Welcome! Vocabulary University® celebrates DEMOCRACY and all regional and national fall elections with a 12-strip Vocons® vocabulary comic strip story. In addition, participants can:

Our non-commercial election site combines visual puzzles pertaining to elections in order to enhance vocabulary acquisition. The 12 election-related vocabulary 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: Sam sees that Herb, a very eloquent speaker, is campaigning without challenge or controversy. Sam decides to declare himself a candidate. After canvassing the electorate he chooses various strategies to win (including a great debate with Herb). 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.
  • Controversy


  • Eloquent


  • Declare


  • Candidate


  • Strategy


  • Bunk


  • Canvass


  • Veto


  • Adverse


  • Jubilant


  • Gracious


  • Charisma

    Feel free to make a copy for home or the classroom!

    The 12 comic strip words listed alphabetically are:
    adverse, bunk, candidate, canvass, charisma, controversy, declare, eloquent, gracious, jubilant, strategy and veto
    We have created six more 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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    Reminder:
    Don't forget to complete other activities and educational exercises from our current Session #140:

    Interactive, grade level puzzles: ["S140 Level 1"] -- ["S140 Level 2"] -- ["S140 Level 3"]
    Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S140Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S140Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S140Level 3-FITB"]
    Crosswords: ["S140Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S140Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S140Level 3 C/W"]
    Definition MATCH: ["S140Level 1-Match"] -- ["S140Level 2-Match"] -- ["S140Level 3-Match"]
    Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S140Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S140Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S140Level 3-Syn/Ant]
    Find the Words: ["S140Level 1 WF"] -- ["S140Level 2 WF"] -- ["S140Level 3 WF"]
    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"]

    Any questions can be directed to Jan and Carey Cook at Vocabulary University. If you are a teacher, please give us the name, city, state/country of your school. For details on other thematic content click School Thematic Content Calendar.

    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.
    For hints on how to use our thematic "alphalary" lists go to Thematic Alphalary Words.

    Reminder: Here are the 8 printable"Election" Link exercises:
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