Thursday, September 20, 2007

Crystal Andrews Vocab. Week 2

6. paradigm
describe: a pattern or model.
p.o.s: noun
related words: original, standard, sample.
sentence: The manual comes with a paradigm of the car.
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7. philology
describe: the study of writing.
p.o.s: noun
related words: literature, language.
sentence: People who study philology look at documents to see if they're real or not.
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8. phonology
describe: the study of speech sounds in language.
p.o.s: noun
related words: pronunciation, pattern, accent.
sentence: In 'Pygmalion' one of the characters uses phonology to know where other people are from.
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9. rhetoric
describe: using language effectively and persuasively.
p.o.s: noun
related words: flowerly languange, long speech, expression.
sentence: Teachers tell us not to write a rhetoric paper because the extra words aren't needed.
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10. syntax
describe: formation of grammatical sentences.
p.o.s: noun
related words: alphabet, languange, structure.
sentence: The syntax in a sentence is critical for writing a college application essay.
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1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Crystal,
'rhetoric' is a noun, not an adjective.