Using a Thesaurus

Question 1

A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as another word.

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T

Question 2

A thesaurus cana.Increase the quality of your workc.Help to avoid repeating wordsb.Help you add creativity to your written workd.All of these

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D

Question 3

A thesaurus is a type of encyclopedia.

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F

Question 4

The company’s CEO is very stingy with money. “Stingy” has a negative connotation.

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T

Question 5

Thesauruses list words that have the same, or nearly the same, meanings.

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T

Question 6

A synonym isa.A word that has the same meaning as anotherc.A word that lacks creativityb.A word that has the opposite meaning as anotherd.A word that is repeated too often in a paragraph

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A

Question 7

A word’s denotation and connotation mean basically the same thing.

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F

Question 8

Alex wrote the sentence: The big dog was really fat. He ate a lot.Why does Alex need a thesaurus?a.The sentences begin with the same wordc.The sentences lack creativityb.Many words are repeatedd.None of these

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C

Question 9

Which synonym for “pretty” has a positive connotation?a.Beautifulb.Sassy

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A

Question 10

Which synonym for the word “athletic” has a negative connotation?a.Muscularb.Wiry

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B

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