Using Reference Materials

You would use a dictionary to look up what

• the meaning of a word

• sports facts

• how to write a paper

• learn how to read

If you do not want to use the same word over and over in your writing you would look in a.....

• Magazine

• Map

• Thesaurus

• Box

An antonym is...

• a word that means the same as another word

• a number in word form

• a word that means the opposite of a word

• a cartoon of a ant eater

A Thesaurus is a...

• book that tells you how to say a word

• gives you the synonym or antonym of a word

• Dinosaur

• the name of an author

What is a synonym...

• a breakfast snack that you eat for lunch

• the name for a band in North America

• a drink that has no flavor

• is a word or phrase that means the same or similar to another word

What might the antonym for "Fast" be....

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I read a new word today, but I do not know what it means. What should I use to help me?

• a novel

• the dictionary

• a globe

• a thesaurus

What might the synonym for the word "devour" be

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I want to find the opposite of a word, What would I use?

• Main Idea

• Thesaurus

• Authors Purpose

• Theme

These two books arrange words in alphabetic order....

• Amelia Bedelia

• The Dictionary

• Smiles

• The Thesaurus