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English 4. Dictionary Skills. Dictionary Skills: Example. Example: 1. 2 2. 4 3. 3 4. 1 5. 5. Baby Rag Fire Apple Tree. Dictionary Skills: Example. Example: Words firm forest fable. Guide Words fable farmer/flyer forest.
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English 4 Dictionary Skills
Dictionary Skills: Example • Example: 1. 2 • 2. 4 • 3. 3 • 4. 1 5. 5 • Baby • Rag • Fire • Apple • Tree
Dictionary Skills: Example Example: Words firm forest fable Guide Words fable farmer/flyer forest
Alphabetizing 4. judge 2. gentle 3. regret 5. perform 3. ghostly 1.recognize 3. employ 5. goose 5. repulse 1. annoy 1. gag 2. reflect 2. direct 4. gnarl 4. religious
Alphabetizing 1. brace 4. realize 4. brand 3. protect 5. brash 1. master 3. brake 5. recede 2. brad 2. matron
Alphabetizing with Guide Words • Example: firm, forest, fable • gizzard • rainfall • fever • Nile • hectic farmer/flyer • give/glass • rail/ram • festive/fire • moon/Norway • heater/heel
Pronunciation, Form, and Meaning hip”.po.pot’.a.mus n. a large African herbivorous pachydermatous mammal that frequents rivers and lakes ________________________________________ hippopotamus <-> Literally, river horse, from Greek hippos, horse, and potamos, river ________________________________________
Pronunciation, Form, and Meaning his”.tri.on’.ic (his”. tre. on’. ik) adj. 1, pertaining to actors or acting. 2, pretended; artificial; affected. broth’.er-in-law” n. (pl. brothers-) 1, the brother of one’s spouse. 2, the husband of one’s sister.
Pronunciation, Form, and Meaning hitv.t. & i. (hit, hit.ting) 1, deal a blow to; strike; collide with. 2, reach, as with a missile. 3, move by a stroke. 4, assail in speech. 5, meet with; find; (with on)discover. 6, agree with; suit. 7, (Slang) kill. 8, (Slang) burglarize.—n. 1, a blow, impact, or collision. 2, (Baseball) a safely batted ball. 3, (Informal) a successful performance or enterprise. 4, a dose of a narcotic drug. 5, (Slang) a killing, especially one carried out by professional assassins. 6, (Computers) a successful match in data retrieval.—hitter , n. –hit-and-run, adj.
Test 3 Dictionary respelling and accent marks Hippopotamus • 5 • 3 • 1 • Pin • Label • Label Histrionic • 4 • 3 • 2 • sit
Test 4 Meaning and Form • C. • A • Brother-in-laws? Brothers-in-law? • Reread the sentence or paragraph to see which meaning fits best. • True • Brothers-in-law
Test 4 continued • 2 • hit • There are two parts of speech only for “hit” n = noun v = verb “hit” is a very irregular verb: hit, hits = present hit = past
Test 5 word origins • B • <-> [ ] < • Before or after the definition of the word • Any one of the three symbols can be used to mean “word origins”
Test 5 continued 3. Ch. Port. • Abbreviation Index • Slang • Chinese Portuguese 4. These labels are abbreviations, so one looks for a table or index of abbreviations to find the meaning.
Dictionary Skills II • name • clique • krater • dew • shading • nail/nape • civil/come • knight/labiate • devil/different • sequoia/sidehill
Dictionary Skills II • Plu.toc’.ra.cy • Plu”.per’.fect • The.at’.ri.cal • (the.at’.ri.kal) • thin, then • Phe.nom’.e.non (fi.nom’.a.non) n. [pl.-na] Plu.to’.ni.um (ploo.to’.ne.am) n. a radio-active chemical element, no. 94, symbol Pu.
Dicti0nnary Skills II Test 3 Plutocracy • 4 • 2 (toc) • Not • Label • Tool Test 3 Pluperfect • 3 • 2 (per) • 1 (plu) • Her Theatrical • thin
Dictionary Skills II Test 4 • B (Reread the sentence of paragraph….) • A (True) • Phenomena • B (noun) • n. Test 5 • C (before or after the definition) • <-> • Latin Greek • Abbreviation Index • Slang