Lesson 1 - Our Evolving Language
Metonymy means:
An invented word
The use of closely related word as a substitute
Conversational
A suffix indicating smallness
Affix means:
A prefix or suffix
A word formed from two other words
A word made from first letters
An expression with contradictory words
Colloquial means:
An expression with contradictory words
A comical switching of the first sounds of words
Conversational
A suffix indicating smallness
Palindrome means:
A word spelled the same backward and forward
The use of closely related word as a substitute
A prefix or suffix
A word formed from two other words
Coinage means:
A comical switching of the first sounds of words
An invented word
A word spelled the same backward and forward
A word made from first letters
Portmanteau word means:
An expression with contradictory words
A prefix or suffix
The use of closely related word as a subtitute
A word formed from two other words
Spoonersim means:
Conversational
A comical switching of the first sounds of words
A word formed from two other words
A suffix indicating smallness
Diminutive means:
The use of closely related word as a subtitute
An expression with contradictory words
A suffix indicating smallness
An invented word
The substitution of "sons of toil" for "tons of soil" is a(n) ________
Dimunitve
Spoonersm
Acronym
Palindrome
Saying that the United States signed a treaty is a clear use of __________
Spoonersim
Colloquialism
Metonymy
Coinage
English ________ also arise from new technologies and from popular culture.
New words
Abbreviations
Informal words
Nicknames
Many additions to english vocabulary starts as ________
Abbreviation
Informal words
Contradictions
Sound-switches
________ also make communication more efficient.
New words
Combined words
Figurative words
Affectionate words
________ are another way of communicating by using abbreviations.
Contradictions
Attachments
New words
First-letter words
________ allow us to speak and write figuratively
Nonliteral substitutions
Combinations
Slang words
Attachments
Lend a hand is a ________ expression meaning "to provide help" (Metonymy)
Metonymic
Metonymilsm
Metonymiced
Metonyms
"Hang a right" is a ________ that means "turn right". (Colloquial)
Colloquial
Colloquiality
Colloquialism
Colloquialer
One of the longest words in the English languages, antidisestablishmentarianism, has five ________. (Affix)
Affixes
Affixal
Affix
Affixer
At the age of nine, Milton Sirotta ________ the term googol to refer to the number I followed by one hundred zeros.(Coinage)
Coinage
Coinages
Coinaged
Coingalism
"Wave the sails" is a ________ of the well-known environmental slogan used to encourage the protection of whales.(spoonerism)
Spoonerismed
Spoonerisms
Spoonersimal
Spoonerism
Some common examples of _______ expressions are "alone together", "virtual reality", and "a fine mess". (Oxymoron)
Oxymoronic
Oxymoronism
Oxymoron
Oxymoroned
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