5-A-Day Language Review: Week 26

Rewrite the sentence without the dangling or misplaced modifier:

At the mall instead of at the movies, my father saw me hanging out.

• My father saw me hanging out at the mall instead of at the movies.

• At the movies instead of at the mall, my father saw me hanging out.

• Hanging out at the mall, my father saw me instead of at the movies.

• Instead of at the movies, my father saw me hanging out at the mall.

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Naive means:

• marked by honest simplicity; showing lack of informed judgement

• Clever and cunning

• Experienced and worldly

• Deceptive and misleading

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Choose the synonym for the following word: strewn.

• broken

• orderly

• scattered

• collected

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Simplify the sentence by eliminating any wordiness or redundancies:

Dangerous situations can occur when people disobey rules that have been established for the safety of all.

• It can be dangerous when people disobey safety rules.

• People disobey rules for safety, causing dangerous situations.

• Rules for safety, when disobeyed, cause dangerous situations.

• Disobeying established safety rules can lead to dangerous situations.

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

Which word is misspelled in the following list?

• inconvienent

• miniature

• parallel

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CCSS.L.3.2F

Underline and identify the figure of speech below:

The lake behind the cabin was a mirror.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does the figure of speech from above mean?

• It is a metaphor for life.

• It is a simile comparing two things.

• It is an example of personification.

• It is a hyperbole for emphasis.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Is the following a phrase or a clause? If it is a clause, indicate if it is independent or dependent:

He really is unstoppable

• Phrase

• Independent Clause

• Dependent Clause

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Use the meanings of the root and affix to define the word 'doleful'.

What does 'doleful' mean?

• Full of happiness

• Full of pain

• Full of joy

• Full of energy

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CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

Which two might be a liability when trying to get a job?

• having a college degree

• having little work experience

• the ability to work well with others

• not being able to communicate well

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1