Word Cline
Word Cline
Word Cline
3.Wreck, destroy,
damage
WORD CLINE
relatedwords placed
within a slope to show
degrees of intensity, and
arranging of strength, or
how strongly they
present an idea.
• way of building vocabulary
by looking at words that all
fit into a particular
category, and arranging
them in order of strength,
or how strongly they
represent the idea.
EXAMPLES:
MICROSCOPIC
TINY
SMALL
GIGANTIC
HUGE
BIG
Temperature:
freezing, frosty, cold, chilly, nippy
warm, hot, sizzling, steaming, burning,
boiling.
Size:
infinitesimal, tiny, small, short
tall, big, huge, enormous, gigantic,
humungous, titanic, immense
Scary:
terrifying, frightening, horrifying, scary, creepy,
spooky
friendly, nice, buddy
Speed:
slow, snail-like, sluggish
quick, speedy, swift, rapid, blistering, supersonic
Speaking:
mumble, whisper, speak, talk, say, announce, yell,
shout, scream, shriek
Read the list of words below.
Arrange them in their order of
intensity. Present them in a cline.
1) giant, lanky, tall
2) sip, swig, swallow, gulp
3) hungry, unfed, starved
4) nap, sleepy, asleep
5) I die, I weep, I faint
6. lump, particle, speck, chunk
7. great, big, enormous, gigantic
8. boring, dull, tedious, uninteresting
Complete these sentences with the
strongest word in each set.
1.John ________ the door loudly. [ shut, slammed,
banged]
2.The towels were ________.[ hairy, scratchy, rough]
3.May’s weather was _____. [ scorching, hot warm]
4.“What do you think you are doing?”
the referee ________. [whispered, snapped,
yelled]
5.Joe was__________ when his puppy went missing.
[sad, depressed, tearful, heartbroken]