WGU SLO1 2025
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QUESTION 1
Prefixes or suffixes
-ly , ize, al, tion, etc
QUESTION 2
Inflectional morpheme - ANSWERS-S plural
S possessive
S 3rd person
Ed
En
Er
Est
Ing
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QUESTION 3
Function words - ANSWERS-Conjunctions
Prepositions
Articles
Etc
QUESTION 4
Coinage - ANSWERS-Construction and addition of new words to the lexicon
QUESTION 5
Compound - ANSWERS-Word composed of two words
QUESTION 6
Acronym - ANSWERS-Word composed of the initials of several words
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QUESTION 7
Blend - ANSWERS-Word composed of the parts of more than one word
QUESTION 8
Smog
Eponym - ANSWERS-Word taken from a proper name, such as "john" for toilet
QUESTION 9
Back-formation - ANSWERS-New word created by what is mistakenly considered
to be an affix
QUESTION 10
Abbreviation - ANSWERS-Shortened word
Fri.
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ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
QUESTION 1
Prefixes or suffixes
-ly , ize, al, tion, etc
QUESTION 2
Inflectional morpheme - ANSWERS-S plural
S possessive
S 3rd person
Ed
En
Er
Est
Ing
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QUESTION 3
Function words - ANSWERS-Conjunctions
Prepositions
Articles
Etc
QUESTION 4
Coinage - ANSWERS-Construction and addition of new words to the lexicon
QUESTION 5
Compound - ANSWERS-Word composed of two words
QUESTION 6
Acronym - ANSWERS-Word composed of the initials of several words
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QUESTION 7
Blend - ANSWERS-Word composed of the parts of more than one word
QUESTION 8
Smog
Eponym - ANSWERS-Word taken from a proper name, such as "john" for toilet
QUESTION 9
Back-formation - ANSWERS-New word created by what is mistakenly considered
to be an affix
QUESTION 10
Abbreviation - ANSWERS-Shortened word
Fri.
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