4.58: Assignment- Vocabulary

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Journal Entry Component #4: Vocabulary

To Do

From your selected reading, identify 3 words which are new to you, or used in a way you’re unfamiliar with.
Use whatever tool seems appropriate to define each word. Write a paraphrase of each meaning as it is used in the selected reading.

Worked Example

The same student we’ve been following so far writes this:

Reading Journal Component 4

“Multiple Intelligences” by Fred Mednick

#1: Linguistic

From the text, it describes “linguistic intelligence” as “ sensitivity to spoken and written language, the ability to learn languages, and the capacity to use language to accomplish certain goals.”

Therefore, I would describe linguistic as meaning, having to do with language.

#2: Kinesthetic

When I looked for “Kinesthetic” online, all the answers had to do with “kinesthetic learning.” Dictionary.com defined “kinesthesia” as “The sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.” So it seems to me that the word has more to do with movement of the body, rather than just the body itself.

Therefore, I would describe kinesthetic as a type of learning involving the movement of the body.

#3: Amoral

I recognize the word “moral,” but I didn’t know amoral before reading this. I do remember that the letter a at the beginning of a word means “without.”

Therefore, it would seem that the word amoral means without morals. The article presents this as a neutral thing, rather than a good or bad thing.

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