Thursday, September 20, 2007

Reinke's vocab

Vocab

Paradigm
Description: An example serving as a model.
Part of Speech: Noun
Sentence: The architects use paradigms to represent their blueprint.
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Related Words: Example, Model, Pattern All (S)

Philology
Description: Studying literature and old records
Part of Speech: Noun
Sentence: An English teacher may need to know philology before teaching English.
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Related Words: Learning, Linguistics, literature all (S)

Phonology
Description: The study of how someone speaks a language.
Part of Speech: Noun
Sentence: You will have to study Phonology if you want to be a translator.
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Related Words: Speech, translate, pronunciation all (S)
Rhetoric
Description: Using exaggeration or making the audience thinking trough your paper or speech.
Part of Speech: Noun
Sentence: Many people use rhetoric questions to start their papers.
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Related Words: Public Speaking (S), Oratory (S), Tall Talk (S)
Syntax
Description: Studying patterns or formations in a sentence.
Part of Speech: Noun
Sentence: The English teacher uses his or her syntax to see if your sentences are correct.
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Related Words: grammar, sentence structure, language rules all (S)

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Drew,
Rhetoric is a noun. You use it as an adjective;its adjectival form is'rhetorical'.
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