KS5 English Language microscope lesson 4

what we really mean by what we say or write in a given context

words with a single syllable

words with multiple syllables

the history of a word, including the language it came from

a word that has a similar meaning to another word (e.g. ‘malady’ and ‘illness’)

meanings of words, both on their own and in relation to other words in the text

describes a word with more than one meaning (e.g. ‘set’ can refer to ‘a set of cutlery’, ‘a tennis set’, what happens to jelly and so on)

two or more words that are often found together in a group or phrase with a distinct meaning (e.g. ‘over the top’, ‘fish and chips’, ‘back to front’)

a word formed from two other words (e.g. ‘dustbin’)

the associated meanings we have with certain words, depending on the person reading or hearing the word, and on the context in which the word appear