MSE Study Guide- ABCTE Questions and Answers Updated 2026

MSE Study Guide- ABCTE Questions
and Answers Updated 2026
figurativeBmeaningB-BAnswerassociativeBorBconnotativeBmeaning;Brepresentational



literalBmeaningB-BAnswerdenotation



HyperboleB-BAnswerextremeBexaggeration



OnomatopoeiaB-BAnswerABwordBthatBimitatesBtheBsoundBitBrepresents.Bzap,buzz,Bboom



SimileB-BAnswerABcomparisonBusingB"like"BorB"as"



MetaphorB-BAnswerABcomparisonBwithoutBusingBlikeBorBas



AlliterationB-BAnswerRepetitionBofBinitialBconsonantBsounds



HomonymB-
BAnsweraBwordBspelledBexactlyBlikeBanotherBword,BbutBhavingBaBdifferentBmeaning



homophoneB-
BAnsweraBwordBthatBhasBtheBsameBsoundBbutBaBdifferentBmeaningBandBspellingBasBanotherB
word



homographB-BAnswersameBspelling,BdifferentBmeaning



prefixB"dis"B-BAnswerAway/apart



1stBstepBinBoralBpresentationB-BAnswerAudience



ExpositoryBReadingB-BAnswerInform,Bexplain,B(littleBtoBnoBdialogue)



persuasiveBessayB-BAnswerToBpersuade/convince

,GraphemeB-BAnswerLettersB(A,B,C)



phonemeB-BAnswersmallestBunitBofBsoundB/t/,B/ch/



morphemeB-BAnswersmallestBunitBthatBcarriesBmeaningB(prefix)



diagraphB-
BAnswercombinationBofB2BlettersBpossessingBaBsingleBsoundB(graph=Bph/Bswing=ng/chance=ch
/head=ea/Bth)



dipthongB-
BAnswer2BvowelsBinBwhichBtheBsoundBbeginsBatBtheBfirstBvowelBandBmovesBtowardBtheBsou
ndBofBtheBsecondBvowelB(snout=ou/boy=oy)



gerundB-BAnsweraBverbBendingBinB"ing"BthatBservesBasBaBnoun



syllableB-BAnswerBeatsBinBaBword



OnsetBandBRimeB-
BAnswerAnBonsetBisBtheBinitialBconsonant(s)BsoundBofBaBsyllable,BandBaBrimeBisBtheBremaini
ngBsetBofBphonemesBinBtheBsyllable;Be.g.,BinBsat,BtheBonsetBisB/s/BandBtheBrimeBisB/at/.



BrackishBwaterB-BAnswermixtureBofBfreshBandBsaltBwater



EstuaryB-BAnswerwhereBfreshBandBsaltBwaterBmeet



BalticBSeaB-BAnswerlargestBcollectionBofBbrackishBwater



fairytaleB-
BAnswerABtypeBofBfolktaleBthatBfeaturesBsupernaturalBelementsBsuchBasBspirits,BtalkingBanima
ls,BandBmagic...BonceBuponBaBtime



legendB-BAnswerhandedBdownBfromBpastBtoBteachBaBlesson

, fableB-
BAnswerABbriefBstoryBthatBleadsBtoBaBmoral,BoftenBusingBanimalsBasBcharacters.BabstractBmo
ralBideas=Bcontract/BteachesBaBlesson



folkloreB-
BAnswertheBtraditionalBbeliefs,Bcustoms,BandBstoriesBofBaBcommunity,BpassedBthroughBtheBge
nerationsBbyBwordBofBmouth.B(Santa)



tortoiseBandBhareB-BAnswerteachesBpatience



antonymBofBabate(law)B-BAnswer=Bincrease



ferricBacidB-BAnswerFE(2)O(4)



homoB-BAnswer=Bsame/like



descartesB-BAnswer"IBThink,BThereforeBIBam",B(1596-
1650)BFrenchBphilosopher,BdiscoveredBanalyticalBgeometry.BSawBAlgebraBandBGeometryBhaveB
aBdirectBrelationship.



IncasB-BAnswerNativeBAmericanBcivilizationB-BPeruB-BAndesBMts.B-
BroadsB&Bbridges,BmadeBropes,Bagriculture



centennialBexpositionB-BAnswertelephoneBonBdisplay



distributiveBpropertyB-BAnswera(bB+Bc)B=BabB+Bac



associativeBprobertyB-
BAnswerchangingBtheBgroupingBofBnumbersBdoesBnotBchangeBtheBvalue,Bex:B(4B+2)B+B7B=B4
B+B(2B+B7)



commutativeBpropertyB-BAnswera+b=b+a