5.09 Quiz

Read the passage from "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek."

As each green wave rose from the churning water, it illuminated within itself the six- or eight-foot-long bodies of twisting sharks.

Which best determines the connotative meaning of the underlined word?

• dangerous

• beautiful

• moving

• dark

Read the passage from "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek."

Just a breath before he would have been dashed to the ground, he unfurled his wings with exact, deliberate care, revealing the broad bars of white...

Which best determines the connotative meaning of the underlined word?

• thrown

• fallen

• destroyed

• bumped

Read the passage.

I had been kneeling on the island grass; when the unrecognizable flap of frog skin settled on the creek bottom, swaying, I stood up and brushed the knees of my pants. I couldn't catch my breath....

Which best identifies a phrase used to establish tone and explains its effect?

• I had been kneeling on the island grass; it establishes a calm, collected atmosphere.

• when the unrecognizable flap of frog skin settled; it demonstrates the author's dislike of nature.

• on the creek bottom, swaying; it shows the author's growing appreciation of the natural world.

• I couldn't catch my breath...; it illustrates the author's shock and surprise at the event

Read the passage.

The sight held awesome wonders: power and beauty, grace tangled in a rapture with violence.

Which best identifies a word used to establish tone and explains its effect?

• sight; it demonstrates the writer's frustration with the event

• the; it shows the author's intelligence and patience

• held; it demonstrates the author's caring attitude towards the natural world

• rapture; it illustrates the sense of wonder the author shows towards the natural world

Which best describes what happened to the frog in "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek"?

• It was dying of an infection.

• It was shedding a layer of skin.

• It was being killed by a giant water bug.

• It was playing dead.

Which best explains how the mockingbird in "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek" kept from crashing into the ground?

• It pulled out of the dive at the last minute.

• It swerved and landed in a soft shrub.

• It caught a draft of air and drifted back up.

• It was caught by a passer-by.

Which sentence correctly uses a simile?

• Don was very happy to be headed off for the last day of school for the year.

• Don was as happy as a lark that it was his last day in seventh grade.

• Don whistled as he waited for the bus on the last day of seventh grade.

• Don jumped off the bus with glee after the last day of the school year.

Which sentence correctly uses a metaphor?

• Don was very happy to be headed off for the last day of school for the year.

• Don was a bolt of lightning on his way home from the last day of the school year.

• Don whistled as he waited for the bus on the last day of seventh grade.

• Don jumped off the bus with glee after the last day of the school year.

You are writing an essay describing your first visit to the dentist.

Which pattern of organization would be best for this essay?

• logical

• chronological

• order of importance

• spatial

You are writing an essay describing a famous painting.

Which pattern of organization would be best for this essay?

• logical

• chronological

• order of importance

• spatial