Fiction: Words in Context and Figurative Language
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- Q1Read the line from the passage. "Jo does use such slang words!" observed Amy, with a reproving look at the long figure stretched on the rug." Which word could best replace observed to create a more negative connotation?remarkedsaidaccusedstated60s
- Q2Read the line from the passage. ""It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress." Which word has a more positive connotation and can replace dreadful?displeasingdevastatingabominablehumiliating60s
- Q3Read the sentence. "Many people worried that the affluent background of the presidential candidate prevented him from fully understanding the needs of the poor." Based on the sentence, the word affluent means -wealthyinexperiencedpredeterminedineducated60s
- Q4Read the sentence written by Jessica Hatcher for The Telegraph. "Jim Zhang is popular and mischievous; he delights in group photographs...But behind his jocularity mean?" What does jocularity mean?extreme intelligencegood humorbitter resentmentangry disposition60s
- Q5Read the sentences written by Jodi Picoult. "There is an honesty to the wolf world...You tell your enemy you hate him; you show your admiration by confessing the truth. That directness doesn't work with human, who are masters of subterfuge. Does this dress make me look fat? Do you really love me? Did you miss me... She wants you to lie to her." Which word from the sentences is an antonym of subterfuge?honestyadmirationmasterlie60s
- Q6Read the sentence written by Andrea Davis Pinkney. "Toby let loose on his sleek brass sax, curling his notes like a kite tail in the wind." This sentence contains an example of -simileoxymoronmetaphorhyperbole60s
- Q7Read the sentence written by Andrea Davis Pinkney. "Outside, the winter was cold and slapping." This sentence contains an example of-personificationsimileparadoxhyperbole60s
- Q8Read the sentence written by Andrea Davis Pinkney. "He could make his trumpet wail like a man whose blues were deeper than the deep blue sea." This sentence contains an example of-oxymoronparadoxsimilemetaphor60s
- Q9Read this sentence. "A person without purpose is a sailor at sea without a compass." The sentence contains an example of-oxymoronpunmetaphorallusion60s