Word Usage Study Guide

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Word Usage Study Guide!
Get out a piece of paper please.
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Instructions- Take out a piece of paper and write
down your answers as you move along.
Ready,
Set,
Go!
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• Allusion
• Anagram
• Chiasmus
• Cliché
• Connotation
• Denotation
• Epitaph
• Epithet
• Euphemism
• Gobbledygook

A- The emotional response a person has to a
word B- A word that is more positive and takes
place of a harsher word. C- It is achieved when
all of the letters of a word are used to create a
new word. D- An adjective or an other term used
to describe a person or thing. E- It occurs when
the writer or speaker wants to sound
knowledgeable and uses too verbose and
educated. F- a timeworn expression that has lost
its liveliness due to overuse. G- A words
literal of dictionary meaning/definition. H- A
reference to someone or something famous. I- An
inscription in verse on someones tombstone. J-
there are crisscross quotes where words or
phrases are turned to create a new idea.
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Now, Check your answers.
1- H 2- C 3- J 4- F
5- A 6- G 7- D 8- I
9- B 10- E
Time for Round 2!
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Instructions- Match the word usage term with the
correct example.
A- Pretty ugly B- Get out of the wrong side of
the bed C- I wondered why the ball was getting
closer.. Then it hit me! D- Bang! Rattle!
Plunk! E- I have ears but I hear not. F-Sea,
see G- Honesty is the best policy. H-My teacher
is so old that they already nailed her coffin
shut. I- Tuna roll or a nut? J- We have seemed to
unleased a hornets nest.

• Homophone/Homonym
• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Malapropism
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron
• Palindrome
• Paradox
• Proverb
• Pun

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5- D 6- A 7- I 8- E
9- G 10- C
1- F 2- H 3- B 4- J
One More Round!
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A- Go and shake a tower. B- I stayed up until
1130 PM at night. C- Marge, youre as pretty as
Princess Leia and as smart as Yoda. D- Youre so
unselfish, she said as he took the biggest piece
of cake. E- Weird Als music and music videos. F-
I only have diamonds, clubs, and spades! he said
heartlessly.
1- Redundancy 2- Sarcasm 3- Satire 4-
Spoonerisms 5- Tom Swifties 6- Wit
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1- B 2- D
3- E 4- A
5- F 6- C
Good Job!
Good luck on your quiz!