Jennifer Pawloski's vocab

Paradigm
1. Description: Serving as a model. In language, it is something additional that is added to a
word (ex: apostrophe) to give it a new meaning.
2. Part of speech: It is a noun.
3. Picture:
4. Related words include: example (synonym), pattern (synonym), and prototype
(synonym).
5. Sentence: The motivational speaker is a paradigm for young teens.

Philology
1. Description: When a person studies authentic, written documents in order to
determine what they mean.
2. Part of speech: It is a noun.
3. Picture:
4. Related words include: speech (etymology), learning (etymology), and words
(etymology).
5. Sentence: I learned the philology of an ancient writer.

Phonology
1. Description: How a word is said and the history behind the sounds.
2. Part of speech: It is a noun.
3. Picture:
4. Related words include: terminology (synonym), pronunciation (synonym), and
language (synonym).
5. Sentence: Learning the phonology of another country is complicated.

Rhetoric
1. Description: Communicating effectively or writing in a persuasive way.
2. Part of speech: It is a noun.
3. Picture:
4. Related words include: expression (synonym), style (synonym), and
conversation (synonym).
5. Sentence: Political rhetoric is a very powerful tactic.

Syntax
1. Description: The way words are put together to form phrases.
2. Part of speech: It is a noun.
3. Picture:
4. Related words include: arrange (etymology), grammar (synonym), and fragment
(antonym).
5. Sentence: The syntax made sense to the reader.