ABCTE MSE FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ literal meaning. Answer: denotation
◉ Hyperbole. Answer: extreme exaggeration
◉ Onomatopoeia. Answer: A word that imitates the sound it
represents. zap,buzz, boom
◉ Simile. Answer: A comparison using "like" or "as"
◉ Metaphor. Answer: A comparison without using like or as
◉ Alliteration. Answer: Repetition of initial consonant sounds
◉ Homonym. Answer: a word spelled exactly like another word, but
having a different meaning
◉ homophone. Answer: a word that has the same sound but a
different meaning and spelling as another word
,◉ homograph. Answer: same spelling, different meaning
◉ prefix "dis". Answer: Away/apart
◉ 1st step in oral presentation. Answer: Audience
◉ Expository Reading. Answer: Inform, explain, (little to no
dialogue)
◉ persuasive essay. Answer: To persuade/convince
◉ Grapheme. Answer: Letters (A,B,C)
◉ phoneme. Answer: smallest unit of sound /t/, /ch/
◉ morpheme. Answer: smallest unit that carries meaning (prefix)
◉ diagraph. Answer: combination of 2 letters possessing a single
sound (graph= ph/ swing=ng/chance=ch/head=ea/ th)
◉ dipthong. Answer: 2 vowels in which the sound begins at the first
vowel and moves toward the sound of the second vowel
(snout=ou/boy=oy)
,◉ gerund. Answer: a verb ending in "ing" that serves as a noun
◉ syllable. Answer: Beats in a word
◉ Onset and Rime. Answer: An onset is the initial consonant(s)
sound of a syllable, and a rime is the remaining set of phonemes in
the syllable; e.g., in sat, the onset is /s/ and the rime is /at/.
◉ Brackish water. Answer: mixture of fresh and salt water
◉ Estuary. Answer: where fresh and salt water meet
◉ Baltic Sea. Answer: largest collection of brackish water
◉ fairytale. Answer: A type of folktale that features supernatural
elements such as spirits, talking animals, and magic... once upon a
time
◉ legend. Answer: handed down from past to teach a lesson
, ◉ fable. Answer: A brief story that leads to a moral, often using
animals as characters. abstract moral ideas= contract/ teaches a
lesson
◉ folklore. Answer: the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a
community, passed through the generations by word of mouth.
(Santa)
◉ tortoise and hare. Answer: teaches patience
◉ antonym of abate(law). Answer: = increase
◉ ferric acid. Answer: FE(2)O(4)
◉ homo. Answer: = same/like
◉ descartes. Answer: "I Think, Therefore I am", (1596-1650) French
philosopher, discovered analytical geometry. Saw Algebra and
Geometry have a direct relationship.
◉ Incas. Answer: Native American civilization - Peru - Andes Mts. -
roads & bridges, made ropes, agriculture
◉ centennial exposition. Answer: telephone on display
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ literal meaning. Answer: denotation
◉ Hyperbole. Answer: extreme exaggeration
◉ Onomatopoeia. Answer: A word that imitates the sound it
represents. zap,buzz, boom
◉ Simile. Answer: A comparison using "like" or "as"
◉ Metaphor. Answer: A comparison without using like or as
◉ Alliteration. Answer: Repetition of initial consonant sounds
◉ Homonym. Answer: a word spelled exactly like another word, but
having a different meaning
◉ homophone. Answer: a word that has the same sound but a
different meaning and spelling as another word
,◉ homograph. Answer: same spelling, different meaning
◉ prefix "dis". Answer: Away/apart
◉ 1st step in oral presentation. Answer: Audience
◉ Expository Reading. Answer: Inform, explain, (little to no
dialogue)
◉ persuasive essay. Answer: To persuade/convince
◉ Grapheme. Answer: Letters (A,B,C)
◉ phoneme. Answer: smallest unit of sound /t/, /ch/
◉ morpheme. Answer: smallest unit that carries meaning (prefix)
◉ diagraph. Answer: combination of 2 letters possessing a single
sound (graph= ph/ swing=ng/chance=ch/head=ea/ th)
◉ dipthong. Answer: 2 vowels in which the sound begins at the first
vowel and moves toward the sound of the second vowel
(snout=ou/boy=oy)
,◉ gerund. Answer: a verb ending in "ing" that serves as a noun
◉ syllable. Answer: Beats in a word
◉ Onset and Rime. Answer: An onset is the initial consonant(s)
sound of a syllable, and a rime is the remaining set of phonemes in
the syllable; e.g., in sat, the onset is /s/ and the rime is /at/.
◉ Brackish water. Answer: mixture of fresh and salt water
◉ Estuary. Answer: where fresh and salt water meet
◉ Baltic Sea. Answer: largest collection of brackish water
◉ fairytale. Answer: A type of folktale that features supernatural
elements such as spirits, talking animals, and magic... once upon a
time
◉ legend. Answer: handed down from past to teach a lesson
, ◉ fable. Answer: A brief story that leads to a moral, often using
animals as characters. abstract moral ideas= contract/ teaches a
lesson
◉ folklore. Answer: the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a
community, passed through the generations by word of mouth.
(Santa)
◉ tortoise and hare. Answer: teaches patience
◉ antonym of abate(law). Answer: = increase
◉ ferric acid. Answer: FE(2)O(4)
◉ homo. Answer: = same/like
◉ descartes. Answer: "I Think, Therefore I am", (1596-1650) French
philosopher, discovered analytical geometry. Saw Algebra and
Geometry have a direct relationship.
◉ Incas. Answer: Native American civilization - Peru - Andes Mts. -
roads & bridges, made ropes, agriculture
◉ centennial exposition. Answer: telephone on display
