Warm-up Practice Weeks 21 - 23

Yes or No: Is poignant used the correct way in the following sentence?

The photograph awakens poignant memories of happier days.

• Yes

• No

Please select the homophones that are incorrect.

The Blue Whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, they can be up to 98 ft in length and 173 tons in weight. You might be surprised to learn that a blue whales heart alone ways about 400 pounds and is approximitely 5 feet long 4 feet wide and 5 feet tall. In fact the heart is so massive that a human being could swim threw the arteries.

• threw

• known

• ways

• There are no mistakes.

Which answer below is the correct way of writing the sentence is red?

The Blue Whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, they can be up to 98 ft in length and 173 tons in weight. You might be surprised to learn that a blue whales heart alone ways about 400 pounds and is approximitely 5 feet long 4 feet wide and 5 feet tall. In fact the heart is so massive that a human being could swim threw the arteries.

• You might be surprised to learn that a blue whale's heart alone weights about 400 pounds, and is approximately five feet long, four feet wide, and five feet tall.

• You might be surprised to learn that a blue whale's heart alone ways about 400 pounds and is approximately five feet long, four feet wide, and five feet tall.

• You might be surprised to learn that a blue whales heart alone weights about 400 pounds and is approximately five feet long, four feet wide, and five feet tall.

• You might be surprised to learn that a blue whale's heart alone weights about 400 pounds and is approximately five feet long, four feet wide, and five feet tall.

Which sentence contains no errors?

(1) The Blue Whale is the largest animal known to have ever lived, they can be up to 98 ft in length and 173 tons in weight. (2) You might be surprised to learn that a blue whales heart alone ways about 400 pounds and is approximitely 5 feet long 4 feet wide and 5 feet tall. (3) In fact, the heart is so massive that a human being could swim through the arteries.

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• They all contain errors.

Which vocabulary word best fits in the sentence?

She planned her trip in ________________ detail.

• pristine

• meticulous

• thwart

• debunk

For all these years we had this huge military alliance designed to ______________ the dreaded enemies.

• thwart

• meticulous

• hiatus

• debunk

• pristine

What type of Figurative Language is being used in the following sentence?

The parents spent at least a few minutes a day reviewing the ABC's with their daughter.

• Assonance

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Synecdoche

• Allusion

Pick out the following words in the sentence that are examples of an assonance.

I saw Anthony beneath the trees enjoying the sweet breeze.

• saw

• Anthony

• beneath

• enjoying

• sweet

Which word (s) are synonyms for debunk?

• hide

• unmask

• expose

• cover-up

Which word (s) are synonyms for the word pristine?

• unstained

• pure

• spoiled

• dirty