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Shades of Meaning

Shades of Meaning
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These charts were created by request and provide examples of synonyms that demonstrate shades of meaning in various words.

Curriculum Codes

AC9E2LA04 9

Understand how texts are made cohesive by using personal and possessive pronouns and by omitting words that can be inferred

AC9E3LA02 9

Understand how the language of evaluation and emotion, such as modal verbs, can be varied to be more or less forceful

AC9E3LA10 9

Extend topic-specific and technical vocabulary and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts

ACELA1464 8.4

Understand how texts are made cohesive through language features, including word associations, synonyms, and antonyms

ACELA1477 8.4

Examine how evaluative language can be varied to be more or less forceful

ACELA1484 8.4

Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs

EN1-9B old

Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

EN2-7B old

Identifies and uses language forms and features in their own writing appropriate to a range of purposes, audiences and contexts

EN2-9B old

Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts

EN1-RECOM-01 new

Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning

EN1-UARL-01 new

Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose

EN2-OLC-01 new

Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting

EN2-VOCAB-01 new

Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words

EN2-RECOM-01 new

Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

VCELA224

Understand how texts are made cohesive by the use of resources, including word associations, synonyms, and antonyms

VCELY223

Analyse how different texts use nouns to represent people, places, things and ideas in particular ways

VCELA272

Examine how evaluative language can be varied to be more or less forceful

VCELA273

Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs

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