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The car bumped into the wall.
What Do You Think?
Close your eyes. Your teacher will read two sentences to you. Try to paint
a picture in your head of what the sentence is saying.
The car smashed into the wall.
In both of these sentences, the car hit a wall but which
sentence made the accident sound worse?
We call this shades of meaning. Although
words can mean the same, they have a different
impact on the reader.
Shades of Meaning: Adjectives
Let’s explore this concept with adjectives. Who is the most annoyed?
Although all of these adjectives mean that someone is annoyed, each
choice changes how annoyed the person seems.
Salma was irate.
Joe was cross. Kevin was furious.
Add the Missing Adjectives
Add the missing words to this scale. Which adjectives would fit to give the
right degree of meaning?
Did you choose the same adjectives?
Did you have different ideas?
good
great
super
brilliant excellent
phenomenal
terrific
Add the Missing Adjectives
Add the missing words to this scale. Which adjectives would fit to give the
right degree of meaning?
Which adjectives did you choose?
happy
cheerful
joyful
jovial
beaming
ecstatic
euphoric
Add the Missing Adjectives
Add the missing words to this scale. Which adjectives would fit to give the
right degree of meaning?
Why might you choose to use one particular word
rather than another within your writing?
sad
upset
tearful
miserable
downcast
depressed
melancholy
despondent
Change the Meaning
Look at this sentence:
Junaid was disappointed by his test results.
Now, change the
adjective again to show
that Junaid was sad but
not too bothered by his
results.
On a whiteboard, change the adjective ‘disappointed’ to show that Junaid
was extremely unhappy with his test results.
Change the Meaning
You could have had:
Junaid was disappointed with his test results.
Junaid was devastated by his test results.
Junaid was irked by his test results.
Change the Meaning
Look at this sentence:
Lydia was spooked by the haunted house.
Now, change the adjective again
to show that Lydia was really
scared of the haunted house.
On a whiteboard, change the adjective ‘spooked’ to show that Lydia was a
little uneasy but not too scared by the haunted house.
Change the Meaning
You could have had:
Lydia was spooked by the haunted house.
Lydia was worried by the haunted house.
Lydia was terrified by the haunted house.
Shades of Meaning
Change the adjective in this sentence four times, each time building upon
the shade of meaning of the first adjective you chose.
Aisha was to see her family.
___________
_
___________
_
___________
_
___________
_
Aisha was happy to see her family.
What Do You Think?
You could have had:
Aisha was excited to see her family.
Aisha was elated to see her family.
Aisha was ecstatic to see her family.
Shades of meaning

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Shades of meaning

  • 1.
  • 2. The car bumped into the wall. What Do You Think? Close your eyes. Your teacher will read two sentences to you. Try to paint a picture in your head of what the sentence is saying. The car smashed into the wall. In both of these sentences, the car hit a wall but which sentence made the accident sound worse? We call this shades of meaning. Although words can mean the same, they have a different impact on the reader.
  • 3. Shades of Meaning: Adjectives Let’s explore this concept with adjectives. Who is the most annoyed? Although all of these adjectives mean that someone is annoyed, each choice changes how annoyed the person seems. Salma was irate. Joe was cross. Kevin was furious.
  • 4. Add the Missing Adjectives Add the missing words to this scale. Which adjectives would fit to give the right degree of meaning? Did you choose the same adjectives? Did you have different ideas? good great super brilliant excellent phenomenal terrific
  • 5. Add the Missing Adjectives Add the missing words to this scale. Which adjectives would fit to give the right degree of meaning? Which adjectives did you choose? happy cheerful joyful jovial beaming ecstatic euphoric
  • 6. Add the Missing Adjectives Add the missing words to this scale. Which adjectives would fit to give the right degree of meaning? Why might you choose to use one particular word rather than another within your writing? sad upset tearful miserable downcast depressed melancholy despondent
  • 7. Change the Meaning Look at this sentence: Junaid was disappointed by his test results. Now, change the adjective again to show that Junaid was sad but not too bothered by his results. On a whiteboard, change the adjective ‘disappointed’ to show that Junaid was extremely unhappy with his test results.
  • 8. Change the Meaning You could have had: Junaid was disappointed with his test results. Junaid was devastated by his test results. Junaid was irked by his test results.
  • 9. Change the Meaning Look at this sentence: Lydia was spooked by the haunted house. Now, change the adjective again to show that Lydia was really scared of the haunted house. On a whiteboard, change the adjective ‘spooked’ to show that Lydia was a little uneasy but not too scared by the haunted house.
  • 10. Change the Meaning You could have had: Lydia was spooked by the haunted house. Lydia was worried by the haunted house. Lydia was terrified by the haunted house.
  • 11. Shades of Meaning Change the adjective in this sentence four times, each time building upon the shade of meaning of the first adjective you chose. Aisha was to see her family. ___________ _ ___________ _ ___________ _ ___________ _
  • 12. Aisha was happy to see her family. What Do You Think? You could have had: Aisha was excited to see her family. Aisha was elated to see her family. Aisha was ecstatic to see her family.