Using Reference Resources - Dictionary

Using Reference Resources - Dictionary

Reference Resources - Dictionary can:

• Give you the definition of a word

• show you how to pronounce a word

• give you the part of speech (noun, verb, adverb, adjective, etc)

• provide you with the different meanings for multiple-meaning words

Open Ended

What are some ways you have used a dictionary and/or a thesaurus?

A Dictionary entry may include:

• meanings

• origin

• Pronunciation

• part of speech

• definition

Let's practice!!

• Read the paragraph on the next slide

• Answer the question based on the dictionary entry provided

Read the paragraph

How can we help our brains to realize that things are getting better? Think of the world as a very sick premature baby in an incubator. After a week, she is improving, but she has to stay in the incubator because he health is still critical. Does it make sense to say that the infant's situation is improving? Yes. Does it make sense to say it is bad? Yes, absolutely. Does saying "things are improving" imply that everything is fine, and we should all not worry? Not at all - it's both bad and better. That is how we must think about the current state of the world.

Now, read the dictionary entry below:

Critical \'krit-uh-kul\ adj

1. expressing a disapproving comment

2. expressing an analysis of art of literature

3. being crucially important

4. extremely ill or at the point of death

Multiple Choice

Which definition represents the meaning of the word critical as it is used in paragraph 4?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

Open Ended

Which of the words in the sentence help you understand the meaning of critical as used in the paragraph?

Your turn...

Read the paragraph and the dictionary entry to determine the correct answer to the question.

Read the paragraph...

I thought about Philippe's request that I go with him to the party so that he wouldn't have to go alone. I had really wanted to go to the playoff game, so I'd be disappointed to miss it. But because Philippe had helped me so many times when I was in a pickle, I had no reservation about saying yes.

Reservation

• 1. the act of reserving something

• 2. a doubt

• 3. an area of land set apart for a particular reason

• 4. a right that is retained by an estate

Multiple Choice

Which definition best fits the way the word reservation is used in the paragraph above?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

Open Ended

Explain your answer choice using evidence from the paragraph.