Language+Terms



**capitalize** - to write or print with a beginning capital letter or in capital letters. **I**n English, all sentences begin with capital letter. [|Capitalization Rules]

**cognates -** similar words, in two or more languages, which are related by having a common origin. For example, "history" in English and "historia" in spanish come from the Latin word "historia." [|Cognates]

**contractions​ - -** a shortening of a word, syllable, or word group by leaving out a sound or letter. For example, “don’t” is the short form of “do not.” [|Contractions]

**idioms** - an expression that means something different than what the sords say. For example, "a piece of cake" means something that is easy to do. [|Idiom site]

**interjections** - a word or cry expressing sudden or strong feeling. For example, "Ah" in the phrase "Ah, that feels good." [|Interjections]

**phrasal verb** - a verb and one or more additional words, having the function of a verb like the phrases "dress up, put down". [|Phrasal Verb]

**prefix** - is placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning. For example, “re” in “repaint” is a prefix. [|Prefixes]

**punctuation** - marks used within or after sentences and phrases. Periods and commas are marks used for punctuation. [|Punctuation]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">**slang** - informal, non-standard vocabulary. For example, "airhead, dud." <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">[|American Slang]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">**​simile** - is a figure of speech that says that one thing is like another different thing. The words like or as are used. For example, "Joe ran like the wind." <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">[|Simile]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">**suffix** - is a group of letters placed at the end of a word to make a new word. For example, "teach," an action, can be changed to a person doing the action by adding "er" -- "teacher." <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">[|Suffixes]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">**synonyms** - is a word that means exactly the same as, or very nearly the same as another word in the same language. You can find synonyms in a thesaurus. For example, "close" is a synonym of "shut." <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Synonyms]