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Jordan

January 14, 2008

More Useful words in English

Here are some more words that you'll come across in English
lessons.
Using the chart as a guide, try to memorize all
of them.
Have you looked back at mem1 and mem2 recently?
 
WORDSYLLABLESDIFFICULT BITS
metaphormet-a-phor-ph-
mythmyth-y- (not -i-)
narratornar-rat-or
onomatopoeiaon-o-mat-o-poei-athat last but one syllable is a real pain isn't it?
pamphletpam-phlet-phlet
personificationper-son-if-ic-a-tioneasy when you break it up into syllables
prepositionpre-pos-i-tion
playwrightplay-wrightdon't forget the -w- 
resolutionre-sol-u-tion
rhymerhymeI often get this one
wrong: (I forget the -h-)
scenescenesc- (like science)
similesim-i-le-le
soliloquysol-il-o-quy-quy
synonymsy-no-nymsy- and -nym
tabloidtab-loid-loid (noise, voice etc)
vocabularyvo-cab-u-larypronounce it clearly
vowelvow-eldon't forget -e-

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