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Dictionary<br />
Homographs<br />
Words that are spelled the same but have different<br />
origins and meanings and are sometimes pronounced<br />
differently<br />
For example: swallow<br />
wind<br />
Homophones<br />
Words that sound the same but are spelled<br />
differently<br />
For example: hoarse, horse<br />
whole, hole<br />
Hyperbole<br />
An exaggeration or overstatement<br />
For example: She has mountains of ironing to do.<br />
Hyphen<br />
Punctuation used to join two or more words into<br />
one word, to show that they belong together<br />
For example: daughter-in-law<br />
twenty-two<br />
ice-cream<br />
A hyphen can also be used to divide a word at the<br />
end of a line. The hyphen must be placed between<br />
syllables.<br />
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Idiom<br />
A saying, peculiar to a language, in which the real<br />
and literal meanings are different<br />
For example: To be on cloud nine<br />
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