Evaluating Word Choice

Which phrase has a more negative connotation?

• An employee

• an underling

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The lion escaped from the zoo and the little girl _______.

• Talked

• Hollered

• Wailed

• Shrieked

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

I am feeling very _______________ about the new year. I have a feeling this is the year I get a big raise!

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What mood do the words convey:
Aggravated 
Enraged
Violent

• Exciting

• Angry

• Boring

• Happy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

I am so hungry that I can eat a horse
This sentence is an example of:

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification
  

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

We had a SUPERB  dinner at the new restaurant. All of us agreed that it was the most delicious food we had ever tasted.
Superb means

• dreadful 

• nutritious 

• hopeful

• excellent 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

What does incessant mean?

• exciting

• harmless

• non-stop

• sophisticated

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

Despite the proximity of Ron’s house to his sister’s, he rarely sees her.
Proximity means

• strangeness 

• superiority 

• superiority 

• nearness

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

"_______ the oddest person I know."

• Your

• You're

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

Which of the following words would serve as the best replacement for the underlined word in the sentence below? Mom spent six hours looking through the leaves for her lost wedding ring.

• gazing

• watching

• searching

• finding

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A