Vocabulary Unit 8: Language

Fernanda told me the funniest __________ yesterday about what happened to her at the gym.

• attribute

• anecdote

• analogy

• alternative

Being respectful to others is a great _________ to have; everyone should be kind when they speak to others.

• attribute

• anecdote

• analogy

• alternative

An example of an __________ is "Thomas is my rock. I depend on him every day."

• attribute

• anecdote

• analogy

• alternative

Instead of complaining about your problems, an ___________ would be to find a solution to fix the problem.

• attribute

• anecdote

• analogy

• alternative

The play was very exciting, but its ending had an ​ (a)   .

• anticlimax
• irony
• omniscient
• connotation

Comedians often use ​ (a)   to make people laugh; for example, when they ask a quiet, dull audience, "Why are you all so happy and lively?"

• irony
• omniscient
• connotation
• anticlimax

The journalist chose words with negative ​ (a)   to report on the speeches of the politicians whom she disliked.

• connotations
• omniscient
• anticlimax
• irony

Novels are sometimes written from the point of view of an imagined, all knowing person who is the ​ (a)   narrator.

• omniscient
• anticlimax
• irony
• connotation

Match the following

• satire

• a description that uses words in an unusual way or compares different things in order to create a clear picture for the reader

• copyright

• a brief, well-known statement expressing popular wisdom or advice

• proverb

• the legal ownership of a creative work

• figure of speech

• the use of irony, humor, or ridicule to criticize someone or something hurtful or foolish

_______ language is like when someone calls a shopping cart a "buggy," "basket," or "trolley." It just depends where you are from how you say it.

• colloquial

• critical

• classic

• lucid