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Word Choice and Meaning

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Word Choice and Meaning
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Based on the context clues, what is the denotation of the word "ecstatic" in the passage?

overly intelligent

extremely happy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

pretty warm

painfully hot

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Read the following sentence: How would the meaning of the sentence change if the author used the word "unhurried" instead of the word "sluggish"?

The man would seem less lazy

the man would seem funnier

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the meaning of denotation?

The official meaning of a word

The emotion of a word

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Select the vocabulary word that best completes the following sentence:

At the end of a long and tiring day, he shook his head in _____ when his dog had an accident in the house.

notation

oppression

exasperation

congregation

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

6.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

(a)   the author’s thoughtful use of precise vocabulary to fully convey meaning to the reader

word choice

text evidence

figurative language

imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

You had no right to call me a clumsy --- just because I spilled some water on you.

oaf

douse

dispatch

irk

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

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