Five ways, eight words
Five ways to run on this unit's words. Each one is a different grip on the same word.
The words from this unit
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Wonderful Words · The Mayor on the floor
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Way 1 of 5
Smile or Frown
Every word keeps company. Its Smiles mean the same thing, and its Frowns mean the opposite.
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Is the pair a Smile (same meaning) or a Frown (opposite meaning)?
Every one sorted. That is Smile or Frown, run on this unit's words.
Way 2 of 5
Word Family
Learn the part a word is built from, and the whole family comes with it.
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Match each word part to what it means, then see the family it builds.
Word part
What it means
Instruct carries the root struct, which means to build, because to instruct is to build knowledge into someone. Construct and structure share the very same root.
Both pairs matched, and a whole family lit. That is Word Family.
Way 3 of 5
Word Detective
No dictionary needed. The sentence around a word gives its meaning away.
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The sentence around the blank supplies the meaning. No glossary, just the clues.
Every case closed on the evidence alone. That is Word Detective.
Way 4 of 5
Many Hats
Some words work more than one job. The job decides which character owns the word.
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Sort each sentence by which character owns the word doing its job there.
Sort by the job, not the spelling. The same word can put on an adjective hat in one sentence and a noun hat in the next.
Every hat on the right head. That is Many Hats.
Way 5 of 5
Two Ways to Say It
The Mayor and Slang can mean the same thing. The moment picks the word.
The Mayor and Slang mean the same thing. Match his formal word to Slang's streetwise one.
The Mayor says
Slang says
Same meanings, two wardrobes. That is Two Ways to Say It.
Five ways, run on eight words.
Words you now know five ways
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Every way you played with a word is another way you get to keep it. When you are ready, make one of them yours for good.