Evaluating Word Choice

Which phrase has a more negative connotation?

• An employee

• an underling

The lion escaped from the zoo and the little girl _______.

• Talked

• Hollered

• Wailed

• Shrieked

I am feeling very _______________ about the new year. I have a feeling this is the year I get a big raise!

What mood do the words convey:
Aggravated 
Enraged
Violent

• Exciting

• Angry

• Boring

• Happy

I am so hungry that I can eat a horse
This sentence is an example of:

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification
  

• metaphor

We had a SUPERB  dinner at the new restaurant. All of us agreed that it was the most delicious food we had ever tasted.
Superb means

• dreadful 

• nutritious 

• hopeful

• excellent 

What does incessant mean?

• exciting

• harmless

• non-stop

• sophisticated

Despite the proximity of Ron’s house to his sister’s, he rarely sees her.
Proximity means

• strangeness 

• superiority 

• superiority 

• nearness

"_______ the oddest person I know."

• Your

• You're

Which of the following words would serve as the best replacement for the underlined word in the sentence below? Mom spent six hours looking through the leaves for her lost wedding ring.

• gazing

• watching

• searching

• finding