SLO1 WGU FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Semantics. Answer: the study of the linguistic meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and
sentences
● Pragmatics. Answer: the study of how context and situation affect meaning
● Synonym. Answer: Different words with the same meaning
● Antonym. Answer: Words that are opposite in meaning
● Homonym. Answer: Words that share the same spelling & pronunciation, but have different
meanings. All homonyms are homophones
● Homophone. Answer: Words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings
(may also be spelled differently)
● Homograph. Answer: different words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the
same, and have different meanings and origins (lead vs lead, content vs content)
● Proper name. Answer: words that refer to persons, places, and other entities with unique
reference insofar as the speaker and listener are concerned
● Paraphrase. Answer: sentences with the same meaning, except possibly for minor
differences in emphasis
● Metaphor. Answer: Nonliteral meaning
● Idiom. Answer: An expression whose meaning may be unrelated to the meaning of its parts
● Discourse. Answer: Linguistic units composed of several sentences Language which has
been produced as the result of an act of communication
● Deixis/Deictic. Answer: describes words or expressions whose reference relies entirely on
context (e.g. I, now, here, this cat)
● Anaphora. Answer: the process of replacing a longer expression with a shorter one,
especially with a pronoun, that is coreferential with the longer expression
, ● Anomaly. Answer: A violation of semantic rules resulting in expressions that give the
impression of being nonsense (e.g. the hat crumbled the milk)
● Speech acts. Answer: Apologies, complaints, compliments/responses, greetings,
invitations, refusals, requests, thanks
● Phonetic alphabet. Answer: alphabetic symbols used to represent the phonetic segments of
speech, in which there is a one-to-one relationship between sound and symbol
● Allomorph. Answer: alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme; two phonemes can be
allomorphs in one language but not in another. e.g. /-s/, /-z/, /ez/ options for how a morpheme
can present itself
● Diacritics. Answer: additional markings on written symbols to specify various phonetic
properties such as length, tone, stress, nasalization (e.g. tilde)
● Orthography. Answer: the written form of a language
● Glottis. Answer: opening between vocal cords
● Glottal. Answer: Sounds produced with constriction at the glottis; when the air is stopped
completely at the glottis by tightly closed vocal cords, a glottal spot is produced
● Obstruent. Answer: the class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and
affricates
● Sonorant. Answer: the class of sounds that includes vowels, glides, liquids, and nasals;
nonobstruents
● Suprasegmental. Answer: prosodic features (e.g. length, tone)
● Manner of articulation. Answer: the way the airstream is obstructed as it travels through the
vocal tract (e.g. stop, nasal, affricate)
● Place of articulation. Answer: the part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during
the production of speech sounds
● Bilabial. Answer: sounds made by bringing the lips together
● Labiodental. Answer: sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
● Alveolar. Answer: sounds made by raising the tongue to the alveolar ridge
● Palatal. Answer: sounds produced by raising the front part of the tongue to the palate
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Semantics. Answer: the study of the linguistic meaning of morphemes, words, phrases, and
sentences
● Pragmatics. Answer: the study of how context and situation affect meaning
● Synonym. Answer: Different words with the same meaning
● Antonym. Answer: Words that are opposite in meaning
● Homonym. Answer: Words that share the same spelling & pronunciation, but have different
meanings. All homonyms are homophones
● Homophone. Answer: Words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings
(may also be spelled differently)
● Homograph. Answer: different words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the
same, and have different meanings and origins (lead vs lead, content vs content)
● Proper name. Answer: words that refer to persons, places, and other entities with unique
reference insofar as the speaker and listener are concerned
● Paraphrase. Answer: sentences with the same meaning, except possibly for minor
differences in emphasis
● Metaphor. Answer: Nonliteral meaning
● Idiom. Answer: An expression whose meaning may be unrelated to the meaning of its parts
● Discourse. Answer: Linguistic units composed of several sentences Language which has
been produced as the result of an act of communication
● Deixis/Deictic. Answer: describes words or expressions whose reference relies entirely on
context (e.g. I, now, here, this cat)
● Anaphora. Answer: the process of replacing a longer expression with a shorter one,
especially with a pronoun, that is coreferential with the longer expression
, ● Anomaly. Answer: A violation of semantic rules resulting in expressions that give the
impression of being nonsense (e.g. the hat crumbled the milk)
● Speech acts. Answer: Apologies, complaints, compliments/responses, greetings,
invitations, refusals, requests, thanks
● Phonetic alphabet. Answer: alphabetic symbols used to represent the phonetic segments of
speech, in which there is a one-to-one relationship between sound and symbol
● Allomorph. Answer: alternate phonetic forms of a morpheme; two phonemes can be
allomorphs in one language but not in another. e.g. /-s/, /-z/, /ez/ options for how a morpheme
can present itself
● Diacritics. Answer: additional markings on written symbols to specify various phonetic
properties such as length, tone, stress, nasalization (e.g. tilde)
● Orthography. Answer: the written form of a language
● Glottis. Answer: opening between vocal cords
● Glottal. Answer: Sounds produced with constriction at the glottis; when the air is stopped
completely at the glottis by tightly closed vocal cords, a glottal spot is produced
● Obstruent. Answer: the class of sounds consisting of nonnasal stops, fricatives, and
affricates
● Sonorant. Answer: the class of sounds that includes vowels, glides, liquids, and nasals;
nonobstruents
● Suprasegmental. Answer: prosodic features (e.g. length, tone)
● Manner of articulation. Answer: the way the airstream is obstructed as it travels through the
vocal tract (e.g. stop, nasal, affricate)
● Place of articulation. Answer: the part of the vocal tract at which constriction occurs during
the production of speech sounds
● Bilabial. Answer: sounds made by bringing the lips together
● Labiodental. Answer: sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth
● Alveolar. Answer: sounds made by raising the tongue to the alveolar ridge
● Palatal. Answer: sounds produced by raising the front part of the tongue to the palate
