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Synonym Success—Thanks to the Thesaurus
Author(s) -
Mountain Lee
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1598/jaal.51.4.3
Subject(s) - thesaurus , synonym (taxonomy) , vocabulary , information retrieval , computer science , helpfulness , context (archaeology) , linguistics , class (philosophy) , natural language processing , world wide web , artificial intelligence , psychology , history , philosophy , biology , zoology , social psychology , archaeology , genus
After a class of ninth graders discovered the helpfulness of the thesaurus in such synonym activities as Synonym Tic‐Tac‐Toe and Cross‐Synonym Puzzles, they started using the thesaurus to locate “the exactly right word” while drafting compositions. They also enriched their oral vocabularies during these activities by discussing synonyms from the thesaurus and using them in context. Synonym wordplay turned the thesaurus into a popular and effective reference book for vocabulary development.