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Inventing The Future Review
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More Words to Know(Shades of Meaning) Every word has a denotation, the word’s “exact, literal meaning.” Most words also have connotations: “the feelings, emotions, or images the word suggests.careless: thoughtless, negligent, irresponsible
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atypical Definition: not representative of a type; irregular; abnormalSentence: The lab specimen ...
Skill: Author’s Purpose Authors may write to inform, persuade, express feelings or ideas, or entertain.
Look Back and Write Look back through Inventing the Future for key qualities that Thomas Alva Edison possessed both as an inventor and as a co-worker. Make a list of these qualities and then write a paragraph about Mr. Edison as a person you would like to meet.