The Meanings of Words

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The Meanings of Words

• Denotation and Connotation

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Denotation

• The strict dictionary meaning of a word

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Connotation

• The emotional and imaginative ideas
  surrounding a word

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Purpose of Words

• To label things
• I live in a house.

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Purpose of Words

• To express a point of view
• You may live in a house, but we live in a home.

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Point of View

• Positive
• We bought inexpensive souvenirs at the
  amusement park.

• Negative
• We bought cheap souvenirs at the
  amusement park.

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Point of View Positive

• Everyone had a (smile, smirk) on his/her face on
  the ride home.
• Everyone had a smile on his/her face on the way
  home.

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Point of View Negative

• I ate a (soggy,moist) sandwich.
• I ate a soggy sandwich

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Positive? You Decide!

• average mediocre

childish childlike
spit saliva
antique old-fashioned
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• Word Jeopardy

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Word Jeopardy
Positive Viewpoint
Negative Viewpoint
Context Clues
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Positive Viewpoint

• immature
• youthful
• Back to Game

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Positive Viewpoint

• limit
• restrict
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Positive Viewpoint

• filthy
• dirty
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Negative Viewpoint

• stingy
• thrifty
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Negative Viewpoint

• cluttered
• messy
• Back to Game

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Negative Viewpoint

• unusual
• weird
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Context Clues

• After the big test, Rich felt relaxed and
  ( carefree, irresponsible ).
• Back to Game

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Context Clues

• The empty streets looked lonely and (
  deserted, barren ).
• Back to Game

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Context Clues

• The employees tried to ( haggle, bargain )
  with their employer over pay raises.
• Back to Game

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Alliteration

• Repetition of the same consonant sounds, usually
  at the beginning of the words
• Example
• - Should the glee-glaze-
• - In Deathsstiff-stare.

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Alliteration

• Find the alliteration in Sweetness, Always
• Verses of pastry which melt into milk and
  sugar in the mouth.

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Alliteration

• Yay, you found the alliteration! Hopefully
• Verses of pastry which melt into milk and
  sugar in the mouth.

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Assonance

• The repetition of similar vowel sounds within
  syllables
• Example
• Beware of ex/cessive assonance. Any
  assonance that draws attention to itself is
  ex/cessive.

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Assonance

• Find the Assonance in this quote from The Flea
• Oh stay, three lives in one flea
  spare,
• Where we almost, nay more than
• married are.

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Assonance

• Yay, you found it! . Hopefully.
• Oh stay, three lives in one flea spare,
• Where we almost, nay more than
• married are.
• No matter where the similar sounds are found, as
  long as they are a repetition of the same vowel
  sound, they count!

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Assonance Vs. Rhyme Scheme

• What is the difference between Assonance and
  Rhyme Scheme?
• Although Rhyme Scheme is also the same sounds, in
  rhyming those sounds are usually found at the end
  of the lines of the poem.
• Assonance can be found all throughout a poem, no
  matter where in the line.

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Consonance

• Close repetition of the same consonant sounds,
  preceded by different vowel sounds
• Note At the end of lines of poetry, this
  produces half-rhyme.
• Example
• Flash and flesh.
• Breed and bread.

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Consonance

• Find the Consonance in Our Homemade Limerick.
• Sometimes, I wish I could wash,
• My reds with my whites, Josh.
• In a flash theyd be done,
• If I washed them as one,
• But a pink they would be make as they
• swish swash, swish swash.

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Consonance

• Sometimes, I wish I could wash,
• My reds with my whites, Josh.
• In a flash theyd be done,
• If I washed them as one,
• But a pink they would be make as they
• swish swash, swish swash.
• Red Consonance

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Why are these important?

• Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance are all
  useful in literature because they create a
  general flow.
• They all add a sense of rhythm to a poem, or a
  song.

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Well Done!