Honors English 9: Unit 1-Analyzing Authors Choices

Name:
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Vocabulary & Grammar No. 1
TEST DATE:
11/16 (B) and 11/17 (A)
Part One: VocabularyMemorize the words and their definitions as given below.
(Extra Credit Opportunity: Submit flashcards in an envelope on test day and
receive +5 on test.)
Practice this list on Vocab.com. It has been assigned to you. Must master by test date.
1. Inveigle: (verb) influence or urge by coaxing, cajoling, or flattering someone
(tricking them into doing something for you).
2. Convalescence: (noun) gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
3. Droll: (adj.) comical in an odd or whimsical manner
4. Consternation: (noun) fear resulting from awareness of danger
5. Contentious: adj. involving or likely to cause controversy / inclined or showing
an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
6. Prodigious: (adj.) so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe / far beyond
what is usual in magnitude or degree; root word: prodigy
7. Forlorn: (adj.) marked by or showing hopelessness
8. Tacit: (adj.) implied by or inferred from actions or statements
9. Irate: (adj.) feeling or showing extreme anger
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Salient: (adj.) very obvious; having a quality that thrusts itself into
attention /in math or geography to mean protruding. A salient angle juts
outward rather than inward. Figuratively, it means noticeable or prominent.
When giving an argument, make your most salient points at the beginning or the
end.
Part Two: ApplicationCreate your own sentence below. Each sentence must contain
the indicated vocabulary word (underlined) and grammar construct (labeled and
highlighted).
1. ___________: gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury; construct: use a
semicolon and a conjunctive adverb to connect two independent clauses.
Highlight/label conjunctive adverb.
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2. ___________: comical in an odd or whimsical manner; construct: use a comma and a
fanboy (coordinating conjunction) to create a compound sentence. Highlight/label the
coordinating conjunction.
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3. ___________ : influence or urge by coaxing, cajoling, or flattering someone (tricking
them into doing something for you); construct: use a cause and effect subordinating
conjunction (subordinator) to create a complex sentence. Highlight/label
subordinating conjunction.

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4. ___________: fear resulting from awareness of danger construct: create a sentence
in which you have one dependent clause linked to an independent clause with a
relative pronoun (that, which, who, whom, whose). Then link this complex sentence to
another independent clause with a conjunctive adverb. Label the relative pronoun and
the conjunctive adverb.
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5. ___________: involving or likely to cause controversy /inclined or showing an
inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; construct: create a
compound sentence that uses a conjunctive adverb. Link this compound sentence to
an independent clause with a coordinating conjunction (fanboy). Highlight/label
conjunctive adverb and the coordinating conjunction (fanboy).
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6. ___________: implied by or inferred from actions or statements; construct: create a
complex sentence with a cause and effect subordinator. Highlight/label subordinating
conjunction.
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7. ___________: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe / far beyond what is
usual in magnitude or degree; construct: create a sentence that links two
independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction (fanboy); then link this compound
sentence to a complex sentence with a subordinator of your choice. Highlight/label
subordinating conjunction and coordinating conjunction (fanboy).
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8. ___________: very obvious; having a quality that thrusts itself into attention;
construct: create a sentence that uses both a dependent and independent clause; then
link this complex sentence to an independent clause with a coordinating conjunction.
Highlight/label the coordinating conjunction and subordinating conjunction.
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9. ___________: marked by or showing hopelessness; construct: create a sentence that
uses both a dependent and independent clause; then link this complex sentence to an

independent clause with a coordinating conjunction. Highlight/label the coordinating

conjunction.
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10. ___________: feeling or showing extreme anger; construct: create a sentence that
links two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction (fanboy); then link this
compound sentence to a complex sentence with a subordinator of your choice.
Highlight/label subordinating conjunction and coordinating conjunction (fanboy).
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