Pre Mini Mock Quiz

What does connotation mean?

• The obvious meaning.

• Ideas or feelings that words create for a reader, beyond their actual meaning.

• A describing word.

• An action word.

Explicit means...?

• The hidden or less obvious information.

• A word that describes a verb.

• A sentence with a subject and a verb.

• The obvious information.

Implicit means...?

• The obvious information.

• The hidden or less obvious information.

• When a sentence uses a comma and extra detail.

• A describing word.

Inference Means:

What you know/What you want to know + What you see/read = Your ________

Name the underlined word class:

"The skeleton's white bones rattled."

• Adverb

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

Name the underlined word class:

"The vampire gently placed his fangs on her neck."

• Adverb

• Noun

• Adjective

• Verb

Name the language technique:

"The werewolf was a frightened puppy in that moment."

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Triplet

Name the language technique:

"The swamp thing groaned as it raised it's arms out of the water."

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Repetition

• Simile

What can you infer about the ghost?

"Floating through the bedroom door, the ghost shivered and shifted uncomfortably, while moving towards the window. Staring into the daylight he saw the horse, tied to the tree he'd remembered planting with his father when he was younger, and knew immediately he was about to be forced to remember his previous life."

Why do we use apostrophes?

(Choose Two)

• To add extra detail to a sentence.

• To smash two words together.

• To show possession.

• To show a pause in a sentence.