Week 14 B Vocabulary

I am going to the skate park and ____ I'm going home

• Than

• Then

It's is always used as a substitution for

• the possessive form of it

• it is or it has

• ownership

Than is used when we

• talk about time

• substitute for

  "in that case"

• make a comparison

"I want to go to the skate park ____," said my sister

• to

• too

• two

Then is used as a substitute for

• "also"

• "in that case"

• "extremely"

• "too"

Choose which form you would use for the sentence:

I like to go to the skate park because _____ fun.

• it's

• its

"People seem to do whatever Hollywood

says is cool."

In this example, Hollywood is known as a ________ for the film industry.

• Oxymoron

• Parody

• Metonymy

• Pun

"Alone together," "original copy," "old news," "plastic silverware," "bittersweet" are all examples of this:

• Proxymoron

• Pun

• Parody

• Oxymoron

When you imitate something, but add exaggeration

to make it funny, you create a

• Parroty

• Parody

• Oxymoron

• Proxymoron

When you're writing and want to give flavor to an ordinary word, you can

insert a ________ in the noun's place.

This is a type of figurative language.

• Oxymoron

• Parody

• Metonymy

• Malapropism