Personification is _______.
A. showing how two things are different
B. giving an object human characteristics
C. putting events in chronological order
D. writing to inform the reader
B. giving an object human characteristics
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What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem
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______ meaning is the dictionary definition of a word.
A. Connotative
B. Reflective
C. Denotative
D. Inductive
C. Denotative.
Denotative meaning is the dictionary definition of a word.
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Vivid verbs make writing more ______.
A. dull
B. exact
C. ordinary
D. simple
B. exact
Vivid verbs make writing more exact.
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Which sentence helps the reader form the strongest mental image?
A. Laurie wore a dress to Daniela's party.
B. The dog barked.
C. Huge, gray waves crashed into the sandy beach.
D. Carlos laughed at the joke.
C. Huge, gray waves crashed into the sandy beach.
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Is this sentence an example of personification? Yes or no?
"Cars dance across the icy road."
Yes.
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What are vivid verbs?
Words that help you picture exactly what is happening.
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_______ meaning is your feeling about a word.
A. Denotative
B. Connotative
C. Instructive
D. Figurative
B. Connotative.
Connotative meaning is your feeling about a word.
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Vivid verbs are always _____.
A. nouns
B. adjectives
C. adverbs
D. verbs
D. verbs.
Vivid verbs are always verbs.
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To say that my cat is the most friendly cat in the world, I should say "My cat is the _______."
A. friendlest
B. friendlyest
C. friendlier
D. friendliest
D. friendliest.
My dog is the friendliest.
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Which is an example of personification?
A. The water was cold.
B. Juam smiled brightly.
C. The man spoke loudly.
D. The bell screamed.
D. The bell screamed.
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What are sense words?
Words that describe how things sound, smell, taste, look, or feel.
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They fussed over who should go first in the game/ The denotative meaning of fussed is _____.
A. agreed
B. played
C. argued
D. rested
C. argued.
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Maria shuts the door loudly. A vivid verb for shuts is ____.
A. leaps
B. howls
C. tears
D. slams
D. slams.
Maria slams the door loudly.
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What is the sense word in this sentence, and what sense does it describe?
"The freezing water hit my face."
"freezing". It describes the sense of feel/touch.
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Which is an example of personification?
A. Walking desks took over town.
B. I listen to the wind.
C. The dog stares carefuly at me.
D. The snake loves food.
A. Walking desks took over town.
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What are mental images?
Pictures in your mind.
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The funny movie made me smile. The denotative meaning of smile is _____.
A. turn the lips up at the corners
B. feel good
C. feel sad
D. salty liquid from the eye
A. turn the lips up at the corners.
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The speeding car drove by. A vivid verb for drove is _____.
A. crawled
B. sparkled
C. inspected
D. raced
D. raced.
The speeding car raced by.
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"My house has creaky wooden floors."
What sense is used to describe the floors: sight, sound, touch, hearing, or smell?
Sound. "Creaky" describes the way the floor sounds.
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1. What thing is being personified in this sentence?
2. What human quality is given to that thing?
"The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest."
1. Wind is being personified
2. The human quality of speech. "The wind whispered"
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What is a speaker?
The voice that is speaking in the poem. It is not always poet. Sometimes it is not even a person.
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Which has a more negative connotative meaning?
Skinny, or thin?
Skinny has a more negative connotative meaning.
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The man fell on the ground. A vivid verb for fell is______.
A. jumped
B. collapsed
C. cried
D. leapt
B. collapsed.
The man collapsed on the ground.
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Which sentence helps a reader form the strongest mental image of Oscar?
A. Oscar is very thin with shiny, black hair.
B. Oscar is very nice.
C. Oscar is good at math and football.
D. Oscar is a student.