Definitions
This book provides parts of speech, pronunciation, definitions, and example sentences.
What is a dictionary?
This is a book of facts on almost everything.
What is an almanac?
This is a book of maps.
What is an atlas?
This is a book of subjects.
What is an encyclopedia?
This is a book of synonyms and antonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
A word has more than one meaning.
What is a multiple meaning word?
This page provides an overview of all the subjects in the almanac.
What is the Table of Contents?
This shows direction on a map.
What is a compass rose?
The information is arranged in this order.
What is alphabetical order?
The words are arranged in this order.
What is alphabetical order?
This sentence helps you to understand how to use the word.
What is an example sentence?
This is where you look for a specific fact or detail.
What is the Index?
This tells what the map is about.
What is the Title of the Map?
Each letter is volume and the entire volume makes this.
What is a set?
These words help locate synonyms on each page.
What are guide words?
The words are in this kind of order.
What is alphabetical?
This is a good technique for looking for the main idea in an almanac.
What is skimming?
These are the imaginary lines that provide location of places.
What are longitude and latitude?
Information can be located, quickly, using this.
What is an index?
Some words have this, if they is more than one meaning.
What are parts of speech?
The words that begin G are in this part of the Dictionary.
What is the middle of the dictionary?
This is a good technique to use when looking at lists and tables, in the almanac.
What is scanning?
This explains the symbols on the map.
What is the Key?
These words help to locate subjects in the volume.
What are guide words?
The opposite of a synonym.
What is an antonym?