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amiable enhance

anachronism etymologist

autonomy exceed

cessation lucid

chronic philanthropy

chronicle precede

chronology procedure

complacent proceed

concede pseudonym

dogma quiescent

eloquent synchronize

empathy

Extra Word(s) You Learned in This Lesson _______________________________________

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A N S W E R S

P ra c t i c e : L e a r n i n g N ew Wo rd s a n d S e e i n g T h e i r R o o t s 1. d.Amiablemeans friendly and agreeable, likeable.

2. c. Complacentmeans pleased or satisﬁed with oneself.

3. a. Lucidmeans very clear, easy to understand.

4. d.Quiescentmeans inactive, at rest.

5. b.Eloquentmeans expressed in a powerful or persuasive manner.

6. b.Autonomymeans personal or political independence.

7. c. Empathymeans understanding or identifying with another’s feelings or situation.

8. a. A pseudonymis a ﬁctitious name, as often used by a writer.

9. c. Dogmaticmeans asserting yourself in an absolute, arrogant way.

Dogmameans a doctrine or a set of principles or beliefs that one believes are absolutely true.

10. a. Philanthropymeans love of humankind, or the voluntary actions to help others.

HAVE YOU EVERhad this experience: You learn a word, its deﬁnition, and how to spell it, but a day or a week later, you can’t remember part or all of it?

Sometimes the spelling stumps you, or the exact deﬁnition, or how the word ﬁts into a common grouping. Don’t worry—you’re not alone. Many people forget them, so useful memory tricks have developed to be passed on from learner to learner.

These memory aids are called mnemonics, an English word from the Greek mnemonikós, which refers to the mind. To pronounce this word, ignore the beginning mand say it this way: nih-MONN-icks. There are several kinds of mnemonics, many of which use rhyme. Following is the mnemonic for remembering how many days there are in each month. You probably already know this one. Research shows that people ﬁnd it so simple to memorize that they only need to read or hear it once, and it’s permanently ﬁled in their brains.

L E S S O N 7

mnemonics: codes to help you spell words

Words are a wonderful form of communication, but they will never replace kisses and punches.

—ASHLEIGHBRILLIANT(1933– ) AMERICAN AUTHOR AND CARTOONIST

This lesson gives you a break from learning new words. Instead, you’ll find entertaining and helpful ways to remember words you already know, used to know, or wish you knew better!

Thirty days has September, April, June, and November;

All the rest have thirty-one Excepting February alone, Which has but twenty-eight,

‘Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.

You probably also know this rhyming mnemonic about the discovery of the Americas:

In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

Another common type of mnemonic uses acronyms (AK-ruh-nihmz) to aid memory. An acronym uses the initial letters of a word or phrase as a key. Here are two different acronym mnemonics for remembering the names of the ﬁve Great Lakes:

HOMES: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior

Sally Made Henry Eat Oranges: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario

See how this works? Here are mnemonic acronyms for remembering the points of the compass:

Never Eat Shredded Wheat: North, East, South, West

Do you want to remember the order for tuning the strings on a guitar? Try Elephants And Donkeys Grow Big Ears: E, A, D, G, B, E

As you can see, mnemonics are often silly, but that may help you all the more.

One of the most nonsensical and universally remembered mnemonics is a sentence that includes every letter of the alphabet, and is often used by people learning to type:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

M N E M O N I C S TO H E L P YO U S P E L L C O R R E C T LY

Here are some useful mnemonics to help you remember words with tricky or hard-to-remember spellings:

1. stationery/stationary

stationery with an e is the word that uses writing paper, pens and envelopes

stationary with an ais the word that describes something that is parked, not moving

2. principle/principal

The principal of your school is your pal A principle is a ruleto obey

3. capital/capitol

The ﬁrst letter of a sentence is always spelled with a tall letter.

The capitol building has a dome on it.

4. Necessaryis a tricky word to spell

Never Eat Chocolate; Eat Salad, Sandwiches, And Remain Young

5. quiet/quite

Think of E.T., who was a very quietalien, but quitea sweet one.

6. cemetery

Remember always that there are three e‘s in cemetery.

7. accommodations

Hotel rooms always have two beds that look like two Ms.

8. desert/dessert

You always want more, so dessert has two Ss.

9. separate (not seperate)

To remember to spell separatecorrectly, memorize this mnemonic:

Separate is a ratof a word to spell.

10. Mnemonicsis a tricky word to spell.

Mnemonics Neatly Eliminate My Nemesis—Insufﬁcient Cere- bral Storage.

nemesismeans an opponent or problem that cannot be overcome cerebralmeans of or relating to the brain

P R AC T I C E : S P E L L I N G T R I C K Y WO R D S

Choose the correctly spelled words to ﬁll in the blanks. Once you’ve checked your answers at the end of the lesson, create a mnemonic to help you remember each word’s correct spelling. Write your mnemonics in the spaces pro- vided.

1. The television commercial for Save Your Life Vitamins promotes the ___________ that eating healthy food isn’t enough to keep you healthy.

a.bilief b.beleif

c.belief d.bileef