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Synonyms and Antonyms (Mashup)
This document provides information about synonyms and antonyms. It begins by giving an example of the word "evening" and asking the reader to find a synonym. It then defines what a synonym and antonym are. The document explains that a synonym is a word with the same or similar meaning, while an antonym is a word with the opposite meaning. It provides several examples of synonyms and antonyms. It encourages the reader to find synonyms and antonyms of given words. In the end, it suggests games to practice identifying synonyms and antonyms.
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Synonyms and Antonyms (Mashup)
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- 3. FIRST, WE BEGINWITH A WORD. LET’S TRY THE WORD “evening”
- 4. WHAT DO IDO IF I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT WORD MEANS? • LOOK UP the word “evening” in the dictionary. • For example, the word “evening” means late afternoon or early night.
- 5. Now that weknow what the word “evening” means, let’s find a SYNONYM
- 6. BUT FIRST WENEED TO KNOW WHAT A SYNONYM IS A SYNONYM is a word whose meaning is the same or almost the same to that of another word in the same language.
- 7. WHAT ARE SYNONYMS? Wordsthat have the SAME or NEARLY THE SAME meaning
- 8. TEST YOU KNOWLEDGE Canyou think of a word that means the same thing or almost the same thing as evening?
- 9. TEST YOU KNOWLEDGE Ifyou chose the word “night”, you are very close, but that’s not quite it.
- 10. ANOTHER RESOURCE to finda synonyms for evening THE THESAURUS!
- 11. THE THESAURUS A thesaurus isa book of synonyms, w hich makes it a perfect resource for finding synonyms!
- 12. THE THESAURUS Look upthe word “evening” in your thesaurus. What do you find?
- 13. WHO FOUND THEWORD: Dusk? Nightfall? Close of day? Sundown? Sunset? Eve? Twilight?
- 14. No, not thisTwilight...
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- 16. “EVENING” is thetime of day right around sunset, before it gets completely dark outside. We sometimes refer to this time as “DUSK”.
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- 18. PLEASE FIND SYNONYMSFOR THE FOLLOWING WORDS: • • • • • • • • Start Rock Pretty Road City Finish Small Lead You have 8 minutes. Go!
- 19. EXAMPLE(S): • • • • • • large and big tinyand small happy and content sad and miserable funny and humorous weird and strange
- 20. IF THEY HAVETHE SAME MEANING, THEN WHY USE THEM? • using the same word over and over again is dull • these help make the sentence more interesting
- 21. WHAT IS ASYNONYM? A SYNONYM is a word that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word. EXAMPLES: big- large cold-chilly
- 22. WHAT IS ASYNONYM FOR MAD? • happy • angry • smart
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- 24. WHAT ARE ANTONYMS? Wordsthat mean the OPPOSITE of each other.
- 25. WHY USE THEM? Theyhelp describe things better...
- 26. EXAMPLE(S): • • • • • • cold and hot smartand stupid easy and hard fast and slow day and night right and left
- 27. EXERCISE: WHAT IS THEANTONYM OF: • clean • complicated • ugly
- 28. WERE YOU PAYINGATTENTION? LET’S FIND OUT
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- 32. What is anantonym? An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. EXAMPLES: happy-sad hot-cold
- 33. What is anantonym for big? • little • giant • cold
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- 35. Now it’s YOURturn! 1. Read the following sentences. 2. Replace the underlined word with either a synonym or antonym of that word.
- 36. Sentence 1: The studentwas silent during class. What is a synonym for silent?
- 37. Sentence 2: The roomwas very bright. What is an antonym for bright?
- 38. Sentence 3: The frogjumped into the pond. What is a synonym for jumped?
- 39. Sentence 4: The towelwas very wet. What is an antonym for wet?
- 40. Now you knowall about synonyms and antonyms!
- 41. Fun Synonym andAntonym Games Synonym Sam’s Lab Antonym Jeopardy Word Frog+
- 42. REFERENCES Hazem, S. (2013).Synonyms and Antonyms. Available from: http://www.slideshare.net/heytherehowareyou/synonyms-andantonyms-24585411 (Accessed 7 March 2014). Jacobsen, M. (2011). Finding Synonyms. Available from: http://www.slideshare.net/mjay921/synonyms-power-point (Accssed 7 March 2014). Kmcmillen92. (2012). Synonyms and Antonyms. Available from: http://www.slideshare.net/kmcmillen92/synonym-and-antonympowerpoint (Accessed 7 March 2014).