Vivid Vocabulary In Excerpt B

Vivid Vocabulary In Excerpt B
To be an effective writer, one has to use certain strategies, and approaches instead of just vomiting words all over a paper. A good strategy to start off
with is; creating sentences and thoughts that provoke the reader. In my opinion, if there's no sentences that require the reader to think– the whole essay
has no meaning or punch to it. In Excerpt B the main character of the novel is clearly not in a good spot in life, trying to run away from something
or someone. "I propped myself up with my back to the stone wall and gave myself up to a full, rich recognition of the danger and hopelessness of
my position" (Excerpt B) The reader clearly sees this character is in a lot of trouble. From what, the reader doesn't know. With suspense such as this,
the reader will probably be curious and...show more content...
Vivid vocabulary is key when trying to keep a reader entertained. Whether it be about seeing, smelling, or an ominous force, it will help the reader
stay involved. If a reader doesn't use vivid vocabulary in their essay, it will turn their essay into a dictionary. Excerpt B is no dictionary, It will put
its reader into the dirty situation that the main character is in. The main character found himself in a particularly dirty situation. " There I was, a mud
man in a confusion of noise, flashing lights, and the stink of gelignite"(Excerpt B). The reader can infer from that that the main character is a huge
mess, in the middle of a crazy situation with lots of lights and strange noises. Most certainly cannot be good for the main character. The reader now
knows the character is in big trouble, and it looks like a bleak outcome for this character. In turn using colorful vocabulary stimulates the reader to
continue reading and not being bored whilst doing so. There is one more critical element to writing that can make or break a story/essay, sentence
variety and
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My Vocabulary: The Evolution Of A Writer
My writing is strong in several areas: I compose dynamic titles, I construct united paragraphs, and I utilize colorful vocabulary. For example, "The
Evolution of a Writer" seizes a reader's attention while inciting questions of the cause of the writer's evolution. My paragraphs are brought together in a
cohesive manner, each providing support for the thesis and linking to the paragraphs that precede and follow. As for vocabulary, I employ words such
as fervent, genesis, and henceforth with ease.
While I had previous knowledge of the aforementioned strengths, there were two areas I had not expected to excel in: writing a thesis and writing a
conclusion. Though I received positive comments on both areas, neither have been points of strength

The Importance Of English Academic Vocabulary
Introduction
There are many students choosing to study abroad, most of them are choosing the developed countries as their first choice, such as the US, UK and so
on. Thus, learning English well is an important factor for students to study abroad. In addition, it is often claimed that vocabulary is the foundation of
the language competence, thus insufficient academic vocabulary knowledge would be a key challenge for students to study. Most students spend much
time on learning English vocabulary, but the result is not very good. Therefore, it probably needs to find the most effective ways to improve students
learning efficiency. This essay will examine some research and find out the effective ways for international students to learn the English academic
vocabulary.
Definition of the English Academic Vocabulary
First of all, according to Gardner and Davies (2014), the Academic Vocabulary List is based on a 120–million–word academic sub–corpus of the Corpus
of Contemporary American. In addition, there are two different ways to define the academic vocabulary, domain–specific academic vocabulary and
general academic vocabulary. The domain–specific academic vocabulary includes the low–frequency words and phrases, and these terms and words are
included in content area textbooks and other technical materials. The general academic vocabulary includes the words that are modest frequency from
academic domains but not in literary texts, and sometimes general academic vocabulary have

High Vocabulary Analysis
When I was reviewing other people assignments I learned numerous ways to write or how not to write an essay. The best essay that I peer edit was
mostly because they knew how to elaborate on details without writing a run–on sentence. There were essays that struggled to explain what the story
was about, but punctuation and high vocabulary made the narrative more entertaining. Last but not least, the writer of the piece needs to know on
how to keep the reader involve without overwhelming the reader. The best essay that I reviewed was an educated person, how did I know this,
because the author attracted my attention by elaborating on detail without over whelming the reader. Some authors are too simple or to vivid on what
they say; in result the reading pieces could be too boring or too difficult to understand. Furthermore, the best option to think of is to know the
audience that you are writing for and stick to the audience. In the process of peer editing the essays, I notice I was too vague on my essays on...show
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Punctuation is crucial when you write any piece of literature. While I was peer editing, one common problem always occurs and they were run–on
sentences. Run–ons separate great writers from the poor writers. I always kept punctuation on my mind while writing my essay because I know
punctuation is crucial while writing any essay so I always review my narrative. However, vocabulary could be a hazard to while writing an essay.
Vocabulary separates the children from adults in real life. When I read stories, I know when they are written by uneducated people because they
use simple words such as big, good, bad, and etc. In order to get away from baby words I need to use a thesaurus to expand on what I am trying to
explain. I myself, a junior in high school, been a victim of using baby words, but there are no excuses so I am trying to create a habit to expand on my

Academic Vocabulary Paper
This paper reviews the research on best practices for teaching academic vocabulary within the classroom. The different types of academic vocabulary
are defined. The common themes presented are the importance of limiting the number of vocabulary words chosen for instruction, providing direct
instruction of vocabulary, providing students with multiple exposures to words, and creating word rich environment within the classroom. The paper
concludes with personal reflection of the author and implications for professional instructional practices.
Key Words: academic vocabulary, direct–instruction– word choice, word–rich environment, word consciousness, instructional practices, vocabulary
instruction
Best Practices in Academic Vocabulary
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It will then present four key components of an effective vocabulary instruction program: word choice, direct instruction of strategies, multiple
exposures to new vocabulary, and creating a word–rich environment. In conclusion the paper will present the authors reflection as well as implications
for instructional practices.
What is Academic Vocabulary?
When discussing academic vocabulary it is important to first understand what academic vocabulary is defined as. In What is Academic Vocabulary?
(Baumann &Graves, 2010, page number?) academic vocabulary is broken into two different categories. Domain–specific academic vocabulary is
vocabulary that is specific to certain content. This is vocabulary that is often found in content textbooks. General academic vocabulary words are words
that appear across content areas. These are words that may have different meanings across content areas depending on the context in which they are
used.
Baumann and Graves also include metalanguage and symbols in academic vocabulary (11, 2010). They define metalanguage as the processes or
expressions that are often used in math. Math often has many symbols that are used to represent objects or mathematical expressions. These are also
part of academic language and need to be taught as

Personal Narrative: My Vocabulary
The key to having an sensational essay is to have a breathtaking introduction filled with many powerful and complex vocabulary, that flows through
like a story. Being a writer in a advance placement class, during the beginning of the school year, I was not very confident coming into the class. There
were many concerns regarding my writing ability such as: spelling, punctuation and emphasizing advanced vocabulary. Starting off in this class put a
huge stress load on my back. I was challenged in every aspect in writing, from the nine point scale to minor punctuation mistakes. As the semester
continued, I've developed many new skills such as learning when or when not to use a comma, how to expand my vocabulary and how to use long and
short sentences in order to make the essay's more fascinating. Even though, the essays were very...show more content...
I have discovered by motivating myself to exceed and go beyond expectations as a writer I can achieve much more than what I planned for. I have also
discovered that by illustrating new and unique vocabulary into my writing, it opens a whole new way of thinking about that topic, which is intriguing.
Looking back on my rubrics and the nine point scale to see what I have improved, I can already tell that I dramatically inclined with my writing.
When I first started out in this class, I started with a four. The reason I got a four was because I had many crucial mistakes in my essay that need to
be fix. For starters, when I first began writing my first essay which was the Lord of the Flies I started off my essay with an appalling introduction,
"A leader who is someone that takes risks, does what is best for their tribe and is able to make sure their tribe survives without any

My Vocabulary-Personal Narrative
'During eighth grade I have improved in the department of narrative writing and using better vocabulary in my writing pieces. This year I feel that
my narratives have improved not only in how I write them and the length. I had always had trouble getting enough ideas to put into my narratives,
and I really struggled with finding the right words to make them complete. I also struggled with finding good transition words and putting them
into my story. One of the problems with word choice I had was, I would put the same word in each sentence and it sounded weird, but I had a very
limited range of vocab word that I knew so it was hard for me to find any other good words to use in my pieces. But over time I have expanded my
vocab and it is now very easy for me to find good words to use in my...show more content...
The same was with my transition words. I had a very hard time finding good transition words and not ruining my pieces because I could not find good
vocab. I have improved in narrative writing, and I do enjoy writing narratives much much more than I did back than in sixth grade. Like now I love
to make dark, mysterious narratives like off of a picture or making one up on the spot. I have a lot of ideas for narratives and I love making stories
and reading over them when I am finished here is a little example of a narrative that I wrote this year, " I could feel the branches pulling and
ripping my pants, i cursed under my breath as a low hanging vine cut my newly exposed ankle." this is a little piece of writing and it is a scene
where a man is running through a forest after it has freshly rained. I really like the vocab and the way that iIwrote it, to me it's fun to read and easy
to understand. With the vocab the way that I have really improved, example; I ran through the playground as I hit my head on the chair and than I hit
my head on the ground too. It really hurt. But now I would say, "as I ran through the playground I felt my feet slipping and my head smashing on the
metal

Vocabulary In English
Nowadays, English has became a very influential language in the world. As an International language, most of communities in the world use English in
their daily life. Indonesia puts English as a foreign language. Different from other countries such as, Malaysia and Singapore which are put English as
their second language. In Indonesia, English has been taught at formal schools from Kindergarten, Elementary School up to the twelfth grade of Senior
High School and even in the university.
There are four skills in learning English. They are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. In mastering those skills, the student should master
vocabulary first. Cameron (2001) stated that in acquiring a language, vocabulary, as one of the knowledge...show more content...
To give the best quality in teaching English to the young learners, the teachers should know and understand them. Harmer (2001) says that unless
activities are extremely engaging, they get bored easily, loosing interest after ten minutes or so. So that, the teacher should be creative to make them
interest in learning English by choosing the best method in teaching. Therefore, this is a challenge for the English teachers how to make the students
have fun in

Listening Vocabulary Study Guide
Listening Vocabulary: Listening vocabulary is the largest type and consists of the words we recognize when listening to speech. Words are learned
through daily experiences and conversation. The more words that are heard the more words that will be understood. Individuals use gestures, tone and
context to enhance their listening vocabulary.
Speaking Vocabulary: Speaking vocabulary, a subset of listening vocabulary, refers to the words that an individual uses in speech. Adults use
approximately 5,000 to 10,000 words for daily conversations.
Reading Vocabulary: Reading vocabulary, another subset of listening vocabulary, refers to the words that are understood when reading. Readers can
understand words that are not used in speaking vocabulary. If a person reads, their reading...show more content...
Word Walls: Words of importance to a classroom, including high frequency sight words or words from a literary unit are placed on the wall in the
classroom.
Academic Word Walls: Words of importance to the class that come from core content subject areas, such as math, social studies and science.
Key Vocabulary: words that come from a child's experience generally for beginner or emergent readers. The teacher asks a student what words (s)he
wants to learn and after instruction is completed the student is asked to discuss the word with as many people as possible. The word is later added to
the child's writing folder or word bank.
Discovery Words: Words that students are exposed to during the course of a school day. Their content subjects and daily vocabulary. These words
should be included in word walls and word banks.
Text Talk: Text talk is a read aloud system used to build listening vocabulary. The books chosen should be above the student's independent reading level.
A)Selection Text: The teacher explains why the text was chosen and the genre of the

Vocabulary Essay In English
Learning another language is never easy. It requires a lot of effort to become competent in that language. Many things have to be considered to be
able to learn well a target language. One question that a learner has to ask himself is what he could focus in learning a language. Vocabulary plays a
vital role in learning any language. Vocabulary is "the knowledge of words and their meanings (Nash & Snowling as cited by Hansen, 2009)." With
vocabulary knowledge, a person can enhance his/her understanding of the written and listening inputs that he/she encounters. Learning words entails
reading and listening, yet, this becomes unattainable without knowing the meaning of the words. As Hazzlitt (1993) says, "if you do not know the
word, you can hardly know the thing (p.51)." Also, vocabulary aids in conveying ideas, thoughts and emotions, may it be written or spoken. Hence,
vocabulary is an indispensable tool in every language....show more content...
This makes the country as the fifth English largest speaking country in the world. However, although Philippines is considered as an English speaking
country, its English hold is now declining compared to its proficiency before. Philstar.com (2002) reported an article, "Study Shows Filipino College
Studes not Proficient in English," stating that college graduating students' English proficiency is only at the basic level of working proficiency which
means that they could hardly understand native English speakers. Also, Macasinag's (2011) article "On the Decline of English Proficiency" stated that
Filipinos are losing their competitive edge with regard to English abilities and that our claim as one of the top speaking countries may no longer be

Vocabulary In Vocabulary
Vocabulary is a crucial part of language that it is unattainable for a language system to achieve without them. Language structure is considered "the
skeleton of the language," it agreed that vocabulary is "the vital organs and flesh" (Harmer, 1991). So learning a language is to learn its vocabulary
first. The acquisition of vocabulary is the central task for second language acquisition, and the language learners' vocabulary competence takes a
prestigious effect on the development and improvement of their ability to listen, speak, read and write (Lewis, 1993). In Vietnam, English education is
intensely concentrated to all over the country and English has become a compulsory subject at all colleges and universities. However, we are often
faced with such a situation: the students, after having learnt English for so many years, can memorize a large...show more content...
In comparing with L2 speakers, native speakers have the knowledge about which words go together and how to use the varied words. Having such
knowledge is one of the vital abilities of native speakers. These mixtures of words are referred to as "lexical phrases". The proper use of lexical phrases
is important to sound like a native speaker (Ellis, 1996), yet this is not so stress–free for non–native speakers of a target language (Vasiljevic, 2008).
Using lexical phrases exactly is essential in order to make language with native–like accuracy or near–native competency. However, even advanced
EFL learners have suffered with lexical phrases. Learners in EFL settings typically have the problem of lacking experience to the target language and
consequently, they are often not aware of the differences in lexical phrases restrictions between the L1 and the L2. The gap between L1 and L2
interferes with the acquisition of lexical phrases in the target language and might "even lead to lexical fossilization" (Vasiljevic, 2008, p.

English Vocabulary
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background of the study
Vocabulary plays an important role in all four aspect which are listening skills, speaking skills, reading skills as well as writing skills. In recent years,
English Language has played an important role in our education system as well as the whole world. I could say that English Language has become "
lingua franca" or medium of communication around the world. It is becoming more and more important and we should learn this language as our
second language in order to stay connected with the world. So, in my opinion, the first step to learn English Language is that we must acquire the
vocabulary of the language. Based on an article that I have read from Alqahtani, M. (2015), vocabulary can be defined as the words of a language.
Vocabulary is central to English language teaching because without sufficient vocabulary students...show more content...
Whereas according to Richards and Renandya (2002) (as cited in Rohmatillah, 2014), vocabulary is a core component of language proficiency and

Diction And Vocabulary
Diction: Diction refers to the word choice you use in your writing. The vocab you use in your writing should compliment the type of assignment you
are working on. You can write with formal diction, casual diction, or informal diction. The words you use can have a different meaning even if they
are similarly defined. For example, the phrase "tearing down the trees" has more of a negative connotation attached to it instead of the phrase "cutting
down the trees". Diction's intended effect is to impart information, ideas, or impressions and to evoke emotions and feelings from the reader.High
/formal: High or formal diction usually contains words that convey elegance and poise. It typically does not contain slang, idioms, clichГ©s,
colloquialisms,

Vocabulary Sentences
Vocabulary Sentences Lesson 3 Anonymous: Because the author of the book was anonymous, Liz could not give anyone credit for writing the
book; she did not know who did it. (Of an unknown source, adj.) Anthology: The anthology of poems lay untouched because Jim was too lazy to
read an entire collection of poems. (A collection of various writings, n.) Conjuncture: Olly conjectured that Fred had already taken out the trash
without even asking and because he did not make sure the job was done, his father got mad at him for not taking out the trash. (A conclusion based
one guess work, n.) Disposition: Bill is a gentleman of fine disposition unlike his brother who is grumpy and angry all of the time. (A person's usual
mood, n.) Encompass: Jack's report card...show more content...
(Cunning or deceit in dealing with others; trickery, n.) Imperative: Bill's mother made an imperative decision to keep all of the lighters away from
baby Bill. (Important, adj.) Instill: Jack's father, Harry, had instilled good manners on Jack; therefore, when he met new people, he always shook their
hands and politely greeted them. (To introduce gradually, v.) Modify: After Jack found out his sculpture was too big to fit in his room, he modified it
in order to make it smaller. (To change, v.) Pivotal: The moment when mankind would invent the wheel, would be one of the most important, pivotal
moments in human history. (important, adj.) Prevalent: Good grades in social studies last year were prevalent because the teacher did not give any
tests or hard quizzes. (commonly occurring, adj.) Recur: Jim hopes after giving a flu vaccination to every child in the school, it will prevent
reoccurrence of any flu virus. (The act of recurring, n.) Spontaneous: Jack and Liz spontaneously brought snacks to the soccer game, and now the team
had 2 times as many snacks that they needed. (voluntary and unplanned,

Vocabulary Observation
Data Analysis: I have collected both qualitative and quantitative data in order to understand the impact of vocabulary instruction on reading
comprehension. Based on the surveys, it is clear that students like learning new words and they think vocabulary instruction is important. According to
the survey some students also believe that they can learn new words in other ways and not only at school, however those opportunities are limited
since everyone in their community speaks Chinese. For my second data source, I used my personal observations during reading and writing time.
Observations gave me the chance to observe my students and see how context–based words, in this case science vocabulary, were used in both reading
and writing. According...show more content...
It was an informal meeting in my classroom where I presented my action research project. I started with describing the problem statement and data that
I have collected. According to M. McKinnon (personal communication, June, 14, 2017) her second grade classroom had similar experience during the
last science, writing, and reading unit. She agreed that supporting ELL with explicit vocabulary instruction helped them a lot not only in reading, but in
writing and speaking too. J. Henson (personal communication, June 14, 2017) added that aligning our units of study will support our students better
and give them enough opportunities to practice new vocabulary. He also mentioned that adding tier II vocabulary to our current units of study will be
beneficial for our students. One of the next steps our team needs to work on is adding the vocabulary part to the curriculum maps.
Part 3: Future Actions
Vocabulary instruction plays an important role in developing language with ELL students. After conducting the research project on the importance of
vocabulary instruction and reading comprehension, I expect to continue supporting my students with necessary vocabulary instruction in order to grow
their knowledge of language. I will continue to collaborate with our ELD teacher when selecting vocabulary as well. My future project will be focused
on the best scientifically–based practices to deliver vocabulary instruction to ELL

What Is Vocabulary Acquisition?
Vocabulary acquisition is one of the essential aspects of language proficiency. Having a knowledge of only grammatical structures is not sufficient to
contribute to a successful language acquisition. There should be a certain amount of vocabulary knowledge which can aid a foreign language
competence. Following these lines, beginners are pressured to store many words in their memory and prepare them for instant use. Oxford and
Scarcella (1994) suggest that vocabulary learning strategies help users of a foreign language (FL) reach certain number of remembered words. Thus, the
knowledge of various language strategies can potentially aid reaching a high FL proficiency.
The research on language strategies has reached its blooom in the last forty years. So far, various aspects of the field have been examined in more
detail, with vocabulary strategies being one of the important components. For instance, according to the research in vocabulary strategies (Nation
1990), words which have a high frequency are important in vocabulary learning and teaching. So far, many studies in linguistics have focused on
positive strategies and "good learner" strategies (Nation 1990, Oxford 1990, Gu and Johnson 1996, Thornbury 2002)....show more content...
The area of vocabulary acquisition was not given much importance around 1950's due to former dominating approaches which emphasized the
imposrtance of grammar and phonology. Generative transformational linguistics (Chomsky, 1957) is one of the theories labelling vocabulary as
secondary to the language acquisition. Somewhere around the 1970's, teaching perspectives started to change. Instead of a teacher–oriented approach,
the focus was on learners' awareness and control of a language. Considering that pupils are becoming more active in the process of acquisition,
learning strategies should be presented as tools for reaching a desired competence in a

Teachers who work with English Language Learners know that academic language takes longer to achieve proficiency in than does conversational
language. On average, ELL students need at least two years to achieve conversational language and, five to nine years to develop academic language
proficiency. Many English words ELL students are exposed to in school, they have not yet learned or even heard in their first language, which makes
transference of knowledge impossible. The vast differences in the ability to use conversational versus academic language can be a hindrance to these
students and have lasting effects on their academics and therefore, their lives. I was interested in finding out how teachers can help ELL students to
develop...show more content...
It is common strategy to use visual aides with ELL students; graphic organizers are visual aides. More so, they are a visual aide that the student has a
hand in creating as they enter information in their own words, this helps to make the link to the information more memorable. A graphic organizer is
also an effective study tool for an ESL student. The student can go back to the graphic organizer they created for a particular lesson to review key
points and vocabulary, and even use them as they take notes from their texts. Traditionally, textbooks are written in a compare and contrast format,
which is difficult for students that do not know English text to understand. Mastering this can help young learners to comprehend new information and
increase vocabulary. When a student's understanding of academic words increases, so does the likelihood that they will participate in classroom
activities. This is an all around positive, as participation improves so will, reading comprehension, social skills/self esteem, and vocabulary base.
Understanding the importance of English text structure with regard to ELL students is vital to helping them understand complicated new information
and recall vocabulary. ELL classroom teachers in grades K–3 should understand how important it is for these students to be introduced to informational
text early in their academic careers. These types of text structures offer opportunities to not only increase new knowledge and

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