Thesaurus Skills A thesaurus is a book of synonyms words that share the same or nearly t he same meaning Thesaurus Skills A thesaurus lists words as entries similar to the dictionary Big ID: 295272
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A thesaurus is a book of
synonyms – words that
share the same or nearly
t
he same meaning.Slide3
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A thesaurus lists words as entries, similar to the dictionary.
Big
adjective
1. ◊
colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge,
immense, large
My St. Bernard puppy has big paws.
2. ◊
im
-
portant
, great, major, significant, vital
Our soccer team
practiced hard for the big game.Slide4
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Big
adjective
1. ◊
colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge,
immense, large
My St. Bernard puppy has big paws.
2. ◊ im-portant, great, major, significant, vital Our soccer team practiced hard for the big game.
The entry word isprinted in purple,making it easy to findSlide5
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Big
adjective
1. ◊
colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge,
immense, large
My St. Bernard puppy has big paws.
2. ◊ im-portant, great, major, significant, vital Our soccer team practiced hard for the big game.
The entry word isprinted in purple,making it easy to find
The part of speech is
printed in italic letters.Slide6
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Big
adjective
1. ◊
colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge,
immense, large
My St. Bernard puppy has big paws.
2. ◊ im-portant, great, major, significant, vital Our soccer team practiced hard for the big game.
The entry word isprinted in purple,making it easy to find
The part of speech is
printed in italic letters.
The words listed in bold are
synonyms of the entry word. Slide7
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Big
adjective
1. ◊
colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge,
immense, large
My St. Bernard puppy has
big paws. 2. ◊ im-portant, great, major, significant, vital Our soccer team
practiced hard for the big game.
The entry word is
printed in purple,
making it easy to find
The part of speech is
printed in italic letters.
The words listed in bold are
synonyms of the entry word.
The example sentence shows how
the entry word is commonly used
in speaking and writing. Slide8
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Big
adjective
1. ◊
colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge,
immense, large
My St. Bernard puppy has
big paws. 2. ◊ im-portant, great, major, significant, vital Our soccer team
practiced hard for the big game.
The entry word is
printed in purple,
making it easy to find
The part of speech is
printed in italic letters.
The words listed in bold are
synonyms of the entry word.
The example sentence shows how
the entry word is commonly used
in speaking and writing.
If the entry word has more than
one meaning each meaning is
numbered.Slide9
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Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning.
Many thesauruses will include a list of antonyms also.Slide10
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Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning.
Many thesauruses will include a list of antonyms also.
Big
SmallSlide11
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Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning.
Many thesauruses will include a list of antonyms also.
Antonyms
Big
adjective
small, little, tiny miniature, wee, puny
2. minor, petty, trivial, unimportant
The Children’s Thesaurus puts antonyms into a box next to the entry word.Slide12
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Thesauruses can be used when someone has used the
same word many times and would like to choose a new
word to use in its place.Slide13
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Thesauruses can be used when someone has used the
same word many times and would like to choose a new
word to use in its place.
Thesauruses are also good to use when you are looking
for a word that does a better job of saying exactly what
you are trying to describe.Slide14
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Thesauruses can be used when someone has used the
same word many times and would like to choose a new
word to use in its place.
Thesauruses are also good to use when you are looking
for a word that does a better job of saying exactly what
you are trying to describe.
My St. Bernard puppy has big paws.
goodSlide15
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Thesauruses can be used when someone has used the
same word many times and would like to choose a new
word to use in its place.
Thesauruses are also good to use when you are looking
for a word that does a better job of saying exactly what
you are trying to describe.
My St. Bernard puppy has big paws.
good
My St. Bernard puppy has huge paws.
betterSlide16
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The next time you are writing something try using
a thesaurus to add more variety and a bigger selection
of words to what you are writing.Slide17
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The next time you are writing something try using
a thesaurus to add more variety and a bigger selection
of words to what you are writing.
If you use a thesaurus regularly you will learn more
words and see a big improvement in your vocabulary.