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
substanceessencedesignateallocatesteadfasttangiblesubstantiallyinevitably
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.
Runs on: steadfasttangibleinevitably
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.
Runs on: designate
Match each word part to what it means, then see the family it builds.
Word part
What it means
The tail -ate can turn a base into a verb meaning to make or do. Designate is to make a designation, and decorate is to add decoration. Learn the one tail, and you can hear the action inside a hundred words.
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.
Runs on: substanceessenceallocate
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
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.
Way 5 of 5
What Kind of Saying?
A figure of speech does not mean its words literally. An idiom is a saying whose words do not add up to its meaning, similes compare with like or as, and metaphors say one thing is another.
Can you hang with Slang (figuratively)? Sort each saying by what kind it is: an idiom, a simile, or a metaphor.
Every figure sorted and understood. That is What Kind of Saying?
Five ways, run on eight words.
Words you now know five ways
substanceessencedesignateallocatesteadfasttangiblesubstantiallyinevitably
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.