Word Reference Materials

Thesaurus

• Online resource used to look up any information needed.

• Reference material where you find the meaning of a word. (the definition)

• Reference book where you find antonyms and synonyms.

• At the beginning of a textbook and some chapter books. Tells you the headings of each chapter and the page they are on.

Dictionary 

• Reference material where you find the meaning of a word. (the definition) 

• Reference book where you find antonyms and synonyms. 

• A small dictionary in the back of textbooks.

• Reference material used to look up facts about *People. 
  *Places 
  *Events 

glossary 

• Book of maps. 

• Reference book where you find antonyms and synonyms. 

• A small dictionary in the back of textbooks where you find the meaning of words. 

• Reference material where you find the meaning of a word. (the definition) 

With a printed version, what can be used to find words related to the science unit on weather?

• encyclopedia

• dictionary

• glossary

• thesaurus

To find the pronunciation of a word, what resource should you use?

• dictionary

• thesaurus

• encyclopedia

• glossary

To find another word for "large", what resource should you use?

• dictionary

• thesaurus

• encyclopedia

• glossary

To found out if the word "lovely" is an adjective or an adverb, what resource would you use?

• dictionary

• thesaurus

• encyclopedia

• glossary

To find the meaning of the word "static", what resource should you use?

• dictionary

• thesaurus

• encyclopedia

• glossary

You need to find a better word to replace "mad" in your writing. What resource would help you?

• dictionary

• thesaurus

• encyclopedia

• glossary

To find a word that closely matches "livid", what resource should you use?

• dictionary

• thesaurus

• encyclopedia

• glossary