Vocabulary for achievement

A word formed from the first letter of each word in a series.

• affix

• colloquial

• acronym

• coinage

To attach a part to the beginning or end of a word.

• affix

• acronym

• spoonerism

• metonymy

The invention of new words

• acronym

• palindrome

• coinage

• diminutive

A figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word.

• portmanteau

• colloquial

• diminutive

• metonymy

Typical of informal language usage; conversational

• colloquial

• coinage

• palindrome

• metonymy

An often comical switching of the first sounds of two or more words

• oxymoron

• coinage

• spoonerism

• acronym

An expression that contains contradictory terms.

• diminutive

• portmanteau

• affix

• oxymoron

A word or an expression that is spelled the same backward as forward; such as rotor and civic.

• palindrome

• diminutive

• metonymy

• oxymoron

A word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words: Chunnel (tunnel + channel)

• palindrome

• colloquial

• acronym

• portmanteau word

indicates small size, youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt.

• spoonerism

• portmanteau word

• diminutive

• metonymy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4