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Unit #2 Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do the greek roots vis/vid aud- phon- mean?

a)

audience

b)

sea/water

c)

see/sound

d)

telephone

2.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

a pleasing view

a)

Visualize

b)

vista

c)

visionary

3.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

to form a mental image of something; imagine

a)

Visualize

b)

vista

c)

visionary

4.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like

a)

Visualize

b)

vista

c)

visionary

5.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

able to be heard

a)

audible

b)

audition

c)

audience

d)

auditorium

6.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

an interview for a particular role or job as a singer, actor, dancer, or

musician, consisting of a performance

a)

audible

b)

audition

c)

audience

d)

auditorium

7.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

a group of people who have gathered to watch a performance or

public event

a)

audible

b)

audition

c)

audience

d)

auditorium

8.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

the part of a theater, concert hall, or other public building in which the

audience sits

a)

audible

b)

audition

c)

audience

d)

auditorium

9.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

a mixture of various unpleasant sounds; harsh sounds

a)

cacophony

b)

xylophone

c)

phonograph

10.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

a musical instrument played by striking a row of metal bars of different

lengths with one or more small wooden or plastic mallets

a)

cacophony

b)

xylophone

c)

phonograph

11.

Choose the word that matches the definition:

A machine that reproduces sound (music) by placing a needle in

contact with a grooved rotating disk; a record player

a)

cacophony

b)

xylophone

c)

phonograph

12.

Match the following

a)

see/look

1.

vis/vid

b)

hear

2.

aud

c)

sound

3.

phon

13.

comparing 2 things using like or as

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

e)

hyperbole

14.

comparing 2 unlike things (not using like or as)

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

e)

hyperbole

15.

giving human qualities to objects

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

e)

hyperbole

16.

repetition of the first consonant sound

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

e)

hyperbole

17.

extreme exaggeration

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

e)

hyperbole

18.

Which is NOT true of figurative language

a)

Forces imagination and inference

b)

makes reading more boring

c)

Uses words or phrases that are meaningful but not true

d)

paints a visual picture for the reader