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Week 11 UA Quiz- "I Never Had it Made", Connotations, SBAC Vocab

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the genre of "I Never Had it Made" by Jackie Robinson?

a)

realistic fiction

b)

historical fiction

c)

autobiography

d)

fantasy/adventure

2.

Who is the author of "I Never Had it Made"?

a)

Jacob Marley

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

Robin Williams

d)

Bob Costas

3.

Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play major league ________.

a)

tennis

b)

basketball

c)

baseball

d)

soccer

4.

What are connotations?

a)

Words that end in vowels

b)

Dictionary definition of a word

c)

Words that have feelings attached to them

d)

Describing words

5.

What is a denotation?

a)

The dictionary definition of a word

b)

The feeling a word gives to a reader

c)

a book signed by an author (like an autograph)

d)

An introvert with many friends

6.

What type of connotation does the word respectful have? (That child is respectful.)

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

d)

I don't know

7.

What type of connotation does the word sneaky have? (That bank robber is sneaky.)

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

d)

I don't know

8.

What does 'visualize' mean?


(You can choose more than one)

a)

create a mental image

b)

imagine

c)

watch carefully

d)

look at the differences

9.

Which is important to setting?

a)

WHERE a story takes place

b)

WHEN a story takes place

c)

Both where AND when

10.
Setting tells you where and when a story occurs. Setting includes two things: time and place. Time includes the time period. It can also include elapsed time, or how much time passes for the characters. The place is where a story happens, including details about what that space looks, sounds or smells like or what it is like to live there.

Read the following passage from Alice in Wonderland: 

Once in the wood, she was anxious to get back to her right size again, and then to get into that lovely garden. But how? Peeping over a mushroom, she beheld a large blue caterpillar sitting on the top with its arms folded...

Which detail from the text provides a clue to the place where this passage takes place?

a)
“Once in the wood…"
b)
“A large blue caterpillar..”
c)
“...get back to her right size again...”
d)
“...with its arms folded”
11.

What are context clues?

a)

Clues that help you figure out the context.

b)

Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.

c)

A piece of evidence or information used in the detection of a crime or solving of a mystery

d)

A verbal formula giving an indication as to what is to be inserted in a particular space in a crossword or other puzzle.