CHAPTER 13: WORD CONSCIOUSNESS
Objectives
As a result of reading and studying this chapter students will be able to:
- Describe the characteristics of word conscious students
- List characteristics of a word-rich classroom
- Define adept diction
- Describe how teachers can model adept diction
- Explain how the knowledge of categories of words (synonyms, antonyms etc.) and figurative language support word consciousness
- Compare the connotation and denotation of word meaning
- Describe how word play motivates students to improve their language skills
- Compare the types of words that originate from the Anglo Saxon, Latin and Greek languages
Key Terms
- Word consciousness
- Word-rich classroom
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Homographs
- Figurative language
- Similes
- Metaphors
- Idioms
- Word play
- Eponyms
- Toponyms
- Proverbs
- Slang
- Acronyms
- Portmanteaus
- Puns
- Riddles
- Tongue twisters
- Anagrams
- Palindromes
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