Am Lit Practice for EOC

"Mahailey and I will never be quite up-to-date, Ralph. We're old-fashioned, and I don't know but you'd better let us be."

Which idea is conveyed through these sentences?

• People often resist change

• Some people enjoy hard work

• One must be persistent to be persuasive

• Advances in technology yield positive results

Which sentence is an example of the author's use of imagery?

• "His eyebrows and long lashes were a pale corn-colour - made his blue eyes seem lighter than they were, and, he thought, gave a look of shyness and weakness to the upper part of his face."

• "The household slept late on Sunday morning; even Mahailey did not get up until seven"

• "He was the chief mechanic of the Wheeler farm, and when the farm implements and the automobiles did not give him enough to do, he went to town and bought machines for the house."

• "Mrs. Wheeler sometimes said it was wonderful, how much Ralph would take from Claude."

Define verbal irony

• An exaggerated statement or claim that is not meant to be taken literally

• A situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics

• Contrast between what is said and what is meant

• Two or more words that combine opposite ideas

The sentence "it's raining cats and dogs outside" is an example of a(n)

• pun

• metaphor

• idiom

• allusion

The denotation of a word is...

• The opposite of the word

• Emotional meaning of a word

• meaning that is implied or suggested

• its exact meaning as found in the dictionary

The connotation of a word is...

• The opposite meaning of the word

• its implied or suggested meaning

• Its literal meaning

• Another word for the synonym

Which best corresponds to the denotation of the underlined word?

This morning I awoke to the bitter cold wind howling outside.

• hostile

• freezing

• dry

• tasteless

Which answer that has the most similar connotation to the underlined word.

I looked out of my bedroom window and saw the garbage men scurrying to collect the garbage on my street.

• pacing

• scampering

• bolting

• stalking

Which answer best corresponds to the denotation of the underlined word.

I thought it was strange that the drama teacher would choose my sister to be in the play; however, I told her I would help her after school

• odd

• unique

• shocking

• adnormal

What is an inference?

• The exact meaning that is explicitly stated

• A guess based on the information given

• Made up meaning of a word

• Facts or sources that support your written argument