THURSDAY: Language Review

Which words have a prefix that means "away or from"?

• abrasion
• abandon
• aberration
• superficial
• prescription

Which word is a SYNONYM for abandon?

• injure
• leave
• stay

Where does the comma go?

• When, they walked in Amanda’s mother was busy with her usual tools.
• When they walked, in Amanda’s mother was busy with her usual tools.
• When they walked in, Amanda’s mother was busy with her usual tools.
• When they walked in Amanda’s mother, was busy with her usual tools.

Is this a simile or metaphor?

• simile
• metaphor

What does this simile or metaphor mean?

• The car ride was short.
• The car ride was boring.
• The car ride never ended.
• The car ride was really long.

Correct the sentence by adding commas.

• When playing football he juked, jived, spun, danced and darted.
• When playing football he juked, jived, spun, danced, and darted.
• When playing football, he juked, jived, spun, danced and darted.
• When playing football, he juked, jived, spun, danced, and darted.

Identify the correlative conjunctions.

• not only
• but also
• She
• is
• the

Identify the types of work that should have quotation marks.

• short story
• poem
• song
• chapter name
• article