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Knowledge
- Word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
Skills
- Describe word relationships and slight variations in meaning, such as look, peek, glance, stare, glare; big, large, gigantic, monstrous.
- Describe word relationships by relating words of opposite meanings (antonyms) and similar meanings (synonyms).
- Distinguish shades of meaning in related words, like acting out tiptoe, creep, and march to distinguish nuances in words related to walk.
Understanding
- Writers and speakers should carefully select words to convey specific meanings, ideas, and relationships.
Vocabulary
- Word relationships
- Nuances in word meanings
- Opposites
- Shades of meaning
- Similar or related words
