Lesson 1 Vocab - Our Evolving Language

A word formed from the first letter of each word in a phrase

• acronym

• metonymy

• palindrome

• portmanteau word

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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

• acronym

• affix

• colloquial

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The invention of new words or an invented word or phrase

• coinage

• affix

• portmanteau word

• diminutive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Words used in ordinary or familiar conversation that are not formal

• colloquial

• diminutive

• coinage

• spoonerism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A suffix (word ending) that indicates small size, youth, or familiarity

• diminutive

• palindrome

• acronym

• affix

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

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

• metonymy

• acronym

• coinage

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

An expression that contains a contradiction of terms

• oxymoron

• metonymy

• spoonerism

• colloquial

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A word or expression that is spelled the same forward and backward.

• palindrome

• oxymoron

• affix

• portmanteau word

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

A word formed by combining the sounds & meanings of two different words

• portmanteau word

• spoonerism

• oxymoron

• diminutive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

A mistake in which the speaker switches the first letters of two words

• spoonerism

• portmanteau word

• metonymy

• coinage

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A