Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Ashley Botham Vocab week 2

  1. Paradigm-

Description: Something that serves as a pattern or a fixed arrangement.

Part of Speech: Noun

Related Words: Model, Standard, and Archetype

Sentence: Denna Kastor is a paradigm for young female runners.

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  1. Philology-

Description: A study of written records in their original form.

Part of Speech: noun

Related Words: Learning, Literature, speech

Sentence: Philology was used to decode the ancient scrolls.

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  1. Phonology-

Description: The study of sounds and pronunciation.

Part of Speech: Noun

Related Words: Language, speech, accent

Sentence: Phonology is used when teaching students how to pronounce words when learning a foreign language.

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  1. Rhetoric-

Description: The effective use of language, being able to use language effectively.

Part of Speech: noun

Related Words: Balderdash, bombast, elocution

Sentence: The rhetoric of the speeches will have to be flawless this November during the presidential election.

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  1. Syntax-

Description: The study of rules for a grammatical sentence.

Part of Speech: noun

Related Words: alphabet, linguistics, structure

Sentence: The student was able to understand the syntax of the sentence.

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