Warm-up Review: Weeks 1, 2, and 3

Identify all the synonyms for haughty.

• kind

• arrogant

• vain

• superior

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify all the antonyms for aplomb

• emotional

• calm

• self-confidence

• worried

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

What phrase is an example of a metaphor in the following sentence?

When Rachel entered the haunted house, it was as black as coal. She used the walls to find her way down the hallway, terrified at what was to come.

• haunted house

• black as coal

• terrified at what was to come

• There is no metaphor.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

The following sentence shows an example of a _____________.

When Rachel entered the haunted house, it was as black as coal. She used the walls to find her way down the hallway, terrified at what was to come.

• personification

• allusion

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Kevin peered out into the darkness. The sound of the thunder made him jump, and his eyes widened when he saw the bright lightning dance across the sky.

Identify the phrase and type of Figurative Language.

• "... peered out into the darkness." oxymoron

• "...thunder made him jump,..." personification

• "...lightning dance across the sky." personification

• "...eyes widened when he saw..." personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In the following paragraph, which sentence has NO errors in it?

(1)Did you no that the first call made with a cellular telephone was a prank. (2) In 1973 martin cooper was heading up a team of engineers at motorola that was working to build the worlds first cell phone. (3)Once it was ready to be tested he decided to ring a competiter. (4)He called Joel Engel who was also trying to build the first portable phone at AT&T. (5) Cooper said that when the call connected, he told engel he was talking too him on a portable phone there was silence on the other end of the line.

• Sentence 1

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 3

• Sentence 4

• Sentence 5

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The red shoes really accentuate the dress. Accentuated means:

• drown out

• look good with

• put an emphasis on

• is distracting

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Maybe definitely" is an example of a (an)

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• simile

• I have no idea

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

True or False: Bamboozle means an event that is expected to happen.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

True or False:

Decorum means to whimper.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C