Vocabulary Assessment

"Smart as a whip" is an example of...

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

"My love is a mountain that reaches beyond the clouds" is an example of

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

The root aud in the word audiology, gives us a clue that the word has something to do with...

• vision

• water

• hearing

• the number four

My friend in I will part company after dinner. We won't see each other until i return from vacation. What does the word part mean in this sentence?

• a piece of something

• an actor's role in a play

• a line where hair is combed in different directions

• separate

When it came to jumping rope, Jenny excelled; she was very talented at sports. What does EXCELLED mean?

• She was sloppy

• She was not talented

• She did well

• She failed

The teacher's face, like a brightly glowing summer day, signaled her feelings of contentment. What does CONTENTMENT mean?

• Happiness

• Annoyance

• Fearlessness

• Expression

I just had a pedicure done at the salon. What does the root word ped mean in pedicure?

• hand

• foot

• walk

• bike

The root hydro means...

• land

• sound

• water

• life

The principal wouldn't allow the boy to be subjected to any more bullying. What does the word SUBJECTED mean?

• authority

• told

• topic

• exposed

My older sister is a geology major in college. What does the root ology mean?

• the study of something

• plants

• burning

• rocks