Christina B. answered • 04/03/19
Experienced, Positive, and Effective Tutor with an M.Ed.
Hi Isobel,
A strategy I like to use for this common vocabulary assignment is to start by looking at the definitions and parts of speech. I've listed them below. (The definitions below are taken from Merriam-Webster.com and are not my own words.)
- Synthesise (verb): to combine (things) in order to make something new
- Hyperbole (noun): exaggeration
- Statistics (noun): a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of masses of numerical data; or a collection of quantitative data
- Hypophora (noun): when a writer poses a question in his or her writing and then answers it
- Verbose (adjective): containing more words than necessary
- Verbatim (adverb): in the exact words : word for word
- Paraphrase (noun): a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form; or (verb) to make a paraphrase
- Sophisticated (adjective): deprived of native or original simplicity: such as having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world cultivated especially through wide experience
- Pathos (noun): an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion; or an emotion of sympathetic pity
As I look at this group of vocabulary, I see that a lot of them have to do with words or writing: hypophora, verbose, verbatim, paraphrase. Even hyperbole could have to do with words or writing, as one might exaggerate (or avoid exaggeration) while writing. I would suggest using this as a launching point to make your paragraph about a writer. You could describe the writer or his or her writing as sophisticated (or not sophisticated). From there, you only need to figure out how to include three more words.
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