English/LA CKT 7812 Questions and Answers Latest Version Already Graded A

English/LA CKT 7812 Questions and Answers Latest Version Already Graded A What is the smallest unit of sound in spoken language? Phoneme What is the term for combining individual sounds to say a word? Blending What do we call words that look alike but have different meanings, like "bat" (animal) and "bat" (baseball)? Homographs What is the process of figuring out unknown words using letter-sound relationships? Decoding What is the opposite of a synonym? Antonym 2 What is a word that imitates a sound, like "buzz" or "clang"? Onomatopoeia What do we call a group of words that expresses a complete thought? Sentence What is the base word in "replaying"? Play What is the term for a comparison using "like" or "as"? Simile What punctuation mark is used to show strong emotion? Exclamation mark What is the term for a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word? Synonym 3 What is the correct term for the order of events in a story? Sequence What is the part of a story where the conflict is introduced? Beginning or exposition What is the term for the author's reason for writing a text? Author's purpose What do we call words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings, like "to," "too," and "two"? Homophones What is the part of speech for the word "quickly" in the sentence “She ran quickly”? Adverb What do we call the vowel sound in a word like "hat"? 4 Short vowel What is the root word of "unhappiness"? Happy In the word "jumping," what is the suffix? -ing What is the text structure of a paragraph that shows how two things are alike and different? Compare and contrast