Georgia Milestone Review Part 1

An expression a person uses that means the opposite of what is said is called____________.

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• Pun

An event or other literary element of which the reader is aware but that is unknown to the characters is called ______.

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• Pun

An instance in which characters' actions have the opposite effect of what is planned is called ____________.

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Situational irony

• Pun

A ____ is a word or phrase with more than one meaning that is used in a funny way. For example, "If he doesn't treat you right, let that mango."

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Pun

What is the function of the underlined word in the sentence?

Reading is my favorite way to spend a quiet afternoon.

• adjective

• noun

• preposition

• verb

Which underlined word contains a spelling error?

His facial reaction was quite quizical in nature.

• facial

• reaction

• quizical

• nature

We ​ (a)   to go to the store again if we ​ (b)   out of milk.

• might have
• run
• may have/ ran
• might
• may have
• could have
• will have
• ran
• had run
• were running

Casey was such a pushy leader; she was easily defeated as class president .

• Positive connotation

• Neutral Connotation

• Negative Connotation

What is connotation?

• Connotation implies or suggests a meaning of a word.
• Dictionary meaning of a word.
• I don't know!
• Unknown meaning

Read the sentences. What is the difference between mortified and embarrassed?

A. Sam was mortified when he was called to come up on the stage during the assembly.

B. Sam was embarrassed when he was called to come up on the stage during the assembly.

• Mortified is an antonym of embarrassed

• Embarrassed is more intense and has more negative connotation than embarrassed.

• Mortified is more intense and has more negative connotation than embarrassed.

• Mortified and embarrassed have different denotations.