Vocabulary List 1: Context Clues-Exercise 3

Squish, ping, and zoom are examples of ______.

• palindromes

• onomatopoeia

• affixes

• acronyms

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When Linda said that the sea gulls were consecrating, instead of congregating, around the lobster boat, everyone laughed at her ________.

• colloquialism

• acronym

• malapropism

• simile

ASAP is a(n) ______ formed from the phrase as soon as possible.

• malapropism

• spoonerism

• palindrome

• acronym

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Blurt, formed from the words blow and spurt, is a(n) ______.

• palindrome

• acronym

• affix

• portmanteau word

By adding a(n) ______ to the word, John changed its meaning.

• affix

• acronym

• simile

• palindrome

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

David used a(n) ______ when he described the music as being like dark velvet.

• acronym

• simile

• malapropism

• palindrome

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Aunt Sarah used ______ when she spoke of her relatives as "kith and kin."

• a colloquialism

• a palindrome

• a portmanteau word

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

No one caught Lisa's _____; she said "roaring pain" rather than "pouring rain".

• simile

• malapropism

• spoonerism

• acronym

The question "Did Jackie say as Jacky did?" is an example of _____.

• an acronym

• a palindrome

• onomatopoeia

• coinage

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

The ________ of the word splashdown seemed necessary to describe the water landing of a missile or spacecraft.

• acronym

• colloquialism

• coinage

• palindrome

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A