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Click Once to BeginJEOPARDY!Acquisition of Vocabulary
Madalyn Vedaa and Alex Tubbs
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JEOPARDY!
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Context Clues
Analogies, Metaphors and Similes
Connotation and
Denotation
Symbols, acronyms,
word origins
Prefix, suffix and root words
Enhancing vocabulary
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What are context clues?
Context clues are other words or phrases to help with the understanding of unknown words.
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Use Context clues to determine the meaning of the bolded word: He
scurrilously hit the girl so hard, it knocked her unconscious.
A) Kindly B) Abusively C) Flimsy
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Determine the meaning of the bolded word; The rabblerouser tormented all the people at the
convention.
A) MadalynB) Baker C) Agitator
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Use Context clues to determine the meaning of the bolded word: He had a
lot of pelf and he spent it on others
A) TimeB) Tic TacsC) Money
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Use Context clues to determine the meaning of the bolded word: He spent the whole day repined and was not nice to the people
around him.
A) CoiledB) Discontent C) Happy
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What is an analogy?
An analogy is a comparison of certain similarities between two things.
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Define Simile
A simile is a figure of speech consisting of a comparison using like or as.
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Define Metaphor
A figure of speech consisting of a comparison without using like or as.
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Define Connotation
Connotation are the feelings/ emotions that a word provokes
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Is the connotation negative, positive, or neutral?
The streets where cold and dark, I didn’t want to have to
drive on them.Negative
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Is the connotation positive, negative, or neutral?
I finally get to go on my trip to Mexico! But I am going to
miss my friends…
Neutral
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Is the connotation positive, negative, or neutral?
Me and my friends are going on a shopping spree!!!
Positive
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How do you use word origins?
You use word origins to help determine the meaning of unfamiliar words
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Define acronym
Acronyms are abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a word or phrase.
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What does SCUBA stand for?
Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
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What is a prefix?
A prefix is a part of a word added to the beginning of a root to change the meaning of the word
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What is a suffix?
A suffix is a part of a word added to the end of a root to change the meaning of the word
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If I wanted to know the meaning of pelf, where
would I look?
In a dictionary
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If I wanted to find the antonym of happy, where
would I look?
In a thesaurus
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What is a glossary?
A glossary is a reference in the back of a book that gives the meaning of important words
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What are the numbers above unknown words
called?
They are called footnotes
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How are references such an important part in daily
school life?
You use dictionaries to determine the meanings of unknown words, you use thesauruses to enhance your vocabulary in writing, you use technology to help you to understand words, you use atlases as a quick reference to find places in the world, and you use almanacs to find information about a certain year.