Word Choice and Usage

Lie~
noun
1. a false
statement
verb
2. to put one’s
body
horizontally

Denotation

Connotation

~strong word ~bad ~hurtful
~worse than a fib or tall tale

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Thesaurus
Synonyms: fib, falsehood,
tall tale, whopper, obloquy
Antonyms: truth, honesty,
openness

Answer:

Which resource would you use to look
up the definition of an unknown word?

a. Dictionary.com
b. Thesaurus.com
c. Your Brain

ANSWER

Answer:

Which resource would you use to make
the underlined word more specific?
The teacher grabbed it from the student.

a. Dictionary.com
b. Thesaurus.com
c. Your Brain
Only you (the writer) know what “it” is

Answer :

Which resource would you use to make
the underlined word more specific?
The teacher grabbed it from the student.

a. Dictionary.com
b. Thesaurus.com
c. Your Brain

Thesaurus Tips:

1. Don’t pick a word you don’t know
She told a lie→She told an obloquy 😖

2. Don’t pick a word that is too informal
She told a lie→She told a whopper 😖

3. The thesaurus doesn’t know connotations or your

sentence! Only pick a word if it is an improvement.