1. Diamantes Lesson 52

2. Introduction pridechildshortcouragepeace

3. Introduction What tool could you use to find opposites of some words?

4. Diamantes The word diamante originates from French and means “covered with diamonds.” A diamante contrasts two nouns that are opposites.

5. Diamantes A diamante often, but not always, contrasts objects from nature. It may also contrast opposite ideas.

6. Diamantes Each line of a diamante contains a certain type of word. Each line also contains a certain number of words.

7. Diamantes Line 1: One noun Line 2: Two adjectives Line 3: Three action words ending in ing Line 4: Four nouns

8. Diamantes Line 5: Three action words ending in ing Line 6: Two adjectives Line 7: One noun

9. Diamantes Most diamantes do not have titles.