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Quiz for the Week of April 15-19, 2024

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Connotation refers to the positive and negative feelings and emotions attached to words and phrases. Group the following words under the two categories.

Categorize the following

Guest

Confident

Curious

Persuasive

Inexpensive

Intruder

Arrogant

Nosy

Manipulative

Cheap

Positive Meaning
Negative Meaning
2.

Choose the word that has a positive connotation to complete the sentence below: The audience had a​ (a)   on their faces during the performance.

Choose from the below words
smirk
smile
look
3.

Which phrase has a more negative connotation?

a)
minor victory
b)
pleasant surprise
c)
exciting opportunity
d)
devastating loss
4.

Match the following

a)

Simile

1.

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

b)

Metaphor

2.

A direct comparison without 'like' or 'as'

c)

Hyperbole

3.

An extreme exaggeration

d)

Alliteration

4.

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

e)

Onomatopoeia

5.

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

5.

What does the idiom in the text below suggest?

Cell phones once cost an arm and a leg, but today the majority of people can afford them.

a)
Cell phones were always affordable for everyone.
b)
Cell phones are still very expensive for most people.
c)

Cell phones used to be very expensive.

d)
Cell phones are only affordable for a select few.
6.

What figurative device is used in the following text?

The lighthouse horn moaned, and the sound traveled through the thick fog, reaching the sailors.

a)
Personification
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Metaphor
7.

What does the metaphor in this text suggest?

Laughter is sunshine; it chases winter from the human face.

a)
Laughter is like a storm; it brings chaos to the human face.
b)
Laughter is a burden; it weighs down the human face.
c)
Laughter is darkness; it envelops the human face.
d)
Laughter has the ability to bring joy and happiness to people.
8.

What does the idiom in the following text suggest?

Mr. and Mrs. Boyd usually see eye to eye, but not when it comes to religious issues.

a)
They always disagree on everything, including religious issues.
b)
They only agree on religious issues.
c)
They never see eye to eye on anything.
d)
They usually agree on things, but not on religious issues.
9.

What does the metaphor below mean?

He reads incessantly; new ideas are food for his mind.

a)
He is always hungry for new ideas.
b)
Reading new ideas is essential for intellectual growth.
c)
Eating new ideas is the key to success.
d)
His mind is a buffet of new ideas.
10.

What does the personification in this text suggest?

Raymond tried to ignore his unfinished essay, but it stares at him from across the room.

a)

Raymond is staring at the essay

b)

The essay is speaking to Raymond

c)

It bothered Raymond that the essay wasn't done.

d)

The essay is physically moving towards Raymond

11.

What does the metaphor in the following text suggest?

Conscience is a man's compass.

a)
Conscience is a person's umbrella.
b)
Conscience is a person's clock.
c)
Conscience is a person's GPS.
d)
Conscience guides a person's moral decisions and actions.
12.

Mark was sick of getting a dozen annoying e-mails with jokes from Sally every day. He wrote a sloppy reply letting her know that he wasn't allowed to receive silly e-mails at school.


What does the word "sick" suggest Mark was feeling as it is used in the first sentence of this story?

a)

full

b)

nauseous

c)

fed up with

d)

bored

13.

Which word has a negative connotation?

a)

Childlike

b)

Youthful

c)

Immature

d)

Young

14.

After math class, Chou's head was spinning from all the information that would be on the test.

a)

Chou was feeling confused.

b)

Chou was feeling very confident.

c)

Chou is thinking about science class.

15.

Which of the following options would make this sentence an example of onomatopoeia?​

The car horn ​ ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
beeped
was loud
sounded like a train
16.

​ (a)   is repeating the same beginning consonant sounds.

Ex: Silly Sam swam sideways.

Choose from the below words
Alliteration
metaphor
simile
stanza
17.

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

a)

I'm so hungry I could eat a sandwich.

b)

I've heard that joke a thousand times.

c)

The test was easy.

d)

The water was cold.

18.

In Chapter 3 of 'The Skin I'm In' by Sharon G. Flake, where do Char, Maleeka and the twins hangout during school?

a)
gymnasium
b)
cafeteria
c)
bathroom
d)
library
19.
  1. Why did Caleb stop sitting with Maleeka on the school trip to Washington DC?

a)

Maleeka fell asleep

and drooled

b)

Caleb decided to sit with popular students.

c)

Maleeka told him she

liked him.

d)

Maleeka threw up on

the bus

20.

Why does Maleeka think that Malcolm Moore is fine?

a)

because he is half and half

b)

because he is the doctor of love

c)

because he looks more like his dad than his mom.

d)

because he has a girlfriend