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Language Assisting Widget

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Language Assisting Widget

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  1. Vocab5 Voc 5

  2. verb beleaguer To besiege, best, surround, harass LINK: Big leaguer The little leaguers beleaguered the big leaguers. Voc 5

  3. milieu noun Environment or surroundings LINK: MILDEW The bathroom was a milieu of mildew. Voc 5

  4. adj porcine like a pig, resembling a pig LINK: PORK It was a poor scene when Mark arrived with his porcine date. Voc 5

  5. adj quixotic Idealistic and totally impractical LINK: IDIOTIC You’re a bit idiotic if you’re quixotic… Voc 5

  6. quixotic Quixote • The art! • NovelAuthor = Miguel Cervantes Voc 5

  7. quixotic • The art! 3. Plot = He thinks he’s a knight… that she’s beautiful… that the windmill is a dragon… that he has a MISSION Voc 5

  8. quixotic • The art! IRONY: We see he is fooled and ignorant Voc 5

  9. quixotic • The art! BUT! In the end, she falls in love with his courage and OPTIMISM and HOPE Voc 5

  10. quixotic • The art! BUT! In the end, she falls in love with his courage and OPTIMISM and HOPE Voc 5

  11. The art! quixotic Voc 5

  12. quixotic • The art! Voc 5

  13. quixotic Voc 5

  14. quixotic • The art! Voc 5

  15. quixotic • The art! Voc 5

  16. quixotic • The art! BUT! In the end, she falls in love with his courage and OPTIMISM and HOPE Voc 5

  17. n/adj histrionic Overly dramatic, theatrical Link:history My teacher’s histrionic style = ADJ My teacher’s histrionics = NOUN History on the histrionic side. Voc 5

  18. Noun, verb bludgeon A short heavy thick club LINK: dungeon (BLOODgeon?) The bludgeon = NOUN He bludgeoned us with questions = VERB Bludgeons in the dungeon. Voc 5

  19. adj arduous Hard, difficult, tiresome LINK: HARD ON US The arduous snow-covered trail is hard on us. Voc 5

  20. verb adj reminisce To recall the past LINK: RIM MISS (remember?) She reminisced about their chat = VERB It was reminiscent of The Matrix = ADJ REMember by REMINISCING Voc 5

  21. adj opportune Occurring at a good, favorable time LINK: opera tune (opportunity?) Opportunity = N Opportunist = N The conditions were opportune for… No one likes an opportunist… An opportune time for an opera tune... Voc 5

  22. adj dulcet Melodious, soft- or sweet sounding LINK: dull sit (dulce?) Dulcet tones are DULCE. Dulcet tones make a dull sit. Voc 5

  23. Greek + Latin WORD PARTS Know these, know 1000’s! Voc 5

  24. Word Roots: Your chart Voc 5

  25. Word Roots: Your chart Voc 5

  26. Word Roots: Your chart Voc 5

  27. GUM This week Vocab5

  28. Gum This week Vary your use of clauses; ie. vary your sentence structures. A stellar writer follows the rhythm of his/her graf and varies the structure/complexity as it progresses. The enemy? Monotony. The friend? Creativity.

  29. Gum This week So practice CLAUSE CONTROL in sentences that use Vocab 5 words. Use a chart that breaks the structure down for you. Every Vocab 5 word belongs in the Sentence Sophistication chart this time (NOT on the regular chart)

  30. Gum Review Clause Control: Write in varied structures: SIMPLE - COMPOUND - COMPLEX - COMPOUND-COMPLEX

  31. Clause Review …see sheet When I do these sentences, my brain locks and suddenly I cannot understand the language. Write well and you will travel far. You will labor through your paragraphs if you are not having fun while you write them. Once you see the structure here, you are a Jedi. Gum This week

  32. Passive Voice Word your verbs in ACTIVE VOICE. Do not write in PASSIVE VOICE Look out: Lots of explanation… PassveVoice.ppt Gum This week

  33. Vocab definition drill Voc 5

  34. List 5 1. Overly dramatic, theatrical Voc 5

  35. List 5 2. Environment or surroundings Voc 5

  36. List 5 3. A short heavy, thick club Voc 5

  37. List 5 4. To besiege, beset, surround, harrass Voc 5

  38. List 5 5. Resembling a pig Voc 5

  39. List 5 6. Occurring or coming at a good time Voc 5

  40. List 5 7. Idealistic and totally impractical Voc 5

  41. List 5 8. Melodious, soft, soothing Voc 5

  42. List 5 9. The act of recalling the past Voc 5

  43. List 5 10. Hard, difficult, tiresome Voc 5

  44. WORD PARTS 11. eu List 5 Voc 5

  45. WORD PARTS 12. micro List 5 Voc 5

  46. WORD PARTS 13. macro List 5 Voc 5

  47. WORD PARTS 14. To praise with words List 5 Voc 5

  48. WORD PARTS 15. Science of extending life List 5 Voc 5

  49. WORD PARTS 16. Miniature photos of library articles List 5 Voc 5

  50. WORD PARTS 17. Smaller structure within the larger system List 5 Voc 5

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