Name: ______
Date: ______
Period: ______
Vocabulary Activity #1
Write five sentences about a sports figure, celebrity, or other famous person using at least two vocabulary words in each sentence. Underline the words!
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Date: ______
Period: ______
Vocabulary Activity #2
Write a conversation (5 exchanges between 2 speakers) using a vocabulary word in each exchange.
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*Feel free to create a longer conversation using more vocabulary words for extra credit!
Name: ______
Date: ______
Period: ______
Vocabulary Activity #3
List 5 vocabulary words of your choice from your current list and create a synonym/antonym for each. Feel free to use additional words from your present list and past lists if you would like to receive extra credit!
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Date: ______
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Vocabulary Quiz 36 and 37
Matching:
1. Choleric _____ A. forcibly expressive
2. Cryptic _____ B. a minor offense
3. Dogmatic _____ C. over-elaborated language
4. Emphatic _____ D. widespread; general
5. Idyllic _____ E. a verbal denunciation
6. Logistics _____ F. quick to anger
7. Pandemic _____ G. the management of details
8. Peccadillo _____ H. having a hidden meaning
9. Philippic _____ I. naturally peaceful
10. Rhetoric _____ J. an authoritative assertion of
opinions
A. Abstract B. Accountable C. Adroit D. Baubles
E. Circumspect F. Defunct G. Ostensible
H. Palpable I. Pliable J. Succinct
Fill in the Blank:
1. After Britney Spears’ performance at the VMA’s, people think her career is ______.
2. Never one for _____, Beyonce’ always wears real diamonds.
3. Students demonstrate their ______when they remain open to new ideas.
4. Ms. Ayers’ directions to her house were so ______we were lost for 2 hours.
5. Many students are more ______on the computer than their teachers.
6. Barak Obama’s speech was ______but effective.
7. Because the judge was ______, he was usually considered impartial.
8. The ______reason that Kate became a waitress was because she needed the money.
9. All students at MacArthur are held ______for passing all parts of the TAKS test.
10. The ______imagery helps make the poem easier to understand.