Deck 17: More Words on Words

Question 1

Dialect means

A)foreign tongue
B)mimicking the voices of others
C)language of a particular region

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Jargon means

A)formal speech appropriate to social occasions
B)professional vocabulary
C)mumbling to oneself

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
monologues
articulate
diction
orator
rhetoric
gibberish
dialect
jargon
trite
tirade
Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great who knew how to use his voice to influence the people who came to hear him speak.

Answer 3

orator

Question 4

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
monologues
articulate
diction
orator
rhetoric
gibberish
dialect
jargon
trite
tirade
Some of Robert Browning's poems are dramatic _ in which just one character speaks.

Question 5

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
monologues
articulate
diction
orator
rhetoric
gibberish
dialect
jargon
trite
tirade
In the face of profound grief, it is extremely difficult to offer anything but the most
and useless expressions.

Question 6

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
monologues
articulate
diction
orator
rhetoric
gibberish
dialect
jargon
trite
tirade
When asked for some hard facts about his plan for turning the country's economy around, the presidential candidate offered little more than empty .

Question 7

Gibberish means

A)a formal speech
B)hidden meaning
C)silly babble

Question 8

Monologue means

A)agreement
B)conversation between people
C)speech made by one person

Question 9

Trite means

A)to mutter
B)lacking originality
C)speech

Question 10

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
monologues
articulate
diction
orator
rhetoric
gibberish
dialect
jargon
trite
tirade
In the of the northern states, a spout for water is called a faucet, while in the
South, it's called a spigot.

Question 11

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
monologues
articulate
diction
orator
rhetoric
gibberish
dialect
jargon
trite
tirade
Although I drive a car, the of auto mechanics sounds like a foreign language.

Question 12

Tirade means

A)nonsense
B)furious speech
C)speech by a single person

Question 13

Diction means

A)poetry recital
B)way of choosing or pronouncing words
C)conversation between two people

Question 14

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
monologues
articulate
diction
orator
rhetoric
gibberish
dialect
jargon
trite
tirade
In the grip of a high fever, the patient thrashed in his bed and mumbled
that no one could understand.

Question 15

Articulate means

A)to speak the truth
B)well-spoken
C)to applaud someone

Question 16

Rhetoric means

A)accusations
B)persuasive language
C)written words

Question 17

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
monologues
articulate
diction
orator
rhetoric
gibberish
dialect
jargon
trite
tirade
During the minister's _ against sinning, his face became flushed and he pounded the podium with his fist.

Question 18

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
monologues
articulate
diction
orator
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gibberish
dialect
jargon
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tirade
She had once been tongue-tied whenever she spoke in public, but experience had made her a witty and
speaker.

Question 19

Orator means

A)speech maker
B)informal talker
C)critic

Question 20

Fill in each blank with one of the words from the chapter
monologues
articulate
diction
orator
rhetoric
gibberish
dialect
jargon
trite
tirade
Frank Sinatra's was so clipped and clear that some teachers use his recordings when they teach English to foreigners.