Vocabulary Boot Camp Week 8

Introducing Our Week 8 Words

explicit stipulate elicit inundate prolific

awesome integral persistence duration array

explicit

Part of Speech:adjective

Parallel Terms:certain, precise, specific

Sample Sentence: Mrs. Magrini provided her students with

explicit requirements for each pasta tower’s height.

stipulate

Part of Speech: verb

Parallel Terms: specify, require, state

Sample Sentence: The rules for Monopoly stipulate

that each player is to begin the game with $1500.

elicit

Part of Speech:verb

Parallel Terms:obtain, bring out

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inundate

Part of Speech:verb

Parallel Terms:overwhelm, flood

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prolific

Part of Speech:adjective

Parallel Terms:abundant, productive

Sample Sentence:Having published over twenty novels, Jerry

Spinelli is considered to be a prolific writer.

awesome

Part of Speech:adjective

Parallel Terms: terrifying, dreadful

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integral

Part of Speech:adjective

Parallel Terms:essential, fundamental

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persistence

Part of Speech:noun

Parallel Terms:endurance, perseverance

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duration Part of Speech:

noun Parallel Terms:

period, term, length of time

Sample Sentence: For the duration of the

flight to Australia, Sammy devoured all three novels in the Hunger Games series.

array

Part of Speech:noun

Parallel Terms:collection, group, assortment

Sample Sentence:The shelves of the classroom library were

lined with a wide array of novels for sixth graders to explore.

Quick Write Warm Up In your RNB, express your reader’s ideas

towards the question below. (Try using a shortened I.P.E.C.C formula)First impressions can leave lasting

impressions on a reader’s interest in a novel and a specific author.

Describe your first impression of the novel. What do you think of Jerry Spinelli’s writing style

so far? Does he seem like a writer you’ll enjoy? Why or why not?