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Test 1--September 20

Rhetorical Terms on This Week's Test Ethos, Logos, and Pathos

Our Collaborative Vocabulary Words for This Week's Test

Lampoon is a verb or noun that means to make fun of and mock a person, or a sharp satire. I found the word in a New York Times article by Marc Lacey titled "Metric Interstate Divides Arizonans". Many Arizonans began to lampoon the sign replacement as one of the most wasteful things to do with tax money. ---Julia P.

(Is this where we post?!) [|Jargony] is adjective that means a way of speaking that is extremely hard to understand. I found this word in an article from the New York Times by Sarah Corbett an article [|"Learning by Playing"], talks about using video games in the classroom. I chose this word because I have never heard of it and I thought it was really descriptive.

Megan S. :)

[|insurgency] definition: being rebellious.

I found this word in the article, "U.S. Debates Karzai's Place in Fighting Corruption" by Mark Mazzeti in the New York Times. The people of the country had insurgency when attempting to overthrow the government.

Sam B.

The definition of inchoate- an adjective- is anything that is unclear, just begun, unorganized, or not yet finished. I found this word in an article titled “What If” from The Times of India. In the article it discusses how Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Uttarakhand were inchoate, or in other words, they lacked structure which in turn caused them to ask for separation. I chose this word because it is the most searched word in the dictionary tool offered by the New York Times. An example sentence could be: //Though the students worked hard on the project, their inchoate ideas caused them to receive a grade lower than what they were hoping for.// [] Gabriele H.

My word is __moratorium__ which is a noun which means a period of delay. It can also mean a suspension. An example of how to use it in a sentence is "The treaty calls for a nuclear testing moratorium". I found it in an article on the Yahoo News Page titled "No deal: Mideast round ends amid fresh violence". It's about the peace the peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. I connected to this word because the origin comes from the Latin morari, meaning to delay or to remain. I am in Latin III and we just learned about this type of verb, and what it means, so I recognized it right away.~ Alison M. [|preternatural] adjective meaning to surpass what is considered natural. I found this in an article from newsweek about reggie bush being forced to forfeit his heisman trophy, [|In Defense of Reggie Bush]. example sentence: The sprinter's preternatural athletic ability left many on-lookers in awe. (Beau S)

appreciating: to raise the price value of something ([]). Found in a Yahoo! Current Events Article about the weakening of the currency yen in Japan. []. Ex: The vase's appreciating worth made it a valuable addition to the collecter's gallery. (Sam C.)

[|periodization] - (adjective) the act or process of dividing history into periods. Found in a workout article. ex: History classes are broken up periodizationally to show events from the past. -Tran