“The Roots –val– and –vince–” Vocabulary Lesson 25

English 11 Homework: 3-Column Chart WORD ALL DEFINITIONS (COPY FROM THE SHEET!) YOUR OWN SENTENCE (THIS WEEK: Parallelism) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Ambivalence DEF: A. The presence of conflicting or opposing ideas or feelings B. Uncertainty or indecisiveness as to which course to follow POSSIBLE SENTENCE TOPIC: Use parallelism to explain why you feel ambivalence about something. EXAMPLE: I feel ambivalence about relationships because I’m not sure what I want, because I’m busy all the time, and because I could get hurt.

Avail DEF: A. To be of use or advantage to; to help B. Use, benefit or advantage POSSIBLE SENTENCE TOPIC: Use parallelism to list things you have done “to no avail.” EXAMPLE: I ________ed, I __________ed, and I ________ed to no avail.

Countervailing DEF: Acting against something so as to cancel its effect; counteractive POSSIBLE SENTENCE TOPIC: Write a sentence that uses parallelism to list gerunds (-ing words) that would be countervailing actions to your success. EXAMPLE: ___________ing, ____________ing, and ___________ing would be countervailing actions to my success.

Evaluate DEF: To judge or determine the value of POSSIBLE SENTENCE TOPIC: Use parallelism to list what criteria you might use to evaluate something. EXAMPLE: I evaluated the ___________ based on its __________, its ___________, and its ____________.

Evince DEF: To show or demonstrate clearly POSSIBLE SENTENCE TOPIC: Use parallelism (gerunds) to explain how you might evince your love for someone. EXAMPLE: I might evince my love for ________ by __________, ___________, and ___________.

Invaluable DEF: Priceless; having a value too great to be measured POSSIBLE SENTENCE TOPIC: Use parallelism to explain what makes a specific object invaluable to you. EXAMPLE: ______________ is invaluable to me because __________, because ___________, and because ___________.

Prevail DEF: A. To be greater in strength or influence; to triumph; to win out B. To be in use or effect; to be current C. To persuade successfully POSSIBLE SENTENCE TOPIC: Use parallelism to explain why an athlete might prevail. EXAMPLE: An athlete might prevail because _____, because _____, and because _____.

Valedictorian DEF: The student who has the highest academic rank in a class and who usually delivers the graduation speech POSSIBLE SENTENCE TOPIC: Use parallelism to list what one must do to be valedictorian. EXAMPLE: To be valedictorian, one must ______, one must _______, and one must ______.

Valiant DEF: Brave; possessing courage and boldness POSSIBLE SENTENCE TOPIC: Use parallelism to explain what being valiant means. EXAMPLE: Being valiant means _______; it means _______; it means _______.

Vanquish DEF: To defeat; to overcome, conquer, or subdue POSSIBLE SENTENCE TOPIC: Use parallelism to list what else an army might do after vanquishing an enemy. EXAMPLE: First they will vanquish the enemy; then they will _________; then they will _________.