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Precise Words: Choosing Exactly the Right One — Homework
Practice spotting vague words and connotation, then workshop your own poems.
- 1.Replace the vague word: "The food tasted good."
- 2.Which word has a more positive connotation: "cheap" or "thrifty"? Both can describe spending little money.
- 3.Revise your haiku or acrostic from last week, replacing at least one vague word with a precise one.
- 4.Revise your free-verse feelings poem from week 28, replacing at least one vague word with a precise one.
- 5.Pick one word from your revised poems and explain its connotation.
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