Euphemism and usage

Referring to a person as "eccentric" means they are...

• normal

• strange or unusual

• very boring

• filled with joy

We were upset by the cancellation of the game. it was the last game of the season and we wouldn't get another chance to play. Why did it have to rain?

• called off the game

• lost the game

• won the game

Identify the idiom or euphemism in the following sentence from a book: 'She's in a better place now.'

• Euphemism

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Pick the "just right" word. You may open a new tab and in order to obtain the definition of an unknown word. Pay close attention to the context clues.

Shayla though her best friend's cat had lost too much weight. Hoping not to be too negative, Shayla told her that the cat looked ____.

• skinny

• scrawny

The phrase 'senior citizen' is a ------- for 'old person'

• yufemeesm

• euphemism

• eufemism

• eufemeesm

substituting an inoffensive word or phrase for an unpleasant or embarrassing expression

• euphemism
• hyperbole
• oxymoron
• paradox

Which would you rather be called?

• thrifty

• cheap

Under the weater

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

• Euphemism

• Personification

a mild or pleasant term used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one

• parallelism

• oxymoron

• juxtaposition

• euphemism

Saying correction facility instead of prison

• True

• False