vocabulary practice

Which word is a synonym of amazing in the sentence below?

The game was amazing because of the way Ann and Emma played.

• boring

• funny

• tiring

• wonderful

words that have the same ending sound

• onomatopoeia
• rhyme
• stanza
• none of these

Choose the word or word group that has about the same meaning as the underlined word.

Keisha was bored with the new show on TV.

• angered by

• amused by

• entertained by

• not interested in

repetition of the same beginning sound in neighboring words

• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration
• none of these

having a smooth, glossy, or slippery surface

• slimy

• rough

• sandpaper

• slick

a swishing or soft cracking noise

• flutter

• fetch

• rough

• rustle

to go after and bring back somebody or something

• run

• fetch

• crawl

• skip

a comparison of two unlike things using like or as is?

• metaphor
• simile
• stanza

An extreme exaggeration is a

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• stanza

I have a solution that might work for the hole in the sweater.

• a liquid mixture.

• not being to find an answer to a problem or issue.

• a means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation.