Welcome! Vocabulary University® celebrates DEMOCRACY and EVERY national and local elections with a 12-strip Vocons® vocabulary comic strip story. Our non-commercial election site combines the use of terminology appropriate to elections and visual pictures to enhance vocabulary acquisition.
The 12 election vocabulary comic strip words tell the story of the Candidate Sam Campaign.
The 12 comic strip words listed alphabetically are:
adverse, bunk, candidate, canvass, charisma, controversy, declare, eloquent, gracious, jubilant, strategy and veto
This campaign story is:
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Voters react negatively to Sam's, "If we don't go slow, I will veto everything" message. The adverse election results disappoint Sam. However, he is a gracious loser in the face of Herb's jubilant victory celebration. It's also clear that Sam is the one with charisma.
Click here for "Teacher's tips & ideas" on how to use our "Alphalary" lists.
If you prefer, click on the individual comics with the links below.
The 12 comic strip words listed alphabetically are:
adverse, bunk, candidate, canvass, charisma, controversy, declare, eloquent, gracious, jubilant, strategy and veto
We have created eight exercises that will challenge your understanding of many election related words:
If you want our free alphabetical vocabulary list of 100+ election-related words (called an "Alphalary") and 50+ election cliches, email your request to Election Words. Please include your school, city, state and grade you teach, if applicable.
Click here for "Teacher's tips & ideas" on how to use our "Alphalary" lists.
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Definition MATCH: ["S140Level 1-Match"] -- ["S140Level 2-Match"] -- ["S140Level 3-Match"]
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Contextual Stories: ["S140Level 1 Story"] -- ["S140Level 2 Story"] -- ["S140Level 3 Story"]
Is It True or False?: ["S140Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S140Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S140Level 3 T/F"]
If you want our free "Alphalary" (A-to-Z alphabetical vocabulary list) of 310 science-related words just email your request to Science Words. Please include your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.
We also have a thematic Alphalaries on Earth/Environment/Conservation. Email your request to EARTH Words.
Have you tried our set of puzzles inspired by Harry Potter? "Visit our Wizard puzzles". If you want our alphabetical list of 160 Wizard-related words just email your request to Wizard Words. Please include your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.
If you want any of our 160+ "Alphalaries" (alphabetical vocabulary list) go to 160+ Alphalary Word Lists or, in particular, our 432 Character-Ed related words just email your request to Character Education Words. Please include the name of your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.
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