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Vocab Root - word, name

Authored by Gina Kelly

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Vocab Root - word, name
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

acronym

pseudonym

synonym

antonym

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

not named or identified; done by someone unknown

anonymous

acronym

heteronym

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a word that means the opposite of another word

antonym

synonym

eponym

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

eponym

acronym

antonym

synonym

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

one of two or more words that are spelled alike, but have different meanings and pronunciations, such as BASS - voice and BASS - a fish.

heteronym

acronym

pseudonym

anonymous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

one of two or more words that are pronounced alike, but have different spellings and meanings, such as ISLE and AISLE

homonym

antonym

acronym

synonym

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

onomatopoeia

antonym

synonym

acronym

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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