Question

5 - a - day language review: week 8
name: name
date: date
① choose the word with the connotation that best fits the sentence.
i read a great book about saving money by being (economical, stingy).
② identify the correct figure of speech. then write the meaning on the lines below.
i skipped lunch and now i am starving.
□simile □metaphor □personification □irony □hyperbole
③ sort the words arrogant and confident based on their connotation.
denotation: \to think highly of oneself\
④ what word, related to the greek or latin root/affix, is defined below?
\col\
(v) - to come together with great force; to clash
⑤ choose the synonym for: reluctant
numerous careless unwilling enthusiastic
① circle the incorrect pronoun shift. rewrite the sentence correctly.
we love the city because you can get anything you need here.
immaturely
prefix: __ base or root: suffix: __
rewrite using a possessive noun.
ideas of the politician
identify the type of sentence.
he won the tournament, yet he seemed sad and upset.
simple compound complex
circle the definition that matches the word used in the sentence below.
dense
adj. tightly packed; crowded close together
adj. thick; hard to see through
adj. stupid, thickheaded
the bread was so heavy and dense that i was full after eating one slice.

Explanation:

1. "economical" has a positive connotation compared to "stingy".
2. "I skipped lunch and now I am starving" is a hyperbole as "starving" is an exaggeration.
3. "arrogant" has a negative connotation, "confident" has a positive connotation.
4. The word related to "col -" with the given meaning could be "collide".
5. The synonym for "reluctant" is "unwilling".
6. The incorrect pronoun shift is "you" in "We love the city because you can get anything you need here". It should be "we". So the correct sentence is "We love the city because we can get anything we need here".
7. For "immaturely", prefix: "im -", base or root: "mature", suffix: " - ly".
8. "ideas of the politician" as a possessive noun is "the politician's ideas".
9. "He won the tournament, yet he seemed sad and upset." is a compound sentence as it has two independent clauses joined by "yet".
10. For "The bread was so heavy and dense that I was full after eating one slice", the correct definition is "adj. Thick; hard to see through".

Answer:

1. economical
2. hyperbole
3. arrogant (-), confident (+)
4. collide
5. unwilling
6. We love the city because we can get anything we need here.
7. prefix: im -; base or root: mature; suffix: - ly
8. the politician's ideas
9. compound
10. adj. Thick; hard to see through