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Nuance & connotation

Vocabulary · C2 · 8 printable sheets, each with an answer key.

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Sheet 1 · 20 minNuance & connotation: same facts, different slantCompare an admiring and a critical profile of the same person and see how word choice changes the message.Free
Sheet 2 · 20 minNuance & connotation: describing people tactfullyChoose between approving and disapproving words for character and appearance, then write a tactful reference.Premium
Sheet 3 · 20 minNuance & connotation: degrees of intensityDistinguish mild from strong words and choose the one that matches exactly how intense a situation is.Premium
Sheet 4 · 20 minNuance & connotation: loaded language in reportingCompare a neutral and a loaded news report and identify how single words reveal a writer's stance.Premium
Sheet 5 · 20 minNuance & connotation: formal, neutral and informal synonymsChoose between formal, neutral and informal synonyms so that every word suits its context and reader.Premium
Sheet 6 · 20 minNuance & connotation review: choosing words for toneDecode euphemisms and choose words that create an admiring, critical or tactful tone.Premium
Sheet 7 · 40 minNuance: verbs of lookingDistinguish glance, peer, scrutinize, gaze and other verbs of looking, then use them in a precise descriptive paragraph.Premium
Nuance & connotation: words that frame bioethics debatesRead the terms. Notice who tends to use each one.Which word or phrase would each speaker most probably use? Choose the Match each loaded expression to a more neutral way of saying the same Read a neutral news report. Complete it with the missing terms from thWork in groups of four. For each new law, one pair writes a sympathetiRead your best headlines to the class. Then discuss and write.
Sheet 8 · 45 minNuance & connotation: words that frame bioethics debatesExplore how word choice frames debates on gene editing, medical aid in dying, organ donation and public health, from designer babies and playing God to presumed consent and the nanny state, choose the words each speaker would use, find neutral alternatives, complete a neutral news report, write headlines from both sides and discuss where to draw the line.Premium