Wordplay

Word Play

Welcome to Word Play!

Multiple Choice

In Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth, who is Milo?

• The main character in The Phantom Tollbooth

• A boy from Bronx, New York

• A girl from Dictionopolis

• The inventor of Tick Tock

Multiple Select

In Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth, who is Officer Shrift?

(Choose all the answers that apply)

• The police officer from Dictionopolis

• The judge from Dictionopolis

• The Jailer from dictionopopis

• The police officer from the city of Doldrums

Multiple Choice

The word abandon means ----

• something tasty

• check for understanding

• to leave something or someone abruptly with no intention of returning

• to leave something or someone with the intention of returning

Multiple Choice

What is a snapshot?

• A description by a Paparazzi

• A description that uses all kinds of sensory language to appeal to the reader's sense of sight, sound, taste, smell, and taste.

• A piece of essay with lots of words

• A well-written essay with lots of homophones and homographs.

Multiple Choice

In Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth, who is Tock?

• The man who invented Tik Tok.

• The man who invented the stop watch

• The watchdog who accompanied Milo to Dictionopolis

• The service dog from Dictionopolis

Multiple Choice

What is a hyperbole?

• An animal that lives in a bowl

• A hyper animal

• Making point by way of exaggeration

• A word that sounds like what it means

Multiple Choice

What is an oxymoron?

• Pairing two words that sounds the same

• A moron who lacks oxygen

• Pairing two opposing words together

• A moronic animal

Multiple Choice

What is juxtaposition?

• Placing two contrasting things or characters together.

• Jostling for position

• Using words out of position

• A character from Dictionopolis