Synonyms A synonym is a word similar in

Synonyms A synonym is a word similar in meaning to another word. Finding a synonym for an ordinary word like said can make your writing more precise and interesting eg. murmured captures saying something quietly not just saying. Writers also often use a list of synonyms to make a sentence more effective. Using a list of several words with the same meaning reinforces the idea. For example: After waiting for the bus for over an hour, Mandi felt annoyed, frustrated and infuriated! TASK 1: Why do you think the writer here chose the word infuriated at the end? Think about how it is different from annoyed or frustrated?

Synonyms for sad You are going to practise creating lists of synonyms. Look at some of the synonyms you can have for the word sad? unhappy upset depressed heart-broken miserable sorrowful gloomy And if you’re feeling really ambitious: morose, melancholic, despondent disconsolate

Lists of synonyms for other words TASK 2: You are going to make your own lists of synonyms for different words. On the next few slides, you will see a selection of words. When you have read the word on the slide, write down words that have the same meaning. Jot down as many as you can. NOTE: If you get stuck, look up the word in a thesaurus – a book or online version – or click on “Review” at the top of the page and then on thesaurus 3 items from the left and a column appears to the right. Write your word in the top box and lots of synonyms will appear below it.

happy

frightened

cold

win

hot

hard

danger

smile

fun

anger

said

help

sick

home

like

small

Using Synonyms TASK 3: Synonyms for “scared” You could just write: Liam felt scared during the horror movie. Or you could have written: Liam felt petrified during the horror movie or Liam felt terrified during the horror movie or Liam felt horrified during the horror movie. a) Which word for scared do you think is best and why? Say how each of the words for scared are a little different. b) b) If you’d written, “Liam felt scared, petrified and terrified during the movie”, would that be more effective? Why/why not?

Using Synonyms Shamir won the race. TASK 4: Write down synonyms for the word won then rewrite the above sentence.

Using Synonyms Vascal was worried about the upcoming Maths test. TASK 5: Jot down any synonyms of worried then rewrite the above sentence.

Synonyms: your ideas TASK 6: See how many sentences you can create with lists of 3 synonyms in each.