Academic Vocabulary Identify & Application English I & II

Academic Vocabulary Identify & Application English I & II

English II : Character trait , Chronology, Climax, Elaboration, Extraneous Information , Figurative language, Flashback, Foreshadowing, Generality, Inconsistency, Juxtaposition, Logo, Multi-media,

Perspective, Plagiarism, Proverb

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Character trait , Chronology, Climax, Elaboration, Extraneous Information , Figurative language, Flashback, Foreshadowing, Generality, Inconsistency, Juxtaposition, Logo, Multi-media,


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WRITING with Vocabulary

• 1. It is believed by some that playing violent video games foreshadows violent adult behavior.

• 2. When beauty and death are juxtaposed in a visual it offers a gripping impact.

• 3. It is a common character trait among children that they want everything they see.


• 4. Writing, using figurative language, is a good way to earn a commended rating on the STAAR test.

• 5. Jason’s mother had a flashback when she saw him taking care of the garden; she remembered him as a young lad learning to snowboard.

• 6. Exquisite, elaborated Zen gardens have different smooth, sized rocks and furrowed rows of fine sand.


• 7. Yankees have a proverb that time is money, which is a variant of the Devil’s idle time as sinful.

• 8. The glittering generality that things go better with Coke is good for business because when customers are confronted with too many choices, they default to the general.


• 9. When confronted with extraneous information, especially with driving directions, consumers opt for a GPS.

• 10. The chronological evolution of the Coke bottle makes one wonder if this contributed to our recent bout with obesity.

Your Turn !!!

• Create your own sentences, following my answer model, or do your own-- if you dare!!!

English I : Chapter, Conversation, Chance, Discussion, Increasing , Guest Speaker, Keyboarding, Order of Events , Respond to Literature, Rhyme , Prewriting, Symbolism, Table of Contents, Index,

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• 1. Ramiro was increasing his money when he worked after school at his uncle’s body shop.

2. Edgar knew all the world religious symbols around the globe.

• 3. Our guest speaker is a woman from Austin who will talk about immigration.


• 4. English Literature is about not only learning language but also responding to literature’s life lessons.

• 5. I took a chance when I invited the beautiful girl to the movies yesterday.

• 6. The index at the back of the book saves us time when we answer questions.


• 7. When we talk a lot about a subject we are prewriting, or when we write down notes about a subject.

• 8. We have group discussions in class, as well as whole class discussions.

• 9. We know that poetry has internal as well as external rhymes.

• 10. Table of Contents summarize the ideas in a book as well as direct as to new knowledge.

Your Turn !!!

• Create your own sentences, following my answer model, or do your own-- if you dare!!!

Academic Vocabulary Identify & Application English I & II

Documents

figurative language

extraneous information

common character trait

glittering generality

application english

good way

violent video games

violent adult behavior