{"id":139,"date":"2025-08-27T17:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/?p=139"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:30:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:30:55","slug":"assignment-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/2025\/08\/27\/assignment-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Writing Simple Sentences with Synonyms:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/semantic-analysis\/\">Semantic Analysis \u2013 Intensive ESL with Instructor Sersea<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A. Synonyms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Definition:<\/strong>&nbsp;Synonyms are words that have the same or very similar meanings and can often be used interchangeably in sentences without significantly changing the overall meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong>&nbsp;Synonyms provide variety in language and help avoid repetition in writing and speech. While synonyms share core meanings, they may differ in formality, intensity, or connotation. Perfect synonyms (words with identical meanings in all contexts) are rare; most synonyms have subtle differences that make them more appropriate in certain situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10 Word Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Happy \/ Joyful<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Big \/ Large<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fast \/ Quick<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smart \/ Intelligent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Angry \/ Furious<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beautiful \/ Gorgeous<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Small \/ Tiny<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brave \/ Courageous<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Funny \/ Hilarious<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sad \/ Melancholy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directions: Write 5 simple sentences in the Comments section below using any of the synonyms listed above.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing Simple Sentences with Synonyms:\u00a0Semantic Analysis \u2013 Intensive ESL with Instructor Sersea A. Synonyms Definition:&nbsp;Synonyms are words that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assignments","tag-assignment-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aesl.us\/intensive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}