Academic Vocabulary [Collection 8]

1. Contribute to - Eric didn't contribute to the fight between Blake and Patrick for a girl, he was just a bystander, but he didn't try to stop them either. 
2. Insight -Alex showed off his significant insight when Mr.Blake asked us about our religion presentation, he kept on talking about things only he and Mr. Blake could understand, the rest of the class just sat there and stared at them.
3. Evident - He told me he had some business to finish but the truth is he was going to a party with his friends, it was evident he lied to me, and he knew that, but he kept on telling lies. 
4. Express - When Mr. Patrick saw me crying in his class yesterday, he told me whenever I felt depress, I should write poems to express my feelings, I would feel better.

Vocabulary

1. Potentially - Mr. Patrick is potentially "The Teacher of The Year" this year.
2. Ample - I had an ample of money after Tet but I spent all of them on my field trip at Cat Tien
3. Hazard - I was in a hazard when I found myself standing in the middle of the road where cars were almost flying on the road.
4. Proposal - If you want to have a party in my backyard, I suggest that you give my dad a proposal about it.
5. Empowered - Mr. Sam empowered me to guard the class for him when he was out.

The Drummer Boy Vocabulary

1. Intensified - The relationship between us had been intensified in these last few days.
2. Vital - I had never thought that he's vital to my life that much.
3. Immortality - I wish that I could live a life of a immortality.
4. Legitimate - After the wary, the dictator must give the power back to the legitimate council.
5. Tremor - When I was crying, there are always slightly tremors in my voice.

Old Major's Speech Propaganda

Camp Harmony Vocabulary

1. Observation - They kept him under closely observation so they can control the beast in him.
2. Emphasize - I needed to emphasize that I'm fine so my mom would let me hangout with my friends on Saturday.
3. Reaction -   I would love to see how the girls react when Justin Bieber walks by.
4. Define - How would you define a word without knowing what it meaning is???
5. Tersely - I usually get annoyed by people who answered my questions with a tersely voice.
6. Breach - The zombies had made a breach in my defense system in my backyard.
7. Vigil - I kept vigil all night waiting for a good news from my friends in Ha Noi. 

Literary Focus ( Question 5)

Before the characters and author got onto the bus, they were smiling and waving, but when they got onto their bus, their expressions changed immediately. They all became very quiet, (except for a group of university students) concentrated, kind of sad and angry, even annoyed. Like how the author described in her autobiography, " when our bus turned a corner and we no longer had to smile and wave, we settled back gravely in our seats." When they come to the end of their journey, they felt surprise and angry. Because they saw the place that they would have to live in.

My Expository Essay