Thursday, September 20, 2007

1. Paradigm
Description: A look into the way a thing or something works.
POS: Noun
Sentence: The manual was a paradigm for the way the lawn mower operates.
Related Words: (Syn.) Model, Example, View.
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2. Philology
Description: A want or love to learn things about words.
POS: Noun
Sentence: The English teacher loved to study Philology.
Related Words: (Syn.) Linguistics, Language, Communication.
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3. Phonology
Description: The study of the way letters and vowels sound when being spoke.
POS: Noun
Sentence: In Spanish we study the phonology of the way the consonants and vowels sound together.
Related Words: (Syn.) Sound, Phonetics, Speech.
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4. Rhetoric
Description: Learning how to put words in the correct places making sentences sound more effective and convincing.
POS: Noun
Sentence: The lawyer asked each question in a rhetoric manner to confuse the witness.
Related Words:(Syn. ) Grammar, Oratorical (Ant.) Exact
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5. Syntax
Description: The way words are placed in a sentence according to the grammatical correctness.
POS: Noun
Sentence: On the worksheet the sentences where helping students with the correct syntax.
Related Words: (Syn.) Grammar, Sentence Structure, Speech.
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1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Taylor, rhetoric is a noun, you use it as an adjective. (-1)