative of classical literature; I am also fascinated by the Latin lang...

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