Question

Acquiring New Words

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Objectives:

Use a variety of techniques to acquire a range of words
Determine, clarify, and illustrate the meaning of unfamiliar words
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Complete the assessment using the passage provided.
Select a word from the passage, and identify/create each of the following for that word:
Denotation
Connotations
Synonyms
Antonyms
Affixes
The sentence from the passage where the word appears
An original sentence using the word
A memory trick
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Passage from "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe

Very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound—the tumultuous motion of the heart, and in my ears the sound of its beating. Then a pause in which all is blank. Then again sound, and motion, and touch, a tingling sensation pervading my frame. Then the mere consciousness of existence, without thought, a condition which lasted long. Then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state. Then a strong desire to lapse into insensibility. Then a rushing revival of soul and a successful effort to move. And now a full memory of the trial, of the judges, of the sable draperies, of the sentence, of the sickness, of the swoon. Then entire forgetfulness of all that followed; of all that a later day and much earnestness of endeavor have enabled me vaguely to recall.


Acquiring New Words


Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Affixes:

Denotation:

Word from the Passage:

Connotation:

Sentence from the Passage:

Memory Trick:

Original Sentence, Using Word:

Answer 1

The word is shuddering.

• Synonyms: Trembling, shivering, quivering.
• Antonyms: steady
• Affixes: -ing
• Denotation: To tremble with a sudden movement, usually due to horror, fear or cold.
• Word from the Passage: shuddering
• Connotation: It implies a feeling of fear and nervousness. Conveys a fearful feeling.
• Sentence from the Passage: Then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state.
• Memory Trick: Shudder starts with "sh-," just like "shivering" which is a synonym.
• Original Sentence, Using Word: The horrible scene in the movie left me shuddering.