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Vocab 11B

Vocab 11B. 9 th Grade Literature and Composition. Controversial. – adj. causing argument; contentious, provocative. The news story about the senator was so controversial that it caused the reporter who wrote it to lose his job. . Clarity. – n. clearness of expression; lucidity.

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Vocab 11B

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  1. Vocab 11B 9th Grade Literature and Composition

  2. Controversial • – adj. • causing argument; contentious, provocative. • The news story about the senator was so controversial that it caused the reporter who wrote it to lose his job.

  3. Clarity • – n. • clearness of expression; lucidity. • The opposite of ambiguity is clarity; always use clarity in your writing!

  4. Misplaced • – adj. • put something in the wrong location; erroneous. • A misplaced comma could lead to disaster.

  5. Modifier • – n. • word that describes or qualifies another. • I wish you wouldn’t use those kinds of modifiers to characterize my shoes; I think they are rather trendy.

  6. Intervene • – v. • become involved in a situation; interfere; intrude. • When two people are fighting, it is hard to know when to intervene and when to let them fight it out.

  7. Invert • - v. • reverse arrangement of something; turn over; flip-flop. • The wicked witch inverted the hourglass, which gave Dorothy one hour to live.

  8. Emerge • – v. • come out, become known; appear; arise. • The groundhog emerged from his burrow and saw his shadow, so there will be six more weeks of winter ahead.

  9. Cumulative • – adj. • gradually building up; increasing. • The cumulative exam tested all the skills we had learned in science this year.

  10. Clause • – n. • group of words that contain a subject and a predicate. • An independent clause can stand on alone, while a subordinate clause cannot stand alone, but needs an independent clause to support it.

  11. Relevant • – adj. • having social significance; connected; pertinent. • English is perhaps the most relevant subject to life, since it teaches stories and poems that answer the question, “What is it to be human?”

  12. Nuance • – n. • a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound. • When I first looked at her shirt, I thought it was just blue, but on second look, I saw all the nuance of color that was there. • To solve this puzzle, you need to identify the nuance in the two seemingly identical pictures.

  13. Fallacious • – adj. • false; deceptive; misleading. • Careful of fallacious statements, as they can get you in trouble with their false meanings. • “Isaac Newton believed in Alchemy, do you think you know more than Isaac Newton?” • “I believe that Frosted Flakes are great because it says so on the Frosted Flakes packaging.” • “I saw a crow and a few minutes later I stubbed my toe, therefore, crows are bad luck.”

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