1. LESSON 12: TEACHING AND EXPLAINING HONORS ENGLISH I VOCABULARY

2. DIDACTIC (adjective) a. Intended to teach or instruct. b. Teaching a moral lesson. c. Inclined to teach or moralize too much. Example: In Winnie the Pooh, Owl’s didactic speeches cause everyone to roll their eyes.

3. EDIFY (Trans Verb) To instruct in order to bring about intellectual, spiritual, or moral improvement. Example: Superman always believes in the best of people and tries to edify them for the better, even Lex Luthor.

4. ELUCIDATE (trans verb) To make clear or plain (intrans verb) To give an explanation that makes something clear. Example: The footnotes help to elucidate the difficult text.

5. ERUDITE (adjective) a. Possessing deep and extensive learning, especially learning from books b. Showing or marked by extensive learning or knowledge. Example: Indiana Jones is an erudite professor in archaeology.

6. EXPLICIT (adjective) a. Expressed clearly and precisely, without any possibility of misunderstanding. b. Forthright and unambiguous in expression. Example: Students must explicitly state their thesis statements in their essays.

7. IMBUE (trans verb) a. To pervade or permeate as with a dye or stain. b. To dye or stain intensely. Example: After falling into a vat of acid, Joker’s skin was imbued with a white color.

8. INDOCTRINATE (transitive verb) a. To instruct in the beliefs or principles of a party, sect, or other special group. b. To teach a body of doctrine to. Example: The majority of the society in Fahrenheit 451 was indoctrinated to believe books were a bad influence.

9. INSTILL (trans verb) To introduce gradually. Example: Every English teacher wishes to instill a love a reading in her or his students.

10. PEDAGOGY (noun) The art or profession of teaching. Example: All certified teachers must take classes in pedagogy.

11. PEDANTIC (adjective) a. Marked by a concern for minute, often unimportant and uninteresting details. b. Making a show of scholarship of book learning. Example: Though she often comes through when it counts, Hermione Granger can often come across pedantic in her knowledge.