Molly's Vocab for 9/21

Paradigm:
Description: pattern to put words into
Part of speech: noun
Sentence: My teacher asked me to put the related words into a paradigm.
Related Words: mold, ideal, chart

Philology:
Description: study of language
Part of speech: noun
Sentence: There’s a girl in my math class who liked philology.
Related Words: linguistics, relation, letters

Phonology:
Description: study of sounds
Part of speech: noun
Sentence: Phonology and Philology are cognates.
Related Words: philology, linguistics, language

Rhetoric:
Description: using language to persuade or exaggerate
Part of speech: noun
Sentence: It isn’t considered great writing to start a paper with a rhetorical question.
Related Words: hyperbole, lingo, phrase

Syntax:
Description: how a language is set up, the difference between writers
Part of speech: noun
Sentence: My syntax is not the same as Barbara Kingsolver’s syntax.
Related Words: alphabet, fundaments, sentence structure