Visuwords

Catherine Gonzalez

ED638-41

January 7, 2019

Effective Literacy Website #5

Vocabulary is important in students reading comprehension. Students will not be able to understand what they are reading without knowing what most of the words mean. As students learn new vocabulary from what they are reading, it expands their oral vocabulary and being exposed to new words. When introduced to new words and they know the definition of a word then their comprehension improves as well.

Visuwords is an online graphical dictionary where users can look up words to find their relationships to other words. When you type in any word on the search bar on Visuwords, immediately different words pop up that are similar to the word. Each word that is connected to the original word has a colored circle. The color of the circles varies depending on the words that are associated to the original word. The 4 grammar of speech are noun, adjective, verb, and adverb. Each has a color to distinguish between the words. Also, the lines that connect the original word with the similar word or definition has meanings as well. When you hover over the similar definition or words it has pop-up definition for that bubble.

This website is a dictionary and a thesaurus in one. It benefits writers, students, teachers and artist. It is a free and no membership required. When you narrow down a specific word it gives you more details rather than type in a simple word like dog or cat.

Website Link: https://visuwords.com