ELA Mixed Review

Again they searched meticulously, but no keys.  Where could they be?  They've looked EVERYWHERE! If you did something meticulously, you would be-

• feeling silly.
• working very carefully.
• trying to finish quickly.
• trying to find something.

Tonya was relaxing with a magazine when her father walked in, looking perturbed and sounding annoyed, too. What words give you clues to the meaning of perturbed?

• can you help me
• her father walked in 
• sounding annoyed, too
• relaxing with a magazine

In late 2006, apiarists in the U.S. began reporting that their honey bees were dying. Some of these beekeepers lost 90 percent of their hives. What is the best definition of apiarists?

• hives
• problems
• honeybees
• beekeepers

The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
What does garrulous mean? 

• Quiet
• Secretive
• talkative 
• Exhausted

Use context clues to figure this out:
Mike always had terrible aim. But after two summers at a baseball camp, he is now an adroit pitcher. 

• careless
• skillful
• inexperienced
• motivated

5. Connotation is a word's ___________.

• synonym

• anyonym

• emotional meaning

• literal, dictionary definition

6. Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

• positive

• negative

10. What's the meaning of this simile?

"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry.

• She spits when she talks.

What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

A ​ (a)   is a comparison between two unlike things using the words ​ (b)   or ​ (c)   .

• simile
• like
• as
• metaphor
• but
• how
• hyperbole
• has