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Antonym
Name: Sia Ding Sheng
Date: 19/12/2019
Subject: Language arts
Antonym
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What is Antonyms
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3 Types of Antonyms
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Summary
What is Antonym?
What is.......
A word that has the exact opposite meaning of another word is its antonym.
3 Types of Antonyms
3 types
Complementary: Complementary antonyms have no middle ground.
Relational: These are similar to complementary antonyms, except that both must exist for them to be antonyms of each other.
Graded: These antonyms deal with levels of comparison and they can be two words on a scale. Many are relative terms, which can be interpreted differently by different people.
Example of Complementary Antonyms
Complementary
- Boy-Girl
- Off-On
- Night-Day
- True-False
- Entrance-Exit
Example of Relational Antonyms
Relational
- Above-Below
- Buy-Sell
- Husband-Wife
- Doctor-Patient
- Give-Receive
Example of Graded Antonyms
Graded
- Warm-Cool
- Early-Late
- Hard-Easy
- Fast-Slow
- Fat-Slim
Summary
Knowing Antonyms can help us express our self better - with more variety and more colorfully.
It help to emphasize our points,show contrast,or exactly what you mean.
Q/A
Which of the following antonym is type of Complementary?
A. Off-On
B. Buy-Sell
C. Warm-Cool
Q/A
Q/A
Give me 1 Example of Graded Antonyms.
Q/A
- Warm-Cool
- Early-Late
- Hard-Easy
- Fast-Slow
- Fat-Slim
Q/A Opinion
What is your opinion on my presentation?
Opinion
Source: Time4learning