Match Word Techniques Game
RJM Programming - May, 2017
Thanks to Text Types in English by Mark Anderson and Kathy Anderson (ISBN: 0-7329-4584-4)
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Word Technique (1 point per correct matching word technique)
alliteration
antonym
assonance
compound word
colloquialism
ephemism
gerund
homonym
homophone
jargon
neologism
onomatopoeia
palindrome
personification
pun
rhyme
slang
solecism
synonym
Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.
hot versus cold, tall versus short
I lie here and cry, my eyes like fires.
goldfish, footpath
'undies' for underpants, 'get flogged for' for beaten in a game
'the bathroom' for toilet, 'passed away' for died
she likes drinking, swimming is good for you
Come and wave goodbye to Grandma. She surfed wave after wave.
flour and flower, sail and sale
'slips' in cricket, 'starboard' in sailing
'fax' for facsimile machine, 'modem' for modulator plus demodulator
the hiss of a snake, the click of his fingers
radar, mum
The dam wall, tired of holding back the water, crumbled. The oak tree, standing tall, shed lots of leaves.
Why did the teacher need glasses? Because he couldn't control his pupils.
right and light, day and way
'crook' for sick, 'what a bummer' for that was bad luck
'Boats-wain' for boatswain (pronounced bo-sun), 'mid-wife-ery' for midwifery (pronounced mid-wiffery)
stop and halt, neat and tidy
bloodhound, campground