Ch.+6+Pre-test

Prior to reading the chapter, copy the questions from below, paste them into a word document, complete each section as best you can, and save them to reflect on after reading the chapter. Please send all post-chapter reflections to me upon completion of the chapter.

1.) In what way are the following groups of nouns the same and different?
 * daughter, sister, niece / nun, waitress, nurse
 * rooster, bull ram / hen, ewe, cow
 * table, chair, pencil / water, cream, sand
 * husband, brother, son / clerk, preacher, judge
 * grandfather, mother, niece/ brother, sister, cousin

2.) Mark each antonym pair as gradable or complementary.
 * dead / alive
 * hot / cold
 * above / below
 * fat / skinny
 * married / single
 * mild / spicy
 * angry / delighted
 * hideous / gorgeous
 * straight / crooked
 * introvert / extrovert
 * winner / loser

3.) Take one of the gradable pairs from above and fill out the scale from one end to the other with words that show degrees of meaning in between each set.

4.) Use the following format to make a definition of these words: web, tornado, and poem, substituting words for the description in paratheses.

A/An (word to be defined) is a/an (synonym__)__ that (is, does, or has) (critical feature).