LANGUAGE ARTS

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LANGUAGE ARTS SIXTH GRADE
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BIG Im talking big ! Im talking huge! Im
talking enormous, immense,
Tremendous! Im talking hulking, towering,
Titanic, mountainous! Im talking maximum,
massive, Stupendous, gigantic, monumental!
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Im talking fantastic, fabulous, Incredible,
unbelievable, mammoth,
Vast! Im talking astronomical, mighty,
Monstrous, universal, colossal,
Magnificent, galactical! Im
talking BIG! ----Colin
McNaughton
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WHAT DO ALL THESE WORDS HAVE IN COMMON? THEYRE
ALL ADJECTIVES!
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SYNONYMS
WORDS THAT HAVE NEARLY THE SAME MEANINGS.
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WHAT MAKES A POEM A POEM?
PROSE---ALL WRITING THAT IS NOT POETRY
ALLITERATION----START WITH THE SAME
SOUND towering and titanic HALF-RHYMES----like
immense and tremendous
MUSICALITY---ONE OF THE QUALITIES THAT MAKES IT
A POEM.
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WHAT KIND OF PUNCTUATION IS USED IN THE POEM?
HOW SHOULD THE POEM BE READ?
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CHOOSE A WORD THAT IS AN ADJECTIVE.---A WORD
THAT DESCRIBES A PERSON OR AN OBJECT. NEXT,WRITE
DOWN AS MANY SYNONYMS AS YOU CAN FOR THIS
WORD. YOU MAY NOT USE ANY WORDS FROM THE
POEM. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE A DICTIONARY OR
THESAURUS.
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WRITE YOUR OWN SUPER-DUPER SYNONYM POEM. USE
AS MANY OF YOUR WORDS FROM THE LIST AS POSSIBLE..
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THE WORD YOU CHOSE ,YOUR ADJECTIVE, WILL BE THE
TITLE OF YOUR POEM. NOW CONCENTRATE ON THOSE
SYNONYMS!
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