Tips and Tricks For Making Vocabulary Stick
Here is a quick list of the ways you can make the words in this book your own. That ability to make new words "stick" what we mean by "word power". We hope you'll try out all of these trick and see which ones help you best. Then use them powerfully!
- Reading helps you figure out basically what a word means from its context. Remember, though, it's he subtleties that count when speaking or writing. Context does not convey the full scope of meaning, and in fact can be misleading. What if the word is being used sarcastically?Example: " Well," James eyed Mariss's dress with disapproval."Isn't that just sublime."
- Mnemonics help as global hints to the meaning of a word, and are often easier to remember than the definition ((or fact) itself. This is partly because they have entertainment value. Many students are taught to remember the difference between the word principle and principal by being told,"The principal is your pal." This of course strikes most kids as absurd, which helps them remember, and gets us to our next point.
- Absurd immagery (picture) can help you remember meanings. Take the word flout: to disregard with disrespect. We imagine a strictly religious family Thanksgiving dinner where a floozy (FL) is being told to get out (OUT), for in that traditional family world, no one respects a floozy. Whenever your mind gives you a picture, you will likely remember the word. Your pictures and association will stay with you. This is why this book will not give any of those kinds of associations. They wouldn't work. The point is for you to make up picture from your own experience.
- Etymology is a solid way to figure aout a word. They etymology of a word is its root. Take PED (foot) for instance. PEDal, PEDestrian, exPEDite. These words all have something to do with the foot. All these words have to do with getting somewhere.
- Writing, the act of physically putting the word down on paper, helps to solidify it in a person's mind. Writing the word helps our minds remember. Use flash cards. Use bright markers. Write down the word and its defenition. Put it in a sentence. Read it over. Tes your self. Take out the cards that give you trouble. Keep writing and practicing to build your word power.
- Tongue twisters are childish games that can imprint the meanings of words into grown-up brains. Remember that old one, "Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers"? You may not know the Word peck, but when you say the tongue twister, it is obvious that peck is a quantity, a measurement. As you read the words in each lesson of this book, you can make up your own tongue twisters with the words, for they almost always use the same letter of the alphabet. For example, Lesson 12 has almost all M words: Morose Mavis made herself into a martyr." Better a mercenary maverick,"she moaned. This may not have the zing of Mother Goose, But it will get you through to the meanings.
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