Transcript amnesty
Academic Vocabulary Academic Vocabulary Amnesty, Extricate, Transient, Scathing, Amnesty Amnesty Rate It! 1-4 Amnesty • Noun Amnesty • Noun • Many political prisoners were freed under the amnesty granted by the new regime. Amnesty Description Amnesty Description • Any act of forgiveness or absolution Amnesty Description • Any act of forgiveness or absolution, -generally granted by a government for something against a government Amnesty Word Family Amnesty Word Family • Amnestied, Amnestying (verbs) Amnesty Word Family • Amnestied, Amnestying (verbs) ehhhh! – Generally you’d hear “…granting amnesty…” Amnesty Word Family • Synonyms: Amnesty Word Family • Synonyms: – Forgiveness – Pardon Amnesty Word Family • Synonyms: – Forgiveness – Pardon • Antonym Amnesty Word Family • Synonyms: – Forgiveness – Pardon • Antonym – Gruge Amnesty Examples Amnesty Examples • Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants. Amnesty Examples • Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants. Amnesty Examples • Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants. • Others do not want the government to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants. Amnesty Examples • Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants. • Others do not want the government to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants. Amnesty Examples • Some people want amnesty for illegal immigrants. • Others do not want the government to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants. • The police granted amnesty to anyone carrying a firearm so they could turn it in and have it disposed of. Amnesty Non-Examples Amnesty Non-Examples • I’m so amnesty. • Vegatables are so amnesty. Amnesty Your Turn! Compose your own sentence using the word amnesty. Amnesty Re-Rate It! 1-4 Extricate Extricate Rate It! 1-4 Extricate • Verb Extricate • Verb • The ring must have slipped off of my finger as I was trying to _______ the fish from the net. Extricate • Verb • The ring must have slipped off of my finger as I was trying to extricate the fish from the net. Extricate Description Extricate Description • To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Extricate Description • To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family Extricate Description • To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family • Extricated, Extricating Extricate Description • To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family • Extricated, Extricating • Synonyms Extricate Description • To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family • Extricated, Extricating • Synonyms – loose – rescue Extricate Description • To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family • Extricated, Extricating • Synonyms Antonyms – loose – rescue – disentangle Extricate Description • To free from entanglements or difficulties with effort Word Family • Extricated, Extricating • Synonyms Antonyms – loose – rescue – disentangle -entangle -tie up Extricate Examples Extricate Examples • The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident. Extricate Examples Extricate Examples • The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident. • They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed. Extricate Examples • They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed. Extricate Examples • The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident. • They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed. • The sea turtle could not extricate himself from the net. Extricate Examples Extricate • • • • Examples The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident. They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed. The sea turtle could not extricate himself from the net. The beetle couldn’t extricate himself from the web, so the spider got it. Extricate • • • • Examples The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident. They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed. The sea turtle could not extricate himself from the net. The beetle couldn’t extricate himself from the web, so the spider got it. Extricate • • • • Examples The EMTs extricated the man from the car after the accident. They had to extricate the man from the rubble after the building collapsed. The sea turtle could not extricate himself from the net. The beetle couldn’t extricate himself from the web, so the spider got it. Extricate Non-Examples Extricate Non-Examples • We don’t generally need to extricate ourselves from our shoes because they are easy to take off. • The extricate handcuffs were difficult to take off. Extricate Non-Examples • We don’t generally need to extricate ourselves from our shoes because they are easy to take off. • The extricate handcuffs were difficult to take off. It’s not an adjective. Extricate Your Turn! Compose your own sentence using the word extricate. Extricate Re-Rate It! 1-4 Transient Transient Rate It! 1-4 Transient • Adjective Transient • Adjective/Noun Transient • Adjective/Noun • (Adj) The headache was transient, and it was gone in only a few minutes. Transient • Adjective/Noun • (Adj) The headache was transient, and it was gone in only a few minutes. • (noun) Many farm workers in the 1930s were transients. Transient Description Transient Description • adj. Lasting only a short time Transient Description • adj. Lasting only a short time • n. Person who stays someplace only a short time. Transient Description • adj. Lasting only a short time • n. Person who stays someplace only a short time. Word Family Transient Description • adj. Lasting only a short time • n. Person who stays someplace only a short time. Word Family • Transients Transient • • • • • Description adj. Lasting only a short time n. Person who stays someplace only a short time. Word Family Transients Synonyms -fleeting -ephemeral Transient • • • • • Description adj. Lasting only a short time n. Person who stays someplace only a short time. Word Family Transients Synonyms -fleeting Antonym -ephemeral – Permanent Transient Examples Transient Examples • Because of their transient nature, migrant workers don’t acquire many possessions. • Orcas are a transient species since they don’t stay in one place too long. Transient Examples Transient Examples • Because of their transient nature, migrant workers don’t acquire many possessions. • Orcas are a transient species since they don’t stay in one place for too long. • The transients harvested berries in one place and other produce in other places. Transient Examples • Because of their transient nature, migrant workers don’t acquire many possessions. • Orcas are a transient species since they don’t stay in one place for too long. • The transients harvested berries in one place and other produce in other places. Transient Examples • Because of their transient nature, migrant workers don’t acquire many possessions. • Orcas are a transient species since they don’t stay in one place for too long. • The transients harvested berries in one place and other produce in other places. Transient Remember Transient Remember • Use transient as an adjective to describe a person place or thing. Transient Remember • Use transient as an adjective to describe a person place or thing. -i.e. the transient mood Transient Remember • Use transient as an adjective to describe a person place or thing. -i.e. the transient mood • Use transient as a noun such as a person or an animal who moves around a lot. Transient Your Turn! Compose your own sentence using the word transient. Transient Re-Rate It! 1-4 Scathing Scathing Rate It! 1-4 Scathing • Adjective Scathing • Adjective • A scathing attack doesn’t always work; sometimes people should be nice instead. Scathing Description Scathing Description • causing great harm; bitterly severe Scathing Description • causing great harm; bitterly severe Word Family Scathingly (adverb) Scathing Description • causing great harm; bitterly severe Word Family Scathingly (adverb) • Synonyms – harsh – ferocious Scathing Description • causing great harm; bitterly severe Word Family Scathingly (adverb) • Synonyms Antonyms – harsh – ferocious -pleasant -mild Scathing Examples Scathing Examples • Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears. Scathing Examples • Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears. Scathing Examples • Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears. Scathing Examples • Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears. • The words she heard were so scathing that she wasn’t friends with him anymore. Scathing Examples • The words she heard were so scathing that she wasn’t friends with him anymore. Scathing Examples • Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears. • The words she heard were so scathing that she wasn’t friends with him anymore. • The scathing heat from the hot sauce made him chug his drink to cool his burning tongue. Scathing Examples Scathing Examples • Her brother’s scathing remark left her in tears. • The words she heard were so scathing that she wasn’t friends with him anymore. • The scathing heat from the hot sauce made him chug his drink to cool his burning tongue. Scathing Non-Examples Scathing Non-Examples • I scathe you. • My scathe made her cry. Scathing Non-Examples • I scathe you. • My scathe made her cry. Use it as an adjective to describe something. Scathing Non-Examples • I scathe you. • My scathe made her cry. Use it as an adjective to describe something. – i.e. The scathing remark made her cry (describe the remark). Scathing Your Turn! Compose your own sentence using the word scathing.