Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Vocab 5 - Practice Fill-in-the-Blank

1.  Phrases like 'jumbo shrimp,' 'deafening quiet,' and 'awfully good' are examples of                           .

2.  The teacher showed a                                  version of the movie in class because of the original's racy, violent content.

3.  The painting depicted a                                scene: a farm house surrounded by green fields and a wide open sky.

4.  With its bad rhymes and misused vocabulary, the poem was classified as                               .

5.  New York City is often referred to by the                               , "The Big Apple," even though few know what the nickname means.

6.  Gil lost points for writing his essay in                                 , using phrases like "kinda" and "totally awesome" instead of attempting to express himself with more formal language.

7.  The                                  of a story could be a brooding superhero like Batman or a chipper sea creature like Spongebob Squarepants.

8.  Because English rose out of many other languages, many words in English have                            in Latin, French, and Anglo-Saxon.

9.  Izzy served as a                                   of a successful student: she aced all of her tests, completed her homework throughly every night, and participated enthusiastically in class.

10.  Those who live in Maine are familiar with the common                                  of New England, which uses phrases like 'wicked' instead of 'very' and 'dungarees' instead of 'jeans.'

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