Vocabulary Quiz
October 17, 2014
1. Define each vocabulary term.
2. Write a sentence using vocabulary term with context clues.
Remember: Words with *(asterisk) is a prefix, suffix, or root
word. It is not a word by itself.
Once you have completed your quiz, turn it in and get and
article. You are to read the article, then summarize in your
own words the main/central idea of the article. Do NOT
WRITE on article. Just like the previous articles you have
read and written, you need 3 pieces of evidence from the
text as well as your own voice.
Weekly Vocabulary Quiz
November 7, 2014
1.
Define each vocabulary term.
2.
Write a sentence using vocabulary term with context clues.
Remember: Words with *(asterisk) is a prefix, suffix, or root word. It is not
a word by itself.
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1. Identify
2. Infer
3. Intergrate
4. *contra/contro
5. *cogn/gno
Once finished complete exercise 3 on page 317 (1-10).
Once finished read silently until the entire class finishes.
FOA October 17, 2014
Come in quietly, have a seat. Begin studying for
your vocabulary quiz today.
Weekly Vocabulary
October 13, 2014
Vocabulary Terms
Definition
Examples
Determine
Describe
Develop
Elaborate or expand
Distinguish
Set Apart
*Inter
Between, among
Intercede, intervene
*Nov
New
Novice, innovate, novel
Weekly Vocabulary
November 10, 2014
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Examples
Draw
Take or pull
Evaluate
Find value; judge
Explain
Make a plan or define
*Belli, bell
War
Belligerent, antebellum
*Bene, bon
Good
Benevolent, benefactor,
benign
Weekly Vocabulary
November 3, 2014
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Example
Identify
Find; point out
Infer
Deduce; conclude
Integrate
Put together
*Cogn,gno
Know
Incognito, cognition,
agnostic
*Contra, contro
Against
Incontrovertible,
contravene, contraband
Weekly Vocabulary
November 17, 2014
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Example
Locate
Find
Organize
Arrange; classify
Paraphrase
Put in different words
*hyper
Too much, excess
Hyperbole, hypertension,
hypersonic
*hypo
Too little, under
Hypochondriac, hypodermic
Weekly Vocabulary
December 1, 2014
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Examples
Refer
Mention
Retell
Tell in your own words
Suggest
Put forth; to say
*Geo
Earth
Geocentric, geothermal, geology
*Chron
Time
Anachronism, chronic,
chronology
Weekly Vocabulary
December 8, 2014
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Example
Summarize
Sum up
Support
Hold up
Synthesize
Combine to form a more
complex product
*Pan
All
Pandemic, panacea, panarama
*Retro
Backward
Retroactive, retrograde,
retrospective
Weekly Vocabulary
December 15, 2014
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Example
Trace
Outline; follow the
course of
Alliteration
Words in a row with the
same initial consonant
sound
Analogy
A similarity between like
features of the two
things
*Arch
Chief, first
Archaic, matriarch, archangel
*Uni
One
Unilateral, unity, unanimous
Weekly Vocabulary
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Example
Argument
A reason or set of reasons
that something is true
Central Idea
Most important point the
author makes
Conclusions
Summing up of an
argument
*Cosm
Universe, world
Microcosm, cosmopolitan,
cosmos
*Dia
Across
Diagram, diametrically,
diaphram
Weekly Vocabulary
Vocabulary Term
Definition
Example
Connections
Relating what you read to
something else you know
Connotative Language
The association that a
work brings to mind
Details
Isolated facts that support
ideas
*Hemi, demi, semi
Half
Semifinal, demigod,
hemisphere
*Port
Carry
Rapport, deportment
November 17, 2014
1.
Define each vocabulary term.
2.
Write a sentence using vocabulary term with context clues.
Remember: Words with *(asterisk) is a prefix, suffix, or root word. It is not
a word by itself.
Once you have completed your quiz, turn it in and get and a central idea
worksheet to complete and turn in for a grade.
Vocabulary terms for this week include the following:
Draw
Evaluate
Explain
*Belli, bell
*Bene, bon