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

2. 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.
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3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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 ____________.

7. 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 ___________.

8. 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 ___________.

9. 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 _____.

10. 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 ______.

11. 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 _______.

12. 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 _________.