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Vocabulary

A Sound of Thunder

By: Ray BradburySlide2

Create a chart and place the vocabulary words below in the category they belong in for you.

Know Well

Think I

KnowDon’t Know

Annihilate

Correlate

Expendable

Infinitesimally

Malfunctioning

Paradox

Resilient

Stagnating

Subliminal

UndulateSlide3

Now for a closer look…

What are some different ways we could figure out what these words mean without looking them up?Slide4

Context Clues

Context Clues

are hints that the author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word. The clue may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or

the sentences immediately before and/or after. Because most of your vocabulary is gained through reading, it is important that you be able to recognize and take advantage of context clues.Slide5

There are four main types of context clues to look for.

Synonyms

Antonyms

ExplanationsExamplesSlide6

Types of Context Clues: Synonym

What’s a synonym?

a word

with the same meaning, used in the sentence. Example:My opponent's argument is fallacious, misleading, and just plain wrong.Slide7

Types of Context Clues: Antonym

What’s an antonym?

A word or group of words that have the opposite meaning can reveal the meaning of the unknown term.

Example:Although some men are loquacious, others hardly talk at all. Slide8

Types of Context Clues: Explanation

The unknown word is explained within the sentence or in a sentence immediately preceding.

Example:

The patient is so somnolent that she requires medication to help her stay awake for more than a short time. Slide9

Types of Context Clues: Example

Specific examples are used to define the term.

Example:

Celestial bodies, such as the sun, moon, and stars, are governed by predictable laws.Slide10

Roots: What are they?

A

root

, as its name suggests, is a word or word part from which other words grow, usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. Slide11

Roots: Example

The

root of the word

vocabulary, for example, is voc, a Latin root meaning "word" or "name." This root also appears in the words advocacy, convocation, evocative, vocal, and vociferous.Slide12

Roots: How can they help

?

Understanding

the meanings of the common word roots can help us deduce the meanings of new words that we encounter. But be careful: root words can have more than one meaning and various shades of meaning. In addition, words that look similar may derive from different roots. So when you meet up with a new word, be sure to rely on a dictionary to check its definition.Slide13

annihilate

Context clues

“…one particular mouse destroyed…” “With a stamp of your foot you

annihilate first one, then a dozen…”RootsNihil: nothing (Latin)Ate: to do (Latin)Slide14

correlate

Context clues

“… I note the exact hour, minute, and second. I shoot a paint bomb. It leaves a red patch on his side. We can’t miss it. Then I

correlate our arrival in the Past so that we meet the Monster not more than two minutes before he would have died anyway.”RootsCor: together with (Latin)Late: to bear or carry (Latin)Slide15

expendable

Context Clues

“And the caveman, please note, is not just any

expendable man, no! He is an entire future nation.”RootsAble: suitable skills to accomplish something (Latin)Pend: to cause to hang down, weighing down (Latin)Slide16

infinitesimally

Context Clues

“Crushing certain plants could add up

infinitesimally. A little error here would multiply in sixty million years, all out of proportion.”RootsFin: end, last; limit, border, boundary (Latin)Slide17

malfunctioning

Context Clues

“…you could hear the sighs and murmurs as the furthest chambers of it died, the organs

malfunctioning, liquids running a final instant from pocket to sac to spleen, everything shutting off, closing up forever.”RootsFunct: to perform or execute (Latin)Mal: bad or badly (Latin)Slide18

paradox

Context Clues

“That’d be a

paradox,” said the latter. “Time doesn’t permit that sort of mess – a man meeting himself.”RootsDox: believe, that which is thought to be true (Greek)Para: wrong, irregular, abnormal (Greek)Slide19

resilient

Context Clues

“It came on great, oiled,

resilient, striding legs. It towered thirty feet above half of the trees…”RootsRe: again (Latin)Sili: leap, jump, spring forward (Latin)Ent: signifies action or being (Latin)Slide20

stagnating

Context Clues

They gazed back at the ruined Monster, the

stagnating mound, where already strange reptilian birds and golden insects were busy at the steaming armor.”RootsSta: to stay (Latin)Ate: to do (Latin)Slide21

subliminal

Context Clues

“…there was a thing to the air, a chemical taint so subtle, so slight, that only a faint cry of his

subliminal senses warned him it was there.” RootsLim: point at which something begins or changes (Latin)Sub: below or beneath (Latin)Slide22

undulate

Context Clues

“In the slime, tiny insects wriggled, so that the entire body seemed to twitch and

undulate, even though the monster itself did not move.”RootsUndu: flow, wave, billow (French)Ate: to do (Latin)Slide23

Now try again: place the vocabulary words below in the category they belong in for you.

Know Well

Think I

KnowDon’t Know

Annihilate

Correlate

Expendable

Infinitesimally

Malfunctioning

Paradox

Resilient

Stagnating

Subliminal

UndulateSlide24

Did you have more in the…

Know Well

Think I KnowSlide25

Match up words to Definitions

Below the level of consciousness

Not working or operating properly

To move in waves or in a smooth, wavelike motions.To destroy completelyA statement or event that sounds impossible but seems to be trueNot worth keeping; not essentialTo figure out or create a relationship between two items or eventsStrong but flexible; able to withstand stress without injuryIn amounts so small as to be barely measurableBecoming foul or rotten from lack of movementSlide26

Are there any words still in the…

I Don’t Know