Using A Thesaurus Lesson

Question 1

Lesson Objectives

Answer 1

Understand the purpose of a thesaurus

Utilize a thesaurus to increase the quality of written work

Question 2

What is a thesaurus?

Answer 2

Thesaurus

• A thesaurus is a reference source that contains synonyms for commonly used words

Synonym

• A synonym is a word having the same, or nearly the same, meaning as another word

Question 3

Why use a thesaurus?

Answer 3

Use a thesaurus to:

• Avoid repeating words
• Avoid beginning sentences with identical words
• Add interest or creativity to a document

Question 4

Using a thesaurus

Answer 4

Remember that no two words mean exactly the same thing

Words have different implied meanings

Question 5

Using a thesaurus

Answer 5

If you use a word you’re not familiar with, you may be saying something that you didn’t intend to say

A basic rule to remember is that if you don’t know the word, don’t use it!!