English IV Exam

To determine the connotation of a word or phrase, you can use all of the following

• Figures of Speech

• Tone

• Mood

• Context

• Definition

Place to Grow
Sacks of seeds
Are what Tommy needs,
For today he plants his flowers.
The dirt is spread,
Covering the flower bed.
Tommy has worked for hours.
Knees fall to the ground.
Tommy forms a dirt mound.
He completes the first long row.
With a pat, pat, pat,
The mound goes flat.
Now Tommy's seeds have a place to grow.

Choose the best answer.Tommy forms a dirt mound. A mound is a —

• type of seed

• kind of soil

• a very small hill

When class started, Ms. Martin said, "Put on your thinking caps."
Put on your thinking caps means _____

• get ready to learn

• wear your hats

• turn in your work

Choose the best answer."Some cats will not feel safe with other pets around." In which sentence does the word safe have the same meaning?

• My father keeps the most important papers in a safe at the bank.
  

• The umpire yelled, " Safe!" as Nicole stepped on third base.

• You must fasten your seat belt so that you'll be safe while we drive.
  

Rachel's parents plant many rows of corn on _____ farm.
Which word makes the sentence correct?

• there

• their

• they're

In one afternoon fifty years ago, so much of our turbulent history – the stain of slavery and anguish of civil war met on this bridge, Edmund Pettus Bridge.

What does turbulent mean?

• violent

• peaceful

• happiness

• madness

They marched as Americans who had endured hundreds of years of brutal violence, and countless daily indignities – but they didn’t seek special treatment, just the equal treatment promised to them almost a century before.

What is the synonym of endured ?

• jumped

• experienced

• short-lived

• learned

What is the synonym of reverberate ?

• whisper

• murmur

• silence

• resound

The American instinct that led these young men and women to pick up the torch and cross this bridge is the same instinct that moved patriots to choose revolution over tyranny.

What is the antonym of tyranny?

• utilitarian

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• democracy

What does prevalent mean?

• common

• unpopular

• extinct

• forgotten