5-A-Day Language Review: Week 25

Identify the word with the most negative connotation

• absurd

• whimsical

• hilarious

Choose the synonym for the following word: dispel.

• accept

• collect

• eliminate

• promote

Circle the misspelled word,

• idle

• gossip

• inheirit

Underline and identify the figure of speech below: Yellow butterflies flickered along the shade like flecks of sun - William Faulkner.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Is the following a phrase or a clause? If it is a clause, indicate if it is independent or dependent. Delirious and behaving strangely.

• phrase

• independent clause

• dependent clause

An essay that is fraught with errors...

• will likely get an A.

• will make your teacher proud.

• was carelessly completed.

• might need to be rewritten.

Choose the antonym for the following word: discord.

• prepare

• harmony

• tumult

• noise

Circle the definition that matches the word used in the sentence below. Word: oblige.

• v. To require someone to do something

• v. To earn the gratitude of

• v. To do a favor for.

Choose a matching analogy. Analogy: priest : religious.

• a) magazine : popular

• b) barn : wooden

• c) confidant : trustworthy

• d) evil : villain

Choose a synonym for the following word “dispel”

• Accept

• Collect

• Eliminate

• Promote