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Word Clines: Speed and Intensity

A word cline arranges related words in order of increasing intensity based on their qualities. For example, words related to speed such as snail-like, sluggish, slow, quick, fast, swift, rapid, blistering, supersonic are listed from weakest to strongest intensity. The document provides examples of word clines and instructs the reader to arrange other lists of words in increasing order of intensity.

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Word Clines: Speed and Intensity

A word cline arranges related words in order of increasing intensity based on their qualities. For example, words related to speed such as snail-like, sluggish, slow, quick, fast, swift, rapid, blistering, supersonic are listed from weakest to strongest intensity. The document provides examples of word clines and instructs the reader to arrange other lists of words in increasing order of intensity.

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A word cline is an arrangement of similar


or related words in a specified
order based on their qualities'
fast, swift, rapid, blistering,
I For example, snail-like, sluggish, slow, quick,
supersoni c are all words .JIt.d
to speed and here, they are arranged in
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increasing order of intensitY'


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words irr increasing order of intensity
t fl" Arrange these lists of related
I7 (weakest t0 strongest)'

It 1. sip, swig, swallow, gulP


I, 2. wreck, destro/, damage, sPoil

3. shining, sparkling, glittering, dazzling


rlt 4. pretend, fake, PhoneY, bogus
I 5. boring, dull, tedious, uninteresting'
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\.t 6. lump, Particle, sPeck, chunk
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, happy" write thenr in order
B. Make a list of at least eight words that rnean
- frnrn strongest to weakest' Then, use them in sentences
to bring ourt' the
: levels of their intensitY.
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personal, reflexive, possessive 'I
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Read this passage.
Amrita's parents
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rq \ . Amrita won the first prize in the Poetry comPetition'
were very happy that Amrita won the comPetition.
Amrita's parents
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hugged Amrita and congratulated Amrita'
sound'
- Notice how the constant use of Amrita makes the sentences
reperirive. To rectifiu that, one would use she or her
to replace all but the
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E first use of Amrita'
ra . Amrita won the first prize in the Poetry comPetition' Her Parents were
hugged her and
very happy that she won the competition. Her parents
-- congratulated her'
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words that are used in the place of nouns are called Pronouns'
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