Word Relationships and Usage

WORD RELATIONSHIPS

A Review of:

- Synonyms/Antonyms

- Denotation & Connotation

​- Word Meanings (Context Clues)

Open Ended

WORD BUILDER!

How many words can you build with the letters on the game board? The letters all have to connect to each other on the board.

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