Using the Dictionary

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• thesaurus

• glossary

• word entries

gives guide on how to stress or pronounce the word

• word entries

• glossary

• pronunciation

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words on a page of a dictionary

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an alphabetical list of terms or words found

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Catriona Gray is a woman full of elegance. What does elegance mean in this sentence?

• older, senior

• to fill with joy

• refined gracefulness, tasteful richness

• a song, poem, or speech expressing grief for someone

  who is dead

Which word in the dictionary pertains to a song that

expresses too much sadness about someone who was lost or dead?

• elate

• elder

• elegy

• elegance

According to the dictionary above, what is the meaning of

the word elder?

• older, senior

• to fill with joy

• refined gracefulness, tasteful richness

• a song, poem, or speech expressing grief for someone

  who is dead

The words at the top of each dictionary page that indicate

the first and last words on the page is called _____________.

• first and last words

• display words

• support words

• guide words

Which of these entries would you find on a dictionary page

with the guide words teaspoon and telephone?

• telescope

• teenage

• tattoo

• temper