Word Work Unit 2

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It is going to take a ___________ to find a solution to this major problem; we need someone with a unique and innovative idea.

• visionary

• visualize

• audience

• auditorium

Fill in the blank.

The author wrote with such detail that it was easy for her readers to ___________ what the characters and settings looked like. 

• visualize

• auditorium

• audience

• visionary

Fill in the blank.

The mayor's speech was held in a large ___________that seated over 500 people. 

• auditorium

• visualize

• audience

• phonograph

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Before CD's and MP3's, the __________ was one of the few options people had for playing music. 

• phonograph

• auditorium

• cacophony

• visionary

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After waiting two hours for the band to begin playing, the __________ grew restless and began to boo and hiss. 

• audience

• auditorium

• visualize

• auditorium

Choose an antonym for audible.

• crisp

• muffled

• loud

• visible

If you are looking through a vista then you

• have a wide-open view of something.

• are probably in an office or an elevator.

• are viewing something unpleasant.

• likely don't have a full view of something.

Choose a synonym for cacophony.

• racket

• symphony

• tranquility

• unpleasant

An example of an audition is

• reading a speech at a graduation ceremony in front of a large group of people.

• practicing for a part in the school play with other students.

• playing a guitar in front of a band that you hope to join.

• acting in a movie, TV show, or commercial.

guitar : pick :: xylophone : 

• drum

• notes

• mallet

• percussion