Root Words #6 ono, nym, onym

an abbreviation formed by combining the initial letters in words or parts of a series of words

• acronym

• homonym

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

not named or identified; done by someone unknown

• pseudonym

• synonym

• anonymous

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CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a word that means the opposite of another word

• synonym

• antonym

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a person for whom something, such as a city, building, or street, has been named

• heteronym

• homonym

• eponym

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CCSS.L.5.5C

one of two or more words that are spelled alike but have different meanings and pronunciations

• homonym

• heteronym

• oronym

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CCSS.L.5.5C

one of two or more words that are pronounced alike but have different spellings and meanings

• homonym

• heteronym

• antonym

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CCSS.L.5.5C

the formation of words that imitate sounds associated with objects or actions to which they refer

• onomatopoeia

• anonymous

• acronym

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a string of words that sounds the same as another string of words

• pseudonym

• antonym

• oronym

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CCSS.L.8.5A

false name; a fictitious name

• Mrs. Schweitzer

• anonymous

• pseudonym

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CCSS.L.8.5A

one of two or more words that have the same meaning

• antonym

• synonym

• oronym

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CCSS.L.5.5C