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noisy
In this example, the courtyard contrasts with the noisy market.
Class 8 · Bangla Version · English
Vocabulary and language in context
Infer a word’s meaning from context and analyse deliberate word choices.
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Learn the idea
Use the surrounding sentence, word parts and contrast to suggest a meaning, then test it in the whole passage. A word’s connotation is the feeling or association it carries. Related dictionary meanings can still create different effects.
Worked example
Unlike the noisy market, the courtyard was tranquil. Unlike signals contrast, so tranquil suggests calm. Calling a home “small” describes size; “cramped” also suggests discomfort.
- Notice a context clue.
- Substitute a possible meaning.
- Explain the effect of the chosen word.
Stretch example
“The factory coughed smoke” gives a machine a human action. This personification can suggest pollution or illness, but the effect depends on context.
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not
It reverses the adjective’s meaning.
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except
Except means leaving someone out.
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Cramped suggests too little comfortable space, while small may simply describe size.
Compare meaning and implied feeling.
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Her bright idea solved the problem.
Use an intellectual sense rather than literal light.
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The verb swallowed presents urban growth as consuming the field and may suggest loss.
Name the figurative action and explain a contextual effect.
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He is economical with his money.
Preserve careful spending while changing the judgement; frugal is another possibility.
Word-choice comparison
Compare two short descriptions of the same place using contrasting vocabulary.
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- Keep the factual setting constant.
- Explain three chosen words.
- Connect tone to the vocabulary.
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