Remember Troublesome Words!
PROSODY, VERSIFICATION, RIME, RUNE, PAEAN
1. Prosody means:
a. The study of music notes
b. The study of virtual function
c. The study of car race court
d. The study of poetic meters
2. Versification means:
a. Changing word into phrase
b. Changing prose into metrical form
c. Changing analog into digital code
d. Changing sound into signal
3. Rime means:
a. Character of handshake
b. Character of face line
c. Character of alphabets
d. Character of body shape
4. Rune means:
a. Mark of mystery
b. Mark of recognition
c. Mark of haste
d. Mark of tardiness
5. Paean means:
a. Expression of joy
b. Expression of sorrow
c. Expression of anger
d. Expression of suspicion
ANSWERS: 1. d 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. a
BALLADRY, POESY, VERSE, DOGGEREL, STANZA
1. Ballatry means:
a/ The art of writing letters
b/ The art of singing hyms
c/ The art of perming ballad
d/ he art of learning language
2. Poesy means:
- The body of water
The body of a poem
The body of lies
The body of roof
3. Verse means:
- Writing in third person
Writing in metrical rhythm
Writing in Spainish
Writing on the wall
4. Doggerel means:
a. Badly defined
b. Badly formed
c. Badly ventilated
d. Badly versed
ANSWERS: 1. c 2. b 3. b 4. d
CANTO, STROPHE, COUPLET, TRIPLET, RHYME
1. Canto means:
a. Division of labor
b. Division of powers
c. Division of a poem
d. Division of revenue
2. Strophe means:
a. Free poem construct
b. Free poem analysis
c. Free poem contest
d. Free poem writer
3. Couplet means:
a. Couple of kids
b. Couple of meaning
c. Couple of nuts
d. Couple of poem lines
4. Triplet means:
a. Three of coins
b. Three of pentacles
c. Three of rods
d. Three of same
5. Rhyme means:
a. Corresponding sound
b. Corresponding angles
c. Corresponding numbers
d. Corresponding elements
ANSWERS: 1. c 2. a 3. d 4. d
RHYTHM, ODE, CADENCE, CADENCY, TEMPO
1. Rhythm means:
a. Repeated addition
b. Repeated pattern
c. Repeated sound
d. Repeated dreams
2. Ode means:
a. Irregular choice
b. Irregular meters
c. Irregular lines
d. Irregular periods
3.Cadence means:
a. Rhythm of love
b. Rhythm of rain
c. Rhythm of voice
d. Rhythm of dance
4. Cadency means:
a. Improvised explosives
b. Improvised arrangement
c. Improvised guns
d. Improvised vice
ANSWERS: 1. c 2. b 3. c 4. b
PULSE, PULSATION, PACE, THROB, THUD, THUMP
1. Pulse means:
a. Short burst of anger
b. Short burst of sound
c. Short burst of depression
d. Short burst of pain
2. Pulsation means:
a. Recurrence of flu
b. Recurrence of cough
c. Recurrence of rhythm
d. Recurrence of fever
3. Pace means:
a. Constant speed of movement
b. Constant speed of acceleration
c. Constant speed of light
d. Constant speed of light
4. Throb means:
a. Strong and steady class
b. Strong and steady prevention
c. Strong and steady pulse
d. Strong and steady rise
5. Thud means:
a. Dull and heavy pain
b. Dull and heavy leg
c. Dull and heavy sound
d. Dull and heavy fall
6. Thump means:
a. Dull and heavy feeling
b. Dull and heavy fist
c. Dull and heavy ache
d. Dull and heavy head
ANSWERS: 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. c 5.d 6. b
VELOCITY, RAPIDITY, SPEED, HASTE, SWIFTNESS, ALACRITY
1.Velocity means:
a. The speed on treadmill
b. The speed on a speedometer
c. The speed on a direction
d. The speed on test
2.Rapidity means:
a. Moving at the speed of light
b. Moving at a glacier speed
c. Moving with great speed
d. Moving at word
3. Speed means:
a. The rate of moving
b. The rate of moving quickly
c. The rate of moving a house
d. The rate of moving rocks
4. Haste means:
a. Excessive blinking
b. Excessive perspiration
c. Excessive hunger
d. Excessive urgency
5. Swiftness means:
a. Performed with preparation
b. Performed without delay
c. Performed without omissions
d. Performed without words
6. Alacrity means:
a. Brisk and cheerful anxiety
b. Brisk and cheerful clue
c. Brisk and cheerful movement
d. Brisk and cheerful readiness
ANSWERS: 1. c 2. c 3. a 4. d 5. b 6. d
TONE, TUNE, TENOR, THEME, GIST, TIMBRE, AMBIENCE, VIBES, SETTING
1. Tone means:
a. The general dispatch
b. The general quality
c. The general public
d. The general review
2. Tune means:
a. The general melody
b. The general number
c. The general history
d. The general election
3. Tenor means:
a. The highest pitched voice
b. The highest paid voice
c. The highest adult voice
d. The highest recorder voice
4. Theme means:
a. The subject of a sentence
b. The subject of a report
c. The subject of a context
d. The subject of philosophy
5. Gist means:
a. The essence of anthropology
b. The essence of beauty
c. The essence of Christianity
d. The essence of a text
6. Timbre means:
a. The distinct intensity
b. The distinct factor
c. The distinct edge
d. The distinct group
7. Ambience means:
a. The best atmosphere
b. The best love
c. The best show
d. The best way
8. Vibes means:
a. The welfare state
b. The judiciary state
c. The emotional state
d. The volunteer state
9. Setting means:
a. The type of unemployment
b. The type of alcohol
c. The tpe of trait
d. The type of surroundings
