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• Skinny Words• Shades of

Meaning• Mad Teachers• Practice• FUN Ticket

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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