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Understanding Homophones, Homonyms, and Homographs: What Makes Them Similar?

Explore the concepts of homophones, homonyms, and homographs, all rooted in the idea of sameness. Discover how they differ - homophones sound the same but are spelled differently, homonyms sound the same and have the same spelling, and homographs have the same spelling but different pronunciation. Examples and explanations included.

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Understanding Homophones, Homonyms, and Homographs: What Makes Them Similar?

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  1. HomophonesHomonyms andHomographs By ereadingworksheets.com

  2. What do all of these words have in common? How are they the same? • Homophone • Homonym • Homograph Each begins with the root word homo. Homo means same. All of these words have to do with sameness.

  3. Homophone Phone = sound Telephone = across sound Homophone = same sound Words that sound the same but have different spellings are homophones. Examples: petal / peddal or to / two / and too.

  4. Homonym Nym = name Pseudonym = fake name Homonyms = same name Words that sound the same and have the same spellings are homonyms. Examples: bear / bear or stalk / stalk

  5. Homographs graph = writing biography = life writing homograph = same writing Words that have the same spellings but sound different are homographs. Examples: wind / wind or bass / bass

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