Word Choice/Analogies 1

Choose the correct word to complete the analogy:

Up : Down :: Fast : ____________

• Slow

• Speedy

• Halt

• Quick

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Choose the correct word to complete the analogy:

Hot : Cold :: Close : ___________.

• Near

• Together

• Knit

• Far

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Complete the analogy:

Sailboat is to sailing as car is to _______________.

• moving

• driving

• halt

• race car

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which analogy is written correctly?

• Near is to far as stop is to halt

• Near is to close as stop is to go

• Near is to far as stop is to go

• Close is to far as go is to move

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the analogies is written correctly

• Yell :: scream : whisper :: talk

• Yell is to whisper as whisper :: talk

• Yell is to whisper as Scream is to Yell

• Yell : Scream :: Whisper : Talk

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Words that have the same denotations are called:

• Acronyms

• Antonyms

• Homophones

• Synonyms

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

If you look up a word in the dictionary, you find its ___________.

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Synonym

• Homophone

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A teacher would be more likely to use the ______________ of a word when giving the literal definition.

• Connotation

• Antonym

• Denotation

• Homophone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Connotations are the ___________________ definition of a word.

• Literal

• Exaggerated

• Unrealistic

• Emotional

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

True or False: Denotations can be positive or negative

• True

• False

• What's a Denotation?

• Connotations are the same as Denotations

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4