Literary Words
The Sounds of the City
The Sound of the Desert
Prepositions
How we hear
100
It is the use of a word whose sound is related to the word's meaning.
Onomatopoeia
100
Type of loud, cheap nightclub music.
Honky-tonk
100
Moving very quickly.
Scurrying
100
Coyotes wait [______] the hillside.
on
100
What are the three parts of the ear?
External ear, middle ear, and inner ear.
200
It is the use of words to create word pictures.
Imagery
200
People who live in tall apartment buildings.
Cliff dwellers
200
Making a long high noise.
Creaking
200
The water flows [______] the riverbed.
down
200
What causes sound?
Sound is caused by vibration.
300
Giving human qualities to a nonhuman thing.
Personification
300
Huge fire.
Conflagration
300
Make a long low sound expressing pain.
Moan
300
A beetle is scurrying [______] the ground.
across
300
Mention two ways to protect your hearing.
Turning down the volume, wearing earplugs, not using ear buds with your MP3 player, etc.
400
Compares two things without using "like" or "as".
Metaphor
400
Gradually become fewer.
Dwindle
400
Thin slow flow of water.
Trickle
400
The sound of music came [______] the opposite direction.
from
400
Which hearing problem is the most serious? Why?
Injury to the cochlea because it is permanent.
500
It uses "like" or "as" to compare two different things in an unusual way.
Simile
500
Shocking and unpleasant.
Jarring
500
Land covered with grass.
Pasture
500
A jet plane was flying [______] the city.
toward
500
Which are the smallest bones in the ear? [Actually, the smallest bones in our body..!]
The hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup.
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