7th/8th Grade spelling and journal
The Middle School Spelling Bee will be held this coming Monday. I have copies of the study sheet if you want one.
Get the new February Reading Log from my back table - White color this month
Week 4
femininity – Femaleness
Contiguous – neighboring
Incorruptible – won’t go bad
Pernicious – evil
Euphemism – suggestive prhase
hyperbole – exaggeration
arachnid – spider
paradigm – view point
pneumatic – air powered
cacophony – noisy
Denouement – The final resolution or outcome of a play or a
story. “And they lived happily ever
after.”
Name
the denouement in these movies: Cinderella, Little Mermaid, Shrek.
1. Abbreviate -
shorten
2. Abscess – sore,
inflamed skin
3. Accede – to agree
4. Accommodate – help
out
5. Accurate - right
6. Ache – pain
7. Acquaintance -
friend
8. Acquiesce – to
give in
9. Adjourn – to
suspend, pause
10. Admissible –
allowable
Misplaced Modifiers – Add more info to a word
– modifiers that have been placed incorrectly; so the meaning
of the sentence is not clear. Modifiers
should be placed as close as possible to the word they modify.
·
We have an assortment of combs for active people
with unbreakable teeth.
·
Eagerly awaiting her birthday, Mary's presents
were all picked up and admired by Mary many times throughout the course of the
day.
·
Princess Beatrice was photographed running in the surf on the
island of St Barts with her American boyfriend Dave Clark dressed in a blue
bikini last month
·
They just said it's going to rain on the radio
·
You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian
composers, artists, and writers are buried daily, except on Thursdays.
·
Her only full-time paid employee is a pleasant young woman with
a nose ring named Rebecca, who sits at the front desk.
·
She handed out brownies to children wrapped in Tupperware.
Dangling Modifiers
A word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in
the sentence. A modifier describes,
clarifies, or gives more detail about a concept.
·
Having
finished the assignment, the
TV was turned
on
·
Having
arrived late for practice, a
written excuse
was needed
·
Without
knowing his name, it was difficult to introduce him
·
To
improve his results, the
experiment was
done again
·
The experiment was a failure, not having studied the lab manual
carefully
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