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Langan: Reading and Study Skills
Reading and Study Skills, 7/e
John Langan

Using the Dictionary

Journal Prompts



1

Look up words under the same letters that begin your first and last name (i.e. if your name is Joe Smith, look under the J's and S's). Select five words from each letter that you didn't know before. Try to find the strangest words in the whole section. Write the words and a short definition here. See if a classmate can guess the meaning of each of your words.