Words! Words! Words! Synonyms! Definitions! And more! We need words to think and understand information. Looking over some of your synonym strips, share some of the new and/or unusual words that you have learned. Discuss why you found them so fascinating. See if others have found similar words!
Some of the words that we really don't use everyday would be strutting which means ''swagger'' we usually say walking instead if strutting...It's not really fastinating but whatever...throughout this book called''Make Lemonade'' you will find alot of words that you wouldn't say ...
ReplyDeleteWord1: Aforementioned- Synonym1: former Synonym2:past
ReplyDeleteI found this word interesting because it is not used very often. It means to happen formally or right before. If someone uses this word in a sentence while speeking, it would be very impressive.
Word2: Whilst- Synonym1: while synonym2:during
I found this word interesting because no one ever uswes the word. And it would be very interesting to hear someone use the word :)
Alicia, I have also found alot of interesting words in my book also.
ReplyDeleteMy first favorite word in my book, The Outsiders, was the word Pickled. This was my first favorite word because it is an uncommonly used word, and it is a funny way to state what it means.
ReplyDeleteMy only other favorite word in this book so far is the word ,nonchalantly. I like this word because it is a cool word and is not used often.
I agree with Sam about her cool words. I think they are very interesting words and they would be funny to hear someone at our school say that
ReplyDeleteYes I agree with PJ that the word Pickled if one of those unusual words. I have never heard of that word and I hope to learn the definition of this word. Plus the word nonchalantly is a cool word to me because its fin to say.
ReplyDeleteOne of the words that I read in my book that was intreaging is the word tenant. This word means a resident or a occupant. I choose this word because it was one of the only words in the chapter that I read that I wasnt familiar with. The other word was the word dough. This word if used correctly means money. For example, I need to make some dough today.
ReplyDeleteSome of the interesting words that I spotted in this book was, ducats. This word is a European word for a copper coin. One of my favorite words is dingdongs, or wackos. My book Money Hungry uses almost a dictionary full of old school slang that comes from other countries such as the two typed. Replacing the words with synonyms would help to understand them. For example, if the sentence says,"I'm holdin on to my ducats",(which it does) then replacing it with change would make the sentence clear."I'm holdin on to my change".
ReplyDeletei am reading the book called Make Lemonade. By Virginia Euwer Wolfe. i found a lot of intersting words in my book.i will give you guys 2 examples.
ReplyDeleteExample 1: Adequate. Synonym 1:worthy Synonym2: valuable. Below is the sentence that it was in.
"No fathers for your babies, they say you - AIN'T A ADQUATE PARENT."says Jolly
Example 2: sooty. Synonym1: dirty synonym 2: covered with grime. Below is the sentence that it was in.
i see just an outline against the sooty windows.
Some of the interesting words that I spotted was really interesting some of the words was words i never saw in my life like: faucet,yanking exotic
ReplyDeleteI found the word hoodloms that mean dressed liked a thug or a gang banger. Anouther word is handsome thsat means looking good`or shap or just dressed nice.
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ReplyDeleteYour book sounds really good. And you are right the sentence does make the word more easier to understand. i thought that you would not like the word wackos so that made me laugh.i never knew that ducats was even a word. that was something that i never even knew so just by reading your post i learned something new.
Your Friend,
Caila
With reading the book Make Lemonade I have read allot of words that we do not use in every day to day grammar. We have heard them but we just don’t use them on a daily basis. For example the word strutting, when I first read it I had to use context clues to figure out what it meant. I learned some Symons for this word would be; flaunt, and parade. Another word that grabbed my eye was yecchho. When I first read that word I could not even use the context clues to help me understand. I found out that it was type of squash. The next word I found was a funny word to me. I have no idea why I think it is funny but I do, the word is hoisting. I found out the word means to be picked up.
ReplyDeleteSome of the words that we really don't use everyday would be strutting which means ''swagger'' we usually say walking instead if strutting...It's not really fastinating but whatever...throughout this book called''Make Lemonade'' you will find alot of words that you wouldn't say...
ReplyDeleteHomies is what friends mean A.K.A. mates in
ReplyDeleteEngland, and is somewhat 'fun' to use.
I agree with Caila, those words were interesting.
ReplyDeleteI agree Sam it would be exciting to hear people start using whilst or aforementioned. Just think, instead of saying 'baby mama drama' people could say, "I have some aforementioned lover complications." Everyone would sound alot smarter if they used those words.
ReplyDeleteThere were many sentences in Holes that have intrested me. One specific word is "defective" which means damaged or impaired. The sentence in the story "He woundered if he had a defective shovel." Another word I liked was "glisten." That word means glance or sparkle. The sentences said "He thought he saw something glisten as it fell onto the dirt pile."
ReplyDeleteyes i agree with morgan everyone would sound a lot smarter because you dont commonly hear those words in daily life and that is a very compex word.
ReplyDeletein the book I am reading "Fever 1793" I found out that cherub means angel or divine messenger and that constable means officer or policeman
ReplyDeleteI agree cassidy these new words can be diffiult but,after a while they become easy
ReplyDeleteI want to make a comment about Joe's word "Cherub". Even though the spelling is differnet the sounding is the same as shurb. I had no idea that cherub meant angel or divine messenager. That is so cool I am totally going to use that in a sentence if I can figure out how.
ReplyDeleteMy book has some funky words. But most people have heard of them but they don't know what they mean.....
ReplyDeleteWord #1~ Tourniquet...Something you use when you
get ingured or cut(bandage?)
Word #2~ Egad...Makes me think of words like
"wow", kind of like your astonished
Yes I agree to breanna's response because I also have read Holes and there was a lot of interesting words in the book ....well not really but anyways
ReplyDeleteI agree with Breanna's responce there are a lot of cool words in Holes. There are words in there that we dont use every day and they are very interesting.
ReplyDelete<3 Caila Gentner <3
i agree with cathee h there are alot of funky words in my book to like protruding witch means a lump or plump of something. another words that i thought was funky was revved witch means revence or reverse.
ReplyDeleteif i could be friends with A charector it would be zero and stanley because when zig-zag had tried to start a fight with stanley because he was letting zero dig his hole they got mad and tried to get stanley to eat a cookie so they can dig his hole. but when zero had saw them messing with stanley he had jumped in and helped him. and when zero had ran away stanley had ran after him to try to get him to go back to camp so he did not die out there. stanley had said that he had a plan so that zero did not get into trouble.
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