Nature of words
There are two types of nouns. What are they?
Concrete and abstract nouns
A theme can usually be expressed in one or a few words. True or false?
True
Name an abstract noun.
Democracy, love, survival, etc.
Name a theme word with negative connotations (bad meanings).
Cruelty, humiliation, discrimination, insecurity, dictatorship, depravity, etc.
We have many parts of speech (the grammatical category of a word) in English. Name four of them.
Noun, verb, adjective, article, pronoun, adverb, preposition, etc.
Name three theme words with positive connotations (good meanings).
Hope, resilience, honesty, freedom, friendship, pride, peace, etc.
What is an example of a compound word?
A theme is usually accompanied by an idea and an example from the text. Try to elaborate on the theme "survival" in the Hunger Games.
Teacher judgement
Many words can be changed to a different part of speech just by altering a few letters, for example, dystopia (noun) > dystopian (adjective). Can you change the following nouns into their adjective forms?1. democracy 2. poverty 3. sophistication 4. anarchy 5. brutality
1. democratic
2. poor
3. sophisticated
4. anarchic/anarchist
5. brutal
Antonym refers to a word of the opposite meaning. What are the antonyms for the following theme words?1. kindness 2. loyalty 3. privilege 4. racism 5. maturity
1. being mean, selfish, etc.
2. betrayal
3. deprivation
4. fairness / equity
5. innocence / growing up / childhood