Word Relationships Review L.6.5b

WORD RELATIONSHIPS

A Review of:

- Synonyms/Antonyms

- Denotation & Connotation

​- Word Meanings (Context Clues)

OBJECTIVES:

• ​

  IDENTIFY synonyms & antonyms

• DISTINGUISH between denotation & connotation

• ​DETERMINE the meaning of words used in sentences

SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS

What are synonyms?

What are antonyms?

Multiple Choice

What pair of words have almost the same meaning?

• break and destroy

• fall and decide

• help and take

• normal and strange

Multiple Choice

This word means 'answer' _____________.

• reply

• apply

• replay

• comply

Multiple Choice

Pick the pair of antonyms:

• angry, mad

• slim, thin

• big, tall

• messy, clean

Multiple Choice

Are the words synonyms or antonyms?

smile

grin

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

Multiple Choice

Are the words synonyms or antonyms?

center

middle

• Synonyms

• Antonyms

Multiple Choice

What is an antonym of before?

• after

• at first

• beginning

• start

Multiple Choice

What is a synonym for help?

• assist

• hurt

• forget

• work

Multiple Choice

What is a synonym for hot?

• cold

• scorching

• coffee

• freezing

DENOTATION & CONNOTATION

Do you remember the difference?

Which one tells us the dictionary meaning of a word?

Which one tells us the implied meaning?

​DENOTATION & CONNOTATION

• ​What would be the denotation of:

  • ​house

  • ​home

  • ​shack

• ​What would be the connotation of

  • ​house

  • ​home

  • ​shack

• ​Are those connotations positive or negative? Which is which?

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of denotation?

• It represents something else (emble, token, etc.)

• The emotion of a word

• The art of lasagna baking

• The official or dictionary meaning of a word

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of connotation?

• Emotional or implied meaning of a word

• An emotional outburst

• Official meaning of a word

• Refers to emotional atmosphere produced by an author’s use of language

Multiple Choice

Which connotation is MORE negative?
I didn't like the ______ on the jester's face.

• grin
• smirk

Multiple Choice

Which connotation is MORE positive?
Some of the monkeys made ______ faces.

• amusing
• hilarious

Multiple Choice

Which connotation is MORE negative?
It made me feel _______.

• uneasy
• frightened

Multiple Choice

Which connotation is MORE negative?
Mike _______ us to go to the funny house.

• nagged
• reminded

Multiple Choice

Which connotation is MORE positive?
Everyone had a _____ on his or her face on the way home.

• smile
• smirk

Multiple Choice

Which connotation is MORE positive?
We saw ______ animals in the animal house.

• fascinating
• weird

Multiple Choice

Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

• positive
• negative

Multiple Choice

The word scrawny, as in "Jason appeared scrawny," has a _________ connotation.

• positive
• negative

Multiple Choice

Choose the word with the positive connotation.
gossip--chat

• gossip
• chat

WORD MEANINGS​

What are context clues?

How do we use context clues?​

Multiple Choice

Animals live in DIVERSE and varied communities. What is the meaning of the word DIVERSE?
 

• very different
• the same
• weird
• muggy

Multiple Choice

Tristin couldn’t see the school building; it was SHROUDED by smoke and dust.” What does the word SHROUDED mean?

• Covered
• ruined
• bounced
• invisible

Multiple Choice

We thought that Mrs. Kerner would be very DISTRAUGHT when told that Antonio broke Ms.Pate's pointer; however, she took the news very calmly. What does the word DISTRAUGHT mean?
.

• anxious
• upset
• happy
• fearful

Multiple Choice

Our new alarm system will wake up the entire neighborhood if an intruder gets in the house.
An intruder is someone who intrudes. To INTRUDE is to

• paint or repair old building.
• wear your shoes on the wrong feet
• go where you are not wanted or don't belong
• make a lot of noise to disrupt the quiet in an area
  

Multiple Choice

Tyler PREDICTED his results for his fantasy football team would win. What does the word PREDICTED mean?

• to change
• to understand
• to tell ahead of time
• to kick

Multiple Choice

Skylar won the election for School President because she was a dependable leader. She was always there when you needed her.
What does the word DEPENDABLE mean?

• sassy and sarcastic
• rude and mean
• sad and distant
• trustworthy and reliable

Multiple Choice

If you have trouble understanding a word in a passage or sentence of a story, you may want to read previous words or the end of the sentence to determine what the word means. What is this strategy known as?

• text messaging
• content origins
• context clues
• scanning

Multiple Choice

Most people feared the king because his judgment was final and his punishments were severe.

• harsh or intense
• fair
• important
• desirable or wanted

Multiple Choice

The graduates marched down the aisles and filled in their seats in an orderly procession.

• when a group of people move together in an orderly way
• a graduation speech
• people at a party
• when a group of people wait in line to get into a party

Multiple Choice

Bobby never realized how ignorant he had been about matters of the home until his wife got sick and he had to manage the house alone.           

• smart
• having complete awareness
• lacking knowledge or awareness
• having complete knowledge

Multiple Choice

Alice finally threw the withering roses away when a dead petal fell into her cereal bowl.  

• to bloom
• to shrivel or dry up
• smelly
• beautiful