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Vocabulary Continuums: How To Use Them
Frigid
Ice-Cold
Freezing
Frosty
Cold
Chilly
Brisk
Tepid
Lukewarm
Just Right
Hot
Warm
Boiling
Scalding
Sweltering
Hot, Cold, Frigid, Boiling, Scalding, Sweltering, Lukewarm, Warm, Tepid, Ice-
cold, Frosty, Chilly, Brisk, Freezing, Just Right…
(students would add more of their own words here)
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The Continuum features five
boxes. They are used to sort words
of similar meaning into groups by
strength of connotation, with the
strongest words of opposite mean-
ings on opposite sides, and more
neutral words in the center.
The word bank below the contin-
uum is where you would put words
for a specific family. For example,
let’s look at Cold ↔ Hot. We’ll use
a short list of words in the word
bank, and put them into the five
categories. Some of this is subjec-
tive, but for the most part people
would agree on the relative
strengths of words.
Remember, you can start with a
basic list and have your students
add more that they know! It’s also
good to add a few they don’t know,
so they can get some dictionary
practice in.
The goal here is to get students to start thinking of a variety of words and to make their
own thesauri of common adjectives they use. Neutral words might be the hardest to
think of. Use of this strategy should add color and flavor to students’ writing, and could
be used as a strategy for English Language Learners. This is a great cooperative learning
language activity.
Do not hesitate to use this strategy for adverbs and even verbs that show varying de-
grees of magnitude, such as different walking and running speeds.
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Vocabulary Continuum: ↔
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Vocabulary Continuum: Sad ↔ Happy
Sad, Happy, Depressed, Elated, Ecstatic, Overjoyed, Joyous, Blue, Disappointed, Dejected, Apathetic,
Glum, Bitter, Cheerless, Cheerful, Unhappy, Down, Distressed, Wistful, Melancholy, Glad, Delighted,
Blissful, Merry, Jubilant, Blissful, Content, Mirthful, Discouraged, Sorrowful, Mournful, Jolly...
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Vocabulary Continuum: Small ↔ Big
Small, Big, Huge, Tiny, Teeny, Humungous, Gigantic, Large, Microscopic, Oversized, Medium, Jumbo,
Immense, Hulking, Hefty, Enormous, Itty-Bitty, Miniature, Mini, Miniscule, undersized, Modest,
Meager, Trifling, Puny...
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Vocabulary Continuum: Cold ↔ Hot
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Vocabulary Continuum: Quiet ↔ Loud
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Vocabulary Continuum: Dark ↔ Light
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Vocabulary Continuum: Ugly ↔ Pretty
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Vocabulary Continuum: Cheap ↔ Expensive
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Vocabulary Continuum: Young ↔ Old
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Vocabulary Continuum: Soft ↔ Hard
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Vocabulary Continuum: Wet ↔ Dry
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Vocabulary Continuum: Low ↔ High
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Vocabulary Continuum: Short (height) ↔ Tall
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Vocabulary Continuum: Short (length) ↔ Long
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Vocabulary Continuum: Fat ↔ Thin
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Vocabulary Continuum: Dumb ↔ Smart
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Vocabulary Continuum: Difficult ↔ Easy
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Vocabulary Continuum: Slow ↔ Fast
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Vocabulary Continuum: Boring ↔ Fun
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Vocabulary Continuum: Never ↔ Always
Seldom, Frequently, Never, Always, Often, Occasionally, On occasion, Every once in a while, Most of
the time, Sometimes, Rarely, Infrequently, Frequently, Most often...
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Vocabulary Continuum: None ↔ All
Most, Some, A few, A couple, A pair, One, None, All, Nearly all, Almost all, Almost none...
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Vocabulary Continuum: ↔
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Vocabulary Continuum: The Color Spectrum
Red, Blue, Yellow, Green,
Orange, Purple, Violet, In-
digo, Yellow-Green, Red-
Orange, Teal, Sea-Green,
White, Tangerine, Navy
Blue, Midnight Blue, Red-
dish-Brown…
DIRECTIONS:
Mark where you think each
color is on the spectrum. Put
an abbreviation or write the
word at the spot.
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