RI 6.4 Word choice

The pencil danced across the paper.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Life is like a box of chocolates

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Tommy is a bull in a china shopsimile

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which sentence has the connotation that she really loves her work?

• I won't bother her now because she is really occupied with her work.

• I won't bother her now because she is really absorbed with her work.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence has the connotation that the group is doing something LEAST PLEASANT?

• We all worked together on the same TASK.

• We all worked together on the same CHORE.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

Read the following sentence.

The hedgehog was ecstatic-she found a hole to burrow into, and she was happily settled beneath the ground, excited to sleep the day away.

Based on the context clues, what is the denotation of the word "ecstatic" in this passage?

• overly intelligent

• extremely happy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

What is a negative connotation of "ask"?

• request

• demand

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is a positive connotation of "tardy"?

• delayed

• terribly late

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4