Shades of Meaning

I haven't eaten all day. My stomach is growling and I am ______

• hungry

• full

• starving

• dying

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

The ground was so _____ that it burned my feet

• cold

• warm

• hot

• rocky

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

"Keep your hands to yourself!" Dad

• Yelled

• Said

• Whispered

• Laughed

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does "shades of meaning" mean?

• When words are similar but have weaker and stronger meanings

• When words are about colors

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Which choice below shows the words in the correct order of intensity (weakest to strongest)?

• chilly, cold, freezing

• freezing, cold, chilly

• cold, freezing, chilly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Order the words from the weakest level of intensity to the strongest.

• knock, slam, bump

• bump, knock, slam

• slam, bump, knock

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Order the words from the weakest level of intensity to the strongest.

• eat, gobble, devour

• eat, devour, gobble

• gobble, eat, devour

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Order the words from the weakest level of intensity to the strongest.

• chuckle, chortle, laugh

• chuckle, laugh, chortle

• laugh, chortle, chuckle

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Select the best word that completes the sentence.

I became ________ when I couldn't solve the riddle.

• frustrated

• mad

• angry

• irate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which choice below shows the words in the correct order of intensity (weakest to strongest)?

• eat, gobble, nibble

• gobble, nibble, eat

• nibble, eat, gobble

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D