Kevin O’Hara
Mrs. Schellenberg
WFTRW – 2nd Hour
13 September 2007
Mrs. Schellenberg
WFTRW – 2nd Hour
13 September 2007
Vocabulary – Week of 9/10
Cognate
-When people are related, usually because they are in the same family.
-Adjective
-Picture:
-affiliated, agnate, akin
-My brother and I are cognate, because people mistake us for each other.
Derivative
-Something that resulted from or is based on something else.
-Adjective
-Picture:
-My brother and I are cognate, because people mistake us for each other.
Derivative
-Something that resulted from or is based on something else.
-Adjective
-Picture:
-acquired, ancestral, caused
-The number of unemployed people in Michigan is a derivative of our economic situation.
Diminutive
-Something that is very small or miniature.
-Adjective
-Picture:
-The number of unemployed people in Michigan is a derivative of our economic situation.
Diminutive
-Something that is very small or miniature.
-Adjective
-Picture:
-little, midget, mini
-The toy car is a diminutive of the actual vehicle.
Inflection
-To bend or change something, usually your voice.
-Noun
-Picture:
-articulation, change, emphasis
-I inflected my voice when our dog wasn’t following my instructions.
Orthography
-To write using proper words, spelling and grammar.
-Noun
-Picture:
-I inflected my voice when our dog wasn’t following my instructions.
Orthography
-To write using proper words, spelling and grammar.
-Noun
-Picture:
-Spelling, grammar, linguistics
-I have never seen such impressive orthography from an author!
-I have never seen such impressive orthography from an author!
1 comment:
Kevin, for "diminutive, you identified the p.o.s. as an "adjective, but you used it as a noun in the sentence you wirte. (-1)
29/30 points
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