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SHOWTIME
• Laptop (sign into Edmodo)
• Tray 1
CHALLENGES• Title -
Connotation1
• Skinny Words• Shades of
Meaning• Mad Teachers• Practice• FUN Ticket
Connotation
Choosing the Best Word
What’s the best word?
• People diet in order to be
• A starving animal
• Meat without much fat is
• Ill people look
• Turkey necks are
• Witch’s fingers
• Chances are
What’s the best word?
• People diet in order to be– Skinny
• A starving animal– Bony, scrawny
• Meat without much fat is– Lean
• Ill people look– Bony, scrawny
• Turkey necks are– Slender
• Witch’s fingers– Bony, scrawny
• Chances are– Slim
The Meaning of a WordDenotation (Dictionary)
• The literal meaning of a word
• “the circumference that is small in proportion to height and weight.”
Connotation (Connection)
• The emotional meaning of a word
• Favorable (Slender)
• Unfavorable (Bony)
• Neutral (Slim, Lean)
MAD
DENOTATION:
• Carried away by anger, excitement, or emotion
• What are the synonyms for mad?
• What are the different levels of mad?
• How can one word have different shades of meaning?
Forgot her coffee at home
A student forgot a pencil
Learned that there are no more Saw movies
Had a flat, was late to work
Talks to a football player about missing the winning play of the championship
game
synonymsHappy
• Favorable (a positive/pleasant bias): Blissful, Delighted
• Unfavorable (negative/unpleasant bias: Giddy, Flighty
• Neutral (no emotional bias): Contentment, Satisfied
F.U.NFind synonyms
F U N
Shy
Intelligent
Arrogant
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