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1. What do you call to the rise and fall of the voice in speaking?

2. I am a kind of sentence that ends with a period. I can give instructions, a direct command, or even a request.

3. The sentence- I’m drowning in paperwork. is an example of what type of figures of speech?

5. These are hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words.

6. I am one of the parts of a letter. I can be found at the beginning of the letter. I am a word, a phrase, or a gesture used as a greeting. What am I?

7. What do you call to a letter or group of letters added at the end of an abstract noun to form a new word? Example: friend- friendship

Identify the CAPITALIZED WORD if it is an example of Connotation or Denotation.

TWILIGHT is the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the refraction and

scattering of the sun’s rays from the atmosphere.

• Connotation

                 

• Denotation

Identify the CAPITALIZED WORD if it is an example of Connotation or Denotation.

A FIRE of unknown cause ate the thirty village houses.

• Connotation

• Denotation

Read the following statement carefully and choose the word/s that best describes the answer.

Jackie screamed and pulled her hand away from the scalding water. Her hand was bright red and hurting.

     What does the word scalding suggest about the water in the sentence above?              

• Icy cold

• Pretty warm

• Painfully hot

Read the following statement carefully and choose the word/s that best describes the answer.

Buster was a puny dog. He couldn’t even scare the cat that lived next door.

    What is the dictionary meaning of the word puny in the sentence above?

• Loud

• Small

• Large