CCSS.ELA.Content.RL.7.4

The teacher was mildly intimated by Seth's bossy behavior. If you change the word bossy to assertive, the word now has a ____ connotation.

• positive
• negative

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CCSS.ELA.Content.RL.7.4

What is the following statement an example of?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?

• Simile
• Metaphor

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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs  for a candle.
At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the samee moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.
The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended.......
Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of hearing.

• "he took the box of matches"
• "went downstairs for a candle"
• "squeaky mouse scurried noisily"
• The matches fell from his hand.

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CCSS.ELA.Content.RL.7.4

"She’s really in a pickle" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Imagery
• Idiom
• Metaphor
• Simile

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CCSS.ELA.Content.L.3.5

CCSS.ELA.Content.RL.3.4

CCSS.ELA.Content.RL.7.4

In Greek mythology, ambrosia is the name for the food of the gods.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Louanne's Ice Cream Parlor has the best dessert short of ambrosia! 

• A heavenly delicacy 
• Something unusual or exciting 
• Something hideous or grotesque
• All of the above

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CCSS.ELA.Content.RL.7.4

Malala began defying the Taliban.  What does defying mean? 

• Obeying
• abiding by
• disobeying
• hating

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CCSS.ELA.Content.L.7.4

CCSS.ELA.Content.RL.7.4

Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
The house was lonely and desolate while the family was away.

• personification
• hyperbole 

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CCSS.ELA.Content.RL.7.4

What is the tone of the following passage?
Jessica walked slowly through the hallway. “Come out, come out, wherever you are!” she yelled. Since the room was dark, she had to feel around for the doorknob to the dining room. As her hand closed around the cool brass knob, she gave it a firm twist to the right, opening the door to the dining hall with a satisfying bang. The long table was illuminated by a stream of moonlight from a large bay window to her right, allowing her to see enough to enter the room. She giggled with nervousness as she took a few steps forward, stopping short at the sight of something shadowy moving in the corner. 

• objective
• bitter
• eerie
• astounding

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CCSS.ELA.Content.RL.7.4

Descriptive words that appeal to the senses

• hyperbole
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• imagery

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CCSS.ELA.Content.W.6.3

CCSS.ELA.Content.W.7.3

CCSS.ELA.Content.RL.7.4

Which connotation is MORE positive?
Our trip to the amusement park was _______.

• fine
• wonderful

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