RL.7.4 Small Group

RL.7.4 Small Group

Word Meaning

RL.7.4 Word Meaning

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings

Poll

How confident do you feel in determining word meaning?

• I got this.

• Ehh, I kind of get it.

• No clue.

Poll

How confident are you in determining the impact of words on the meaning of a text?

• Totally confident!

• I'm getting there.

• I have no idea what you are talking about.

Context Clues

hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words

Word Choice

the words you choose allow your reader to pick up on deeper meanings, feelings, and form a picture of the story

Figurative Language

allows the reader to imagine what the author means, playing on humor, emotion, and the five senses

Multiple Choice

A good-bye

with a cheerless sigh

Is a tug on the heart

That seems to tear us apart.

Farewell, dear friend.

There is so much misery to mend

When you are

Oh, so very far.

Far away you will be

And free from me

While I wait for the day

When you come back to stay.

Which word contributes to the depressing tone of the passage?

• free

• friend

• cheerless

• dear

Multiple Choice

Determine the meaning of the underlined word.

The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.

• ate

• burned

• sunburned

• slept

Multiple Choice

Determine the mening of the underlined word.

The country cottage was just outside the quaint and picturesque town.

• charming

• ruined

• simple

• free

Multiple Choice

Determine the meaning of the underlined word.

Each student was allotted two tickets to the dance.

• joyful

• fed

• allowed

• taken

Multiple Choice

What moods do the words convey:

Creepy

Threatening

Nightmarish

• worried

• angry

• sad

• scary

Multiple Choice

Why does the writer use the following simile: Love gives me wings!

• To show that love is the same as Red Bull

• To show that love turns them into a bird

• To show that love makes them feel free

• To show that love is very similar to a bird

Multiple Choice

The writer uses personificaiton in the following line to convey what meaning? The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• To show that the test taker was running out of time

• To make the reader think the setting is make believe

• To express that the test is so stressful the person is hallucinating

• To make the sentence more interesting

Poll

How confident do you feel in determining word meaning?

• 🤩

• 🙃

• 🥴

Poll

How confident are you in determining the impact of words on the meaning of a text?

• 🤓

• 🙂

• 😳