MSE Study Guide- ABCTE exam questions and answers. figurative meaning - n ANS associative or connotative meaning; representational Qs literal meaning - n ANS denotation Qs Hyperbole - n ANS extreme exaggeration Qs Onomatopoeia - n ANS A wor

MSE Study Guide- ABCTE exam
questions and answers.

figurative meaning - n
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associative or connotative meaning; representational


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literal meaning - n
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denotation


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Hyperbole - n
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extreme exaggeration


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Onomatopoeia - n
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A word that imitates the sound it represents. zap,buzz, boom


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Simile - n
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A comparison using "like" or "as"


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Metaphor - n

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A comparison without using like or as


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Alliteration - n
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Repetition of initial consonant sounds


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Homonym - n
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a word spelled exactly like another word, but having a different meaning


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homophone - n
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a word that has the same sound but a different meaning and spelling as another
word


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homograph - n
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same spelling, different meaning


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prefix "dis" - n
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Away/apart


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,1st step in oral presentation - n
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Audience


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Expository Reading - n
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Inform, explain, (little to no dialogue)


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persuasive essay - n
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To persuade/convince


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Grapheme - n
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Letters (A,B,C)


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phoneme - n
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smallest unit of sound /t/, /ch/


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morpheme - n
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smallest unit that carries meaning (prefix)


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, diagraph - n
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combination of 2 letters possessing a single sound (graph= ph/
swing=ng/chance=ch/head=ea/ th)


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dipthong - n
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2 vowels in which the sound begins at the first vowel and moves toward the sound
of the second vowel (snout=ou/boy=oy)


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gerund - n
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a verb ending in "ing" that serves as a noun


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syllable - n
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Beats in a word


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Onset and Rime - n
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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/.


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Brackish water - n
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mixture of fresh and salt water