Word Meanings Exit Slip (RL/RI 6.4)

5. Connotation is a word's ___________.

• synonym

• anyonym

• emotional meaning

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The technical meaning of a word is:

• Its dictionary definition

• Its emotional meaning

• Its imaginary meaning

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the "tone" of a story?

• The feeling the passage evokes from the reader

• The author, narrator, or speaker's attitude toward a subject

• The time and place of the story

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

10. What's the meaning of this simile?

"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.

• She talks really loudly.

• She gets really angry.

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

7. I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking. If you change the word smell to stench, the word now has a ____________ connotation.

• positive

• negative

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CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Hint: Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through context clues.

I admire the man who jumped on the subway tracks to rescue a stranger. He was certainly ________________.

• foolhearty

• courageous

• rash

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Language that paints imaginary pictures in your mind is...

• figurative

• technical

• connotation

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What word would you use to describe the tone of this passage?

No sooner had she said it than there he was, "Mister Irresistible" himself. Throwing big, cheesy winks at everyone in the room, walking with a swagger like a cartoon baseball player. He slithered his way over to their side of the room.

• Enthusiastic

• Serious

• Mocking

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the meaning of the hyperbole, "Buckets of rain fell from the sky."

• A plane dropped buckets onto the ground.

• It was raining a little.

• It was raining hard.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the technical meaning of the word WEASEL in the quotation, "The weasel prowled the night."

• A sneak

• A small, slender carnivorous animal.

• negative

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.4