Week 30 Starter Quiz

Rewrite the sentence without the dangling or misplaced modifier.

Reading the book for the second time, the ending finally started to make sense.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

The expression "the calm before the storm" comes from a prelude to a hurricane, when the air is very still and calm. Later, there is another calm period, which marks the middle of the storm, when the "eye" of the hurricane is passing through.

Prelude means ________.

• an introductory event or action.

• a conclusion or ending event.

• an unrelated event.

• a musical instrument.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Choose the synonym for the following word: patron.

• Envious

• Opponent

• Relative

• Supporter

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Simplify the sentence by eliminating any wordiness or redundancies. My mother would often always tell me that anything was in the realm of possibility.

• My mother would often tell me that anything was possible.

• My mother would always tell me that anything was possible.

• My mother would tell me that anything was possible.

• My mother would often always tell me that anything was possible.

Which word is misspelled in the following options?

• Skepticle

• Media

• Kettle

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Identify the figure of speech below:

Don't try to pass the buck to me!

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What does the figure of speech "pass the buck" mean?

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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

It is my biggest regret.

• 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 'mediate'.

med = middle, ate = to make

• to be the middle man in an argument

• to destroy something

• to create something

• to be the middle child

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

A bereaved person might:

• Cry uncontrollably.

• Not smile very often.

• Not be able to eat.

• Lose interest in his/her hobbies.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3