Grammar and Structure Quiz

What is a noun?

• An action

• A person, place or thing

• A comparison between two things

What is a prepositional phrase?

• A phrase before the main phrase

• The main phrase

• A person, place or thing

What is the difference between connotative meaning and denotative meaning?

• Connotative meaning refers to the emotional or cultural association with a word, while denotative meaning is the literal definition.

• Connotative meaning is the literal definition of a word, while denotative meaning refers to the emotional or cultural association.

• Both connotative and denotative meanings refer to the literal definition of a word.

• Both connotative and denotative meanings refer to the emotional or cultural association with a word.

Which of the following is a structure that involves identifying similarities and differences?

• Chronological

• Cause/effect

• Problem/solution

• Compare/contrast

What’s an example of addressing a counterargument?

• If your friend says that rap is the best music, then you tell them that it’s not.

• If your friend told you that rap is the best, then said, “I know you don’t think it is the best, but I think that Kendrick Lamar is cool which means rap is great.”

• If your friend said that rap is the best music.

Which sentence is the active voice and which is the passive voice? Why?

• Ms. Lamb was really tired so she started to fall asleep in class. Active, the verb is second

• Falling asleep is easy when Ms. Lamb is cold. Passive, the verb is first

What is theme?

• comparison

• central topic or idea

• make something known

• where it happens

Emphasize?

• something big

• something that is cool

• make something very known

• make something not known

Simile?

• comparing using like or as

• comparing something saying it is the other

• comparing using it

• central message

What is a metaphor

• Comparing using like or as

• Comparing by calling one thing another

• Comparing by drawing similarities

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