Foundation Vocabulary List 1 Honors

Foundation Vocabulary List - Heterogeneous POS Word Definition 1. analyze 2. concise

3. conundrum 4. cynical 5. enhance 6. fragment 7. imply 8. infer

9. melancholy 10. nostalgic

1 Answer the following questions in full sentences using the vocabulary word. Underline the vocabulary word.

Ex: A person might want to analyze a story to determine the type of genre it represents.

1. Why would someone analyze a story? 2. Is a concise speech a good idea? Explain. 3. What is a situation you would consider a conundrum? 4. What is something that might make someone become cynical? 5. How could you enhance your wardrobe? 6. What is something you might find a fragment of if you went to the city garbage dump? 7. How can you imply that you are angry with someone? 8. If you see someone crying what might you infer from this? 9. What is a situation that could make someone melancholy? 10. What is something that you are nostalgic for from your past?

2 Foundation Vocabulary Quiz Form 1 Name ______Points ______/50

Parts of Speech reminders 1. Nouns – are words used to represent people (Ms. Jones, boys), places (New Orleans, hallway), things (Gatorade, situation, part, gas), and ideas (terror, kindness, confusion, excitement, courage) 2. Verbs – words that shows action (confuse, wander, ask, read, think), an occurrence (melt, shine, glitter) or a state of being (be, was, appear, seem, have). 3. Adjectives – words that describe (modify) nouns and pronouns (kind, confused, terrified, shiny, red, glittery, glamorous, ugly, cozy, confident, happy, excited, and courageous).

Part of Word Letter Definition Bank Speech (2 (1 point points each) each) 1 enhance A. doubting, distrustful of human nature 2 infer B. To make something understood without expressing it directly; to hint at something; 3 conundrum C. to come to a conclusion or form an opinion about something on the basis of evidence or reasoning 4 imply D. a confusing and difficult problem or situation 5 cynical E. longing for the past 6 melancholy F. using as few words as possible to give the necessary information 7 nostalgic G. to make better 8 concise H. a feeling of sadness

10 fragment I. to examine carefully and in detail 11 Analyze J. an incomplete, unfinished, or broken part

Part 2-Fill in the blanks for the following sentences: (2 points each)

1. The end of the story was so sad that most readers felt ______after reading that the main character died.

2. I did not understand Kelly's note. There was only a ______left after the dog tore it out of her notebook. 3. A fresh coat of paint and some new carpet could really ______the old house. 4. I created a ______for myself when I promised to babysit for two different families on the same night. 5. I wish that Charles Dickens could have been more ______. His book Great Expectations is over five hundred pages, and I think it could easily have been half that length. 6. After I ______(ed) the poem, I realize the author was suggesting that courage is more important than safety. 7. Janice seemed to ______that she was mad at Gail when she gave Gail a dirty look as she walked by. 8. All of the girls in the cafeteria, were able to ______that Janice and Gail had had an argument about something earlier in the day. 9. Karla was ______for the fun she had in kindergarten when she thought about how much homework she had in her freshman classes. 10. When I read stories about people stealing from innocent senior citizens, I feel ______about people in modern society.

3 Foundation Vocabulary Quiz Form 2 Name ______Points ______/50

Parts of Speech reminders 1. Nouns – are words used to represent people (Ms. Jones, boys), places (New Orleans, hallway), things (Gatorade, situation, part, gas), and ideas (terror, kindness, confusion, excitement, courage) 2. Verbs – words that shows action (confuse, wander, ask, read, think), an occurrence (melt, shine, glitter) or a state of being (be, was, appear, seem, have). 3. Adjectives – words that describe (modify) nouns and pronouns (kind, confused, terrified, shiny, red, glittery, glamorous, ugly, cozy, confident, happy, excited, and courageous).

Part of Word Letter Definition Bank Speech (2 points (1 points each) each) 1 Concise A. a confusing and difficult problem or situation 2 Infer B. to examine carefully and in detail 3 Enhance C. longing for the past 4 Imply D. to come to a conclusion or form an opinion about something on the basis of evidence or reasoning 5 Cynical E. an incomplete, unfinished, or broken part 6 Melancholy F. to make better

7 Nostalgic G. doubting, distrustful of human nature 8 Conundrum H. To make something understood without expressing it directly to hint at something 9 Analyze I. using as few words as possible to give the necessary information 10 Fragment J. a feeling of sadness

Part 2-Fill in the blanks for the following sentences: Correct spelling counts. (2 points each)

1.Tom seem to ______that he was nervous about the test when he shook his head as the papers were handed out. 2.The class was able to ______that he made a good grade by his smile when Ms. Scott handed him the graded paper. 3. The sad song gave the audience a feeling of ______. 4. Paul is very ______about human nature because he has been hurt by people he thought were his friends. 5. When faced with all of the stress of high school, some students become ______for the old days of nap time and coloring in class. 6. One way to ______your wardrobe is to add a new pair of shoes or a new shirt. 7. I wanted to improve my writing so instead of having sentences that rambled on, I made my writing more ______. 8. Hannah faced a challenging ______during the summer. If she went to swim camp, she would miss volleyball practice. How could she participate in her two favorite sports? 9. In order to understand the book, I ______(ed) the author's word choice and style. 10. After Madison dropped her glass, she stepped on a ______while she was trying to clean up the mess.

4 1. If you want to someone to leave your house, you might ______it is late by yawning. 2. If the visitor was smart, he might ______that you want to be alone. 3. When you read or hear something sad, you might get a feeling of ______. 4. Moving to the south was ______. I was glad to leave the cold weather of the north, but I missed my friends. 5. When I hear music from Led Zeppelin, or Prince, I get ______for my childhood 6. Some people use makeup or tanning in order to ______their looks. 7. I wanted to improve my writing so instead of having sentences that rambled on, I made my writing more ______. 8. I like reading short stories because the author has to be ______to give the reader the entire plot in only a few pages. This is not the case with novels, such as Great Expectations which seem to go and on. 9. The phrase "If it snows" is a ______of a sentence because it is not a complete thought. 10. Cheryl will ______the documents to learn about the history of North Carolina.