Stop And Go Yes And No

by Brian P. Cleary
illustrated by Brian Gable


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—B.P.C.

Antonym:
A word that
means the
opposite of
d
another wor


by Brian P. Cleary
illustrated by Brian Gable
J M ILLBROOK P RESS / M INNEAPOLIS

Antonyms are opposites—
they’re words like

stop and g

o.


S
Th ey’re just like

e?

fferent those word
di
sa
how
r
ee

yes and no.


Big and small
are antony ms,

and so

ar e

f r ont

and back
,


fast
and

slow
and

high
and

low,
as well as wh ite and

black.


Up and down
are antonyms

just like

excite and sooth e,


left and righ t

and dark and light,

and also

r o ugh
and

smooth .


If it weren’t for opposites,
we’d have no way to say,


“I’d like to h ave
my chocolate hot,

’cause it’s so

cold today!”


And wh at if we could only
ev er say th at we w
er e
sad
?


Because of antonyms,

when things are righ t,
we’l l say we
ad .
’r e gl


Like safe
compared to

like

dangerous,

heavy is to light,


y to bold
sh

and
young to old

and even

dim to brigh t,


th ey’re opposite

in meaning

as in
quie tly
and loudly.


Th ey show a total contrast
just like

shamefully
and

proudly.


Sometimes antonyms
are made
with “un” before a word.


This is how we get

unkind,

u nable,
an d
rd .
u nh e a

Often adding “dis”
or “im”
or sometimes even “non”

will help you build an

antonym
with th ese beginnings on.


For example,
r espect,
s

di

impossible,
nonfiction.

Their prefixes are helpful
in displaying contradiction.


yms help us divi
ton
de
An

sur r
ne.

ounded fr om alo


And help compare
the

to the totally

famous

unknown.