VOCABULARY Making New Words Your Own WHY BOTHER
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VOCABULARY Making New Words Your Own
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WHY BOTHER? Vocabulary sharpens your communication. • Choosing words with greater precision • Understanding words you already know • Making communication simpler
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WHY BOTHER Vocabulary opens your mind • Lacking words = shutting down insights and understanding
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WHY BOTHER Vocabulary gets you results • Researcher Johnson O’Conner discovered that a person’s vocabulary is the best predictor of occupational success • Vocabulary comes before achievement • Professional success relies on thinking and communication skills
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THREE EXERCISES • Wordbusting • Context Clues • Sentence Completion
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EXERCISE 1: WORDBUSTING • Read word in sentence • Context • Structure • Sound • Dictionary meaning
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EXERCISE 1: WORDBUSTING transcribe: After listening to her interview on audiotape, Tressa decided to transcribe it so she could accurately write her feature article. Context: Tressa decided to transcribe the interview after listening to it on audio. Transcribe might mean “to write down: Structure: trans + scribe One meaning of the prefix trans is “over. ” Scrib is a root that means “to write. ” Transcribe might mean to write over. Dictionary: “to write or type out a copy of, as from a speech or notes Sound: tran · skrīb´ The word transcribe sounds like transcript, which is a printed copy of someone’s grades. It may be something written down.
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EXERCISE 1: WORDBUSTING Hints: • Context: Look for clues to the meaning of the word in the sentence. • Structure: Examine the word parts for roots, prefixes, or suffixes that you know. https: //www. learnthat. org/pages/view/roots. html Or consult the dictionary for the etymology, or the origin, of a word. • Sound: Say the word aloud and listen for any word parts you know. • Dictionary: This is always the last step. To do this first defeats the purpose. Read all of the definitions.
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CONTEXT CLUES Context • Words, phrases, or sentences around an unfamiliar word that can give clues to the word’s meaning • Sometimes signal words can act as clues
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CONTEXT CLUES RESTATEMENT CLUES: Words or phrases can signal the restatement of a word. Example: The veterinarian treated every animal owner in an affable manner; in other words, she was gentle and friendly with them. From the context, readers can tell that affable means “gentle and friendly. ” The phrase in other words signal that the words “gentle” and “friendly” restate the meaning of the word. RESTATEMENT SIGNAL WORDS in other words that is these
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CONTEXT CLUES EXAMPLE CLUES: Words or phrases can indicate that an unfamiliar word is being restated in more familiar terms. Example: Many types of fauna, for example the coyote and the peregrine falcon, live in Big Bend National Park. From the context, readers can tell that fauna are the animals from a particular region. The words for example signal that the animals listed are examples of the word fauna. EXAMPLE SIGNAL WORDS for example likewise such as especially in that
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CONTEXT CLUES CONTRAST CLUES: Some words or phrases indicate that an unfamiliar word contrasts, or is different from, another words in the passage. Example: Maria was enthralled by the new movie, but her friend found it dull and uninteresting. From the context, readers can tell that enthralled means “fascinated. ” The word but signals that enthralled contrasts with the words “dull” and “uninteresting. ” CONTRAST SIGNAL WORDS but however although not still despite on the other hand some … but others in contrast
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CONTEXT CLUES CAUSE AND EFFECT CLUES: Some words and phrases show one word may be a cause or effect related to an unfamiliar word Example: Because he wanted to marry a divorcee, Edward VIII chose to abdicate the British throne in 1936. From the context, readers can tell that abdicate means “to formally give up power. ” The word because signals that abdicating is an effect of Edward VIII’s wanted to marry a divorcee. CAUSE AND EFFECT SIGNAL WORDS leads to cause because effect as a result consequently reasons since why
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CONTEXT CLUES DEFINITION/EXPLANATION CLUES: A sentence may actually define or explain an unfamiliar word. Example: The title of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel Tender is the Night contains an allusion, or reference, to a poem by John Keats. From the context, readers can tell that allusion means “reference. ” The appositive phrase “or reference” signals the meaning of the word.
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EXERCISE 2: CONTEXT CLUES • You will again see the new words in sentences. • The difference is that you will be given a set of definitions. • You must match the new word with its meaning.
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EXERCISE 2: CONTEXT CLUES G word: ecology n. the relationship between living things and their environments; the science of such relationships (G) Aldo Leopold (1866 -1948) learned to think like a mountain so that he could understand preserve the ecology of nature. Nature’s right’s he felt, must be respected.
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EXERCISE 2: CONTEXT CLUES HINTS: • Read column B first, and look for clues to the meaning of the word. • Then scan column A for a likely definition. • As you write word in blank, say it to yourself to get a sense of the sound of the word.
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EXERCISE 3: SENTENCE COMPLETION Supply the missing vocabulary word or words in order to create a sentence that makes sense. EXAMPLE: The science of ______ allows us to _____ our natural resources. (A) zoology … diminish (B) ecology … preserve (C) cultivation … destroy (D) zoology … ignore (E) ecology … exhaust
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WORKS CITED Holt Mc. Dougal Literature. Edited by Janet Allen et. al. , Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt Publishing Company, 2013. “Top 3 Reasons to Improve Your Vocabulary. ” Litemind, n. d. , litemind. com/top-3 -reasons-to-improveyour-vocabulary/.
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