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CONFUSED?. Sometimes vocabulary is very confusing…Isn’t it!. Homonym. One or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning. Homonym. Example: Bank A place where you keep money A piece of land at the edge of a river . Homonym. Example: Activity

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CONFUSED?

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  1. CONFUSED? Sometimes vocabulary is very confusing…Isn’t it!

  2. Homonym One or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning

  3. Homonym • Example: Bank • A place where you keep money • A piece of land at the edge of a river

  4. Homonym • Example: Activity • http://www.quia.com/jg/1055.html

  5. Homophone One of two or more words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings and sometimes different spellings.

  6. Homophone • Example: • Night: the opposite of day • Knight: A member of royalty and soldier in medieval times.

  7. Homograph A word that has the same spelling as another but differ in meaning and sometimes pronunciation.

  8. Homograph • Example: Bow • The front of a ship • To bend forward • A decorative knot • A bow to shoot arrows with

  9. Homograph • Heteronym – A specific type of homograph in which different pronunciations are associated with different meanings. • Many heteronyms are the result of one pronunciation being a verb and another being a noun.

  10. Homograph • Example of Heteronymn: • Conduct (KONduckt) = behavior • Conduct (kunDUCKT) = to lead as in an orchestra

  11. Homograph • Example: • http://www.quia.com/cb/381025.html

  12. Idioms/Expressions An idiom or an expression is a phrase whose meaning cannot be made sense of from the literal definition, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only through common use

  13. Idiom/Expression • Example: • He cracked up when I told the joke • Her heart was broken when her boyfriend broke up with her

  14. Idiom/Expression • Example: • http://www.quia.com/jg/1510641.html • http://www.quia.com/cm/272485.html

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