Exam 17: More Words on Words

Tirade means

Rhetoric means

Monologue means

Trite means

Dialect means

During the minister's _____________ against sinning, his face became flushed and he pounded the podium with his fist.

Some of Robert Browning's poems are dramatic _____________ in which just one character speaks.

In the ____________of the northern states, a spout for water is called a faucet, while in the South, it's called a spigot.

Jargon means

In the grip of a high fever, the patient thrashed in his bed and mumbled____________that no one could understand.

She had once been tongue-tied whenever she spoke in public, but experience had made her a witty and ____________speaker.

Although I drive a car, ____________the of auto mechanics sounds like a foreign language.

Gibberish means

When asked for some hard facts about his plan for turning the country's economy around, the presidential candidate offered little more than empty ____________.

Diction means

In the face of profound grief, it is extremely difficult to offer anything but the most ____________and useless expressions.

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.

Frank Sinatra's____________ was so clipped and clear that some teachers use his recordings when they teach English to foreigners.

Orator means

Articulate means