Using a Thesaurus Answers

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A thesaurus can

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Increase the quality of your work
B
Help you add creativity to your written work
C
Help to avoid repeating words
D
All of these
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A thesaurus is used to ______.

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Determine the cause of important historical events
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Locate a country on a map of the world
C
Look up the precise definition of a word
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Find the synonyms and antonyms of a word
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An online thesaurus contains the same information as a traditional thesaurus.

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T
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F
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A synonym is

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A word that has the same meaning as another
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A word that has the opposite meaning as another
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A word that lacks creativity
D
A word that is repeated too often in a paragraph
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Which synonym for “pretty” has a positive connotation?

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

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T
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F
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Alex wrote the sentence: The big dog was really fat. He ate a lot.Why does Alex need a thesaurus?

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The sentences begin with the same word
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Many words are repeated
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The sentences lack creativity
D
None of these
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A word’s denotation and connotation mean basically the same thing.

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T
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F
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Which synonym for the word “athletic” has a negative connotation?

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Muscular
B
Wiry
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A thesaurus is a type of encyclopedia.

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T
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F
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The company’s CEO is very stingy with money. “Stingy” has a negative connotation.

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

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T
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F
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All synonyms for a particular word mean exactly the same thing.

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T
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F

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