English Club
English Club: Esl Games: Matching Games: Synonyms 10 (Advanced)
Play a memory match game by matching six different words with their synonyms.
English Club
English Club: Esl Games: Grammar: Matching Adjectives: Similar Meanings
Ten matching games. Drag and drop each adjective next to its synonym. When finished, answers can be checked and a percentage score is provided.
English Club
English Club: Esl Games: Grammar: Matching Adjectives: Opposite Meanings
Ten matching games. Drag and drop each adjective next to its antonym. When finished, answers can be checked and a percentage score is provided.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Connotation: Lesson 3
This lesson introduces connotation and provides examples. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Connotation."
TES Global
Tes: Varieties of English
[Free Registration/Login Required] This graphic organizer will help student reflect on the similarities and difference among formal and informal word choices. Dialect, idiolect, and verb effectiveness are featured.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Synonym Exercises
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a group of exercises that ask students to match words with their synonym. There are assessment questions included. The vocabulary level is appropriate for middle school students.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Family Nym
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an introduction/review of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and homographs initially for a 6th grade reading class.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Epigram/epigraph/ Epitaph/epithet
This site gives a definition of epitaph and has a link to a collection of epitaphs.
Info Please
Infoplease: Dictionary: Meaning of Dialogue
A brief definition of the term "dialogue" is provided here.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Analogies
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches about antonyms, synonyms, and homophones and follows up with several pages of opportunities to use Activotes to check for understanding.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Antonyms
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart utilizes a magic window to reveal the appropriate answers for finding antonym matches. It also has a matching game to uncover words that are antonym pairs. This is a great review for...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Be More Descriptive
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students find synonyms for tired, dull words in order to make their writing more interesting.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Idioms
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is an introduction to idioms. It is intended to meet Nevada 8th grade standards in relation to figurative language and idioms.
Other
Rhyme Zone Rhyme Finder
Enter a word and get a list of rhyming words, synonyms, antonyms, definitions, homophones and related words. Also available on this page, the texts of Shakespeare's plays, quotes by notable authors, games and quizzes, texts of famous...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Common Issues With Homophones
This lesson goes over homophones that are commonly confused.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Connotation and Denotation
This lesson discusses connotation and denotation; it defines each and provides examples showing how words can have very similar denotations but very different connotations. This information is offered in text and audio.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Denotation
This lesson introduces denotation and provides examples. L.11-12.5b Nuance
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Antonyms
This lesson defines antonyms, explains where to locate them in a dictionary and thesaurus, discusses why it is helpful to know antonyms, and provides examples. Offered in both text and audio formats.
Education Development Center
Tv411: Vocabulary: Finding New Ways to Say Something: Activity 1 of 3
Practice your vocabulary skills by choosing the stronger synonym from a word bank to complete each sentence.
Other
Bedford/st. Martin's: Connotation and Denotation
A brief explanation distinguishes connotation from denotation. At the bottom, click on practice exercises. L.11-12.5b Nuance
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Denotation: Lesson 3
This lesson introduces denotation and provides examples. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Denotation." CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4, L.9-10.5b nuances, L.11-12.5b Nuance
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Connotation and Denotation: Lesson 2
This lesson discusses the difference between connotation and denotation. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Connotation and Denotation." L.11-12.5b Nuance
Other
The Phrase Finder
Use this tool to find the origins and meanings of phrases, sayings and cliches.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Soliloquy
This short definition of Soliloquy compares it with a similar literary convention, the "aside."