Often, students who want to learn SAT words try to memorize them in an alphabetical list, but a better way to learn these words is if they are put in categories or clusters. This is the first cluster of a series of SAT vocab clusters that will help your students to know and retain SAT words.
The following words relate to using Few words or being quiet.
brevity, concise, laconic, pithy, quiescent, reticent, succinct, taciturn, terse
Group A : brief, using few words in speaking or writing
brevity, concise, laconic, pithy, succinct, and terse
Words in Video
Watch the following video clip on the three words concise, pithy, and reticent. After you watch the video clip use each displayed word in a sentence using the text area below.
Watch succinct in a video
Words in Context
If you do not know how to use each word in a sentence then click each word below to see it in context. Try to use each word in a sentence as in the examples in the links:
Concise, brevity, pithy, reticent, laconic, quiescent, terse, succinct, taciturn
Words in Slide Show
Now you are going to make a slide using photos and images to define and use each word in a sentence. I have, as an example ,designed a simple slide to show how simple and fun it is using 280slides embedded below.
The following words relate to using Few words or being quiet.
brevity, concise, laconic, pithy, quiescent, reticent, succinct, taciturn, terse
Group A : brief, using few words in speaking or writing
brevity, concise, laconic, pithy, succinct, and terse
Words in Video
Watch the following video clip on the three words concise, pithy, and reticent. After you watch the video clip use each displayed word in a sentence using the text area below.
Watch succinct in a video
Words in Context
If you do not know how to use each word in a sentence then click each word below to see it in context. Try to use each word in a sentence as in the examples in the links:
Concise, brevity, pithy, reticent, laconic, quiescent, terse, succinct, taciturn
Words in Slide Show
Now you are going to make a slide using photos and images to define and use each word in a sentence. I have, as an example ,designed a simple slide to show how simple and fun it is using 280slides embedded below.
Now it is your turn to use the words above in a slide, and then embed it in your blog :). Right click here to open a new window for the presentation workspace. You first need to register before you will be able to edit the slide. It is easy to use and fun. After you are done, click "share" on the right hand side and then click "embed" in the pop up window that appears. Copy the embed code then paste it in the comment in the HTML view and the compose view.
The following captured images explain how you can embed your slide after you finish it.
After that you can paste the code in your blog and make a link in the comments here for all of us to view, but make sure you click on the "edit Html" above the text editor before you do that.
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