What is a Thesaurus

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What is a Thesaurus?
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A Thesaurus is a book that

• Contains Synonyms
• Words that have the same or nearly the same
  meaning as the word you are looking up
• Examples Happy and Joyful

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A Thesaurus is a book that

• Contains Antonyms
• Words that have the opposite meaning of the word
  you are looking up
• Examples Happy and Sad

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In a Thesaurus

• Words are in Alphabetical Order
• Guide words at the top of each page
• first and last word on each page
• makes finding words much faster

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Guide Word
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Periodicals
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Periodicals

• Can be a magazine, newspaper, or journal
• Are published at regular intervals, more than
  once a year
• Contains separate short stories or articles
• Have each issue numbered and\or dated
• Usually contain current information or ideas
• Can have both Fiction and Non-Fiction
• Use a Periodical Index to find past articles

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Atlases
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An Atlas is a book

• Of Maps
• Small representations of the world
• Gives locations of countries, states, cities, and
  bodies of water
• Capital cites are represented by Stars
• Blue represents bodies of water including rivers,
  lakes and oceans

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An Atlas has

• Lines to represent Longitude
• Lines to represent Latitude