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Antonyms, Homonyms, Synonyms, and Analogies
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Words that have opposite meanings.
Antonyms Words that have opposite meanings.
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Match up words that mean the opposite on the next slide.
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abundant accept accurate admit antique combine extinguish scarce refuse incorrect deny modern separate ignite
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import knowledge merciful prohibit temporary minimum majority export ignorance cruel allow permanent maximum minority
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Homonyms Homonyms, or homophones, are words that are spelled differently, have different meanings, but are pronounced alike. Usually, they come in pairs. Sometimes they come in triplets. Examples: The most common errors to be aware of include: 1) principal, principal; 2) there, their, they’re; 3) through, threw; 4) to, too, two; 5) whether, weather; 6) which, witch; 7) its, it’s.
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Synonyms
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Synonyms! A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as another word. For example, happy = sunny, smiley, or joyful. What would be the synonym for woman? Female, lady
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Fun with synonyms Sally has a good friend named Mr. Pickles. Mr. Pickles is very nice to Sally. What words could we replace for the underlined words? Sally has a great, wonderful, nice friend named Mr. Pickles. Mr. Pickles is very friendly, respectful to Sally.
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Fun with synonyms What type of word did we use to replace the underlined words?
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Synonyms Now, let’s figure out what the synonyms are for 1. crying, 2. hungry, and 3. large. 1. Sobbing, 2. Famished, starving, 3. Big, huge.
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Analogies
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Analogies are two sets of words that have something in common.
Example: grass//green & sky//????
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The ‘clue’ is to discover why and how the first pair go together.
What makes grass and green go together? The color of grass is green.
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Sky is to ______. What color is the sky? Blue!
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Milk is to glass as soup is to ____.
bowl
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Dog is to fur as bird is to ________.
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feather
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Tomato is to red as lemon is to _________.
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yellow
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Train is to tracks as boat is to _________.
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water
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Elephant is to large as mouse is to __________.
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small
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Winter is to cold as summer is to ________.
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hot
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Fish is to swim as rabbit is to _________.
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hop
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THE END!!!
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