Abbreviations: Acronym or Initialism?

What is an abbreviation?

• It is a short way of shouting.

• It is the full word of abba.

• It is typically a shortened form of words used to represent a whole one.

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.3.10

What is an acronym?

• A set of initial letters from a phrase that usually form another word

• An insect with eight legs.

• A set of vowels that stands for a word

What is an initialism?

• It is the first letter of a person's first name.

• It is an abbreviation which is not pronounced as a word, rather you say the individual letter.

• To make a computer program or system ready for use a format disk.

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.3.10

DIY - Initialism or acronym?

• initialism

• acronym

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a shortened form of a word or phrase

• Abbreviation

• Organization

• Noun

• Initials

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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

How do you abbreviate mister?

• Mis.

• Mr.

• Mr

• MR

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

FBI means Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Is it an initialism or an acronym?

• An initialism

• An acronym

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.3.10

an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word

• Initialism

• Acronym

• Initials

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.2.4E

AIIMS

• Initialism

• Acronym

What is the correct way to write the acronym for National Aeronautics and Space Administration?

• NASA

• nasa

• na.

• N.A

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2