Coherent Adj. Logically Connected; Consistent; Clearly Expressed
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Vocab 5
1. anagram n. a word or phrase formed from another word or phrase by changing the order of the letters.
2. assertion n. the act of declaring something; a claim or declaration state positively.
3. coherent adj. logically connected; consistent; clearly expressed.
4. goad n. a prod for driving cattle; anything that drives or urges; an irritating stimulus; v. to prod into action; to urge on.
5. noncommittal adj. not committing to any one position or course of action; not revealing one’s purpose or position.
6. quixotic adj. impractically idealistic; marked by a romantic notion of noble or chivalric ideas and deeds.
7. fulminate v. to talk or argue violently and loudly; to denounce; to explode suddenly
8. inexplicable adj. impossible to explain or understand.
9. proboscis n. the long snout of an animal; a nose especially a prominent one; tubular organ.
10. surmise v. to guess or suppose; n. a guess based on little evidence
Sentence Formula:
Pattern E: S V Dependent Clause These sentences do not need a comma because no introductory element is used.
Ex.: The moon rode calmly through the clouds as the stars lit the way. Vocab 5 Practice
1. The ogre often includes a hideous mask with a long ______in the place of a human nose.
2. People dressed as ogres enter the village and pretend to be ______. Although they’re really set on eating children, the ogres claim they will be satisfied if the children grind enough corn or catch enough game for them to eat.
3. The ogres love to eat Hopi children, so they try to ______, or urge, Hopi parents into giving up youngsters who have misbehaved.
4. This frightening story may seem ______to observers who don’t understand Hopi ways.
5. The parents, who are part of the drama, make a ______, tremendously noble effort to “save” their children.
6. Just as you make a(n) ______mixing up the letters in one word to make another word, people often mix elements of old folk tales to make a new story.
7. The ______that American Indian tradition doesn’t include dramatic works is simply untrue. Anyone who makes this claim hasn’t seen the drama of the Hopi ogres.
8. You might ______that “The Visitation of the Ogres” has little purpose other than to frighten misbehaving children into minding their parents, but this guess touches on only one level of the ritual’s meaning.
9. The ogres are greedy, lazy monsters who sleep through the planting and harvesting time and then ______because they have nothing to eat. They curse and shout angrily because they see that the hard-working Hopi have plenty of food for the winter.
10. The dramatic ritual “The Visitation of the Ogres” may not seem ______to the non-Hopi viewer, yet all the parts of this children’s play are logically connected. anagram coherent goad noncommittal quixotic assertion fulminate inexplicable proboscis surmise
Sentence Patterns: Write 1 sentence for the pattern using at least 1 vocabulary word in each sentence.
11. S V Dependent Clause
Label the Subject and Verb in the independent clause, the Subordinating Conjunction, and the Subject and Verb in the dependent clause.
12. We played the game on Saturday because it rained all day Friday. Vocab 5 Practice Answer Key
1. proboscis
2. noncommittal
3. goad
4. inexplicable
5. quixotic
6. anagram
7. assertion
8. surmise
9. fulminate
10. coherent
11. S V Dependent Clause
12. S = We V = played S = it V = rained