804 LANGUAGE ARTS SELF TEST 2

The best place to find synonym for a word is in a dictionary or a_______.

thesaurus

The pronunciation of words in the dictionary is shown by a system of______marks and______.

diacritical, respelling

The best place to find a synonym for a word is either in the _______ or in a ________.

dictionary, thesaurus

"Bow" and "bough" are______.

homonyms

The words "hour" and "our" are ______.

homonyms

The words "some" and "sum" are examples of______.

homonyms

A straight horizontal line placed over a vowel to show its sound or pronunciation is called a_______.

macron

Words that are_____in meaning are called antonyms.

opposite

A thesaurus such as Roget's International Thesaurus usually classifies______ according to the ideas they represent, providing an alphabetical index of those ideas.

synonyms

The words "tardy" and "late" are_______.

synonyms

After graduation from college a person does need to use this.

a dictionary

Is handicapped as a student and in his career.

a poor speller

Emphasis of a particular syllable in the pronunciation of a word is shown by a (n)______mark.

accent

A homonym for "alter" is____.

altar

Bad is an______for good.

antonym

The words "stingy" and "generous" are ______.

antonyms

A curved mark over a vowel to show that it has a short sound is called a_____.

breve

Can help you pronounce words correctly

the dictionary