Week 22 of 36 · 10 words · ages 16–17
11th Grade spelling words, week 22: Rhetoric and tone words
11th Grade spelling words · week 22 · Rhetoric and tone words · spellchirp.com
- laconic
- Using very few words.
- pedantic
- Overly fussy about rules and small details.
- sardonic
- Mocking in a bitter, scornful way.
- acerbic
- Sharp and bitter in tone.
- oratory
- The art of giving powerful speeches.
- prolix
- Wordy to the point of being tiresome.
- turgid
- Swollen, or pompous and overblown in style.
- vitriolic
- Bitterly harsh and cruel.
- trenchant
- Cutting and forceful in expression.
- incisive
- Sharp, clear and direct.
Ten minutes a day this week
Short and daily beats long and once. A word met on five separate days is remembered; a word met five times on Thursday night mostly is not.
Monday
Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.
Tuesday
Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.
Wednesday
Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.
Thursday
Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.
Friday
The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.
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