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Mastering Your Dictionary: Ultimate Guide for Word Enthusiasts

Discover how to maximize your dictionary resource, from finding meanings and pronunciations to mastering origins and variant spellings. Equip yourself with essential word skills using this comprehensive guide.

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Mastering Your Dictionary: Ultimate Guide for Word Enthusiasts

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  1. How to use a dictionary I can use a dictionary to find meanings of words.

  2. Where can I find a Dictionary • In the Library Reference section • In the Library on the Dictionary stand • Your hands! You have your very own dictionary now!

  3. What information can I find about a word? • Pronunciation • Definition or word meaning • information about the word • How to use the word in a sentence • Part of speech • Origins or root • Variant spellings for the same word (ax or axe)

  4. Guide words • The two Guide words at the top of each page Last word on the page First word on the page

  5. The First Guide Word • is the first word on the page

  6. The Second Guide Words • tells you the last word on the page

  7. Entry Words • Your word needs to fall in between these two guide words

  8. How it’s in order • The words are all in alphabetic (A-B-C) order.

  9. Definitions • There may be more than one definition for each word

  10. Don’t Give Up • If you don’t find the word, don’t give up. You might need to check several possible spellings before finding the word

  11. Special Sections for some Dictionaries • Foreign words or phrases • Abbreviations • Addresses of colleges • population of cities and countries

  12. Other information that can be found in a Dictionary • English to metric conversion tables • Maps • Presidents of the United States • Explanations of common symbols • "How to Use a Dictionary"

  13. Mystery Word • I can listen attentively to the clues given to guess the word. • I can keep the word in my head until asked to speak it out loud. • NOW, LET’S PLAY!

  14. Dictionary Scavenger Hunt • I can use my dictionary to answer questions. • I can work at a level 1 with a partner. • I can work the entire time. • I can use my best handwriting on my work.

  15. Bibliography http://www.ctl.ua.edu/CTLStudyAids/StudySkillsFlyers/VocabularyDevelopment/how2useadictionary.htm Viewed 10/10/08 http://library.thinkquest .org viewed 10/5/08 http://library.thinkquest.org/5585/dictionary.htm#How%20to%20Use%20a%20Dictionary Using a Dictionary Viewed 10/15/08 http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/dictless.cfm Using a Dictionary Viewed 10/14/2008

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