Feb 26 - Essay Prep

Subjunctive mood bellringer
paradox bellringer
- culm. vocab on next Thursday (last 5 vocab quizzes)
discuss photo essay
prep for 9 weeks essay
education argument text (W6)

HW: none - prepare for your 9 weeks essay

My favor to you, the vocab lists with definitions:

1.
coalition – political alliance, merging into one
diatribe – verbal or written bitter criticism
bureaucracy – administrative system, neg. – frustrating rules that are overly complex or drawn out
unscrupulous – immoral
alienate – to turn away in affection
apex – highest point
eloquent – speaking beautifully and forcefully
antithesis – exact opposite
archetype – image, motif, or thematic pattern that has recurred so regularly in history, literature, religion, for folklore as to have acquired transcendent symbolic force
caricature – an exaggerated representation of a person or action

2.
axiom – generally accepted truth or premise
motif - a repeated, reoccurring theme
mantra - often repeated idea, often w/o thought; maxim
autonomous – self governing
dissident – someone who disagrees
oratory – art of public speaking
clarion (adj) – loud and clear
sabbatical – period of leave associated w/ rest
embed – place, lodge, or fix in place
invocation – calling upon higher power for help; prayer

3.
descriptive grammar – represents the unconscious linguistic knowledge or capacity of speakers of a given language
arbitrary – based on whim, random
linguistic – relating to language
prescriptive grammar – attempts to legislate what grammar should be
prestige dialect – the language spoken by the dominant social-economic class
semantics – study of meaning in language
lexicon – known/available vocabulary
gerund – a noun formed from a verb using -ing, describing an action, state, or process
grotesque – blending reality and fantasy, often in a strange or disturbing way
burlesque – imitation of the lofty in a low style, mockery

4.
· morpheme – most elemental unit of grammatical form
· hierarchy – arranged in ranks, or graded according to importance
· lexical gap – words that are not in the dictionary but can be formed by the sounds available to the language
· palatable – acceptable to the senses, esp. taste
· anecdote - a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
· cognate - related by descent from the same ancestral language
· cryptic - secret, occult
· indubitable - too evident to be doubted : unquestionable
· obtuse - difficult to comprehend : not clear or precise in thought or expression
· foible - a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior : weakness

5.
· Direct object – noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive action verb
· Transitive verb – an action verb that has a receiver for its action
· Predicate nominative – a noun that follows and completes a linking verb by renaming the subject
· Linking verb – verb that shows existence or condition
· Objective complement – follows and renames a direct object; needs a verb-elect
· Appositive – an expression that explains or identifies a noun or pronoun within a sentence, usually comes right after the word it explains
· Clause – a group of words containing a subject and a predicate
· Independent clause – expresses a complete idea and can stand alone in a sentence
· Dependent clause – a group of words used as a part of speech; must be combined with an independent clause to make sense
· Noun clause – a dependent clause that does the work of a noun