7 th Vocab

1. 7th Vocab audi, audit loqu, locut

2. Answer the questions to figure out the meaning of the prefixes. 1. Describe what it means when a speaker is barely audible. 2. Define the words audio, audience, and auditorium. What meaning do they share? 3. Describe what a ventriloquist does for a living. 4. What does it mean when someone delivers a soliloquy?

3. audible: able to be heard audio: hearing audience: people gathered to listen auditorium: a room for listening ventriloquist: someone who talks from their belly and makes a puppet appear to talk soliloquy: a speech delivered by a person talking alone

4. audi, audit: “hear, listen” loqu, locut: “speak, talk”

5. Explain how these words mean “hear, listen” audiotape audiovisual audible able to hear audiocassette inaudible ‘not’ able to hear audition the act of hearing; trying out for a part audit the act of hearing; examination of an account auditor one who hears; account examiner

6. eloquent circumlocution colloquialism interlocuter *the use of many words to ‘talk’ ‘around’ and not address a topic *‘speaking’ ‘out’ with flowing words *informal oral expression used when people ‘talk’ ‘together’ *one who takes turns in ‘talking’ ‘between’ others

7. elocution a ‘speech’ someone speaks ‘out’ somniloquist someone who ‘talks’ in their ‘sleep’ loquacious talkative locution the way people ‘speak’ in a specific region