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Title: WORD OF THE WEEK


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WORD OF THE WEEK BINGO
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INSTRUCTIONS
  • Copy the words or the week in no particular
    order on your BINGO card.
  • Cross them off as you copy, so you wont miss
    any.
  • Mark the center space as FREE.

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EXAMPLE
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READ BETWEEN THE LINES
JUXTAPOSE
FORGIVE AND FORGET
EVALUATE
TURN OVER A NEW LEAF
SUBLIMINAL
VERNACULAR
COMPULSION
PLAGIARISM
CHRONOLOGY
IDIOM
ETYMOLOGY
ELEVENTH HOUR
DIALOGUE
ARCHETYPE
LITERACY
SIT ON THE FENCE
EDITORIAL
ASSIMILATION
REVISE
FEIGN
STRENGTHS AND ADVANTAGES
EXTEMPORANEOUS
RELEVANT
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How to play
  • You will see the definition of the word.
  • Look for the word that fits the definition, and
    mark over it with an X.
  • Look at the next slide to see if you got the
    right word!
  • The first person to fill in all five slots
    across, down or diagonal shouts BINGO and gets
    the BINGO prize.

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FIRST DEFINITION...
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  • A piece of writing that gives a persons opinion
    about something

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editorial
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The standard native language of a country or
locality
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vernacular
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  • The state of being able to read and write

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literacy
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At a level of your mind of which you are not
completely conscious
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subliminal
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  • Refusing to hold a grudge against someone who
    hurt you

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forgive and forget
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Carried out or performed with little or no
preparation
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extemporaneous
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  • Refusing to take sides

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sit on the fence
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  • An ideal example of a type

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archetype
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  • A conversation in a book, play, or movie

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dialogue
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  • The process whereby a minority group gradually
    adopts the customs and attitudes of the
    prevailing culture

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assimilation
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  • A special word or phrase that appears in a
    particular form

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idiom
It was a piece of cake!
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  • To change ones ways

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turn over a new leaf
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  • To put things together that are not normally
    together to compare them or make something new

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juxtapose
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  • The last possible time at which something must be
    done

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eleventh hour
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  • The act of using someone elses words, ideas, or
    work and pretending it is your own

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plagiarism
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To change your opinions, plans, etc. because of
new information or ideas
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revise
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  • To give a false appearance pretend

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feign
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  • To try to figure out what someone really means

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read between the lines
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  • To carefully consider someone or something in
    order to make a judgment

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evaluate
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  • A list of events arranged according to when they
    happened

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chronology
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  • Summarization of the special features and
    benefits of the product being introduced

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strengths and advantages
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  • The study of the origins, history and changing
    meanings of words

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etymology
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  • Relating to the subject or problem being
    discussed or considered

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relevant
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  • An irresistible impulse to act, regardless of the
    rationality or the motivation

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compulsion
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