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Quick Conversation
• Share your work with a partner. Read aloud the examples and discuss their connotations and effects. Record notes from your discussion.
The word has a shade of meaning of .
The author made a good choice when he used the verb because .
Would you consider any of these verbs as figurative language? Why?
Determine Shades of Meaning
The words below are all vivid verbs that could be substituted for the verb ring in the following sentence: She awoke from a vivid dream in which she heard a bell ring.
buzz peal clang chime roar jingle
Put the words in order of their connotations, from least intense sound to most intense sound.
Use a dictionary to understand the word’s shade of meaning. Then make an oral presentation in which you explain the ranking you made of the words and their connotations. Make notes for your presentation in the space below.
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