Wednesday, 9/10/08
"Unpack Your Adjectives"
Warm Up. Click and Copy (1-4).

1. locker : storage :: _______ : security   a) usage  b) completion  c) believable  d) insurance  e) valuable
2. rewrite : revision :: story : _________  a) believable  b) narrative  c) requirement  d) separately  e) television
   (Bonus: What is the other correct answer from this week's list?)
3. roughly : gingerly :: intense : _________ a) savvy  b) sincerely  c) movable  d) creative  e) nonchalant
4. sage : wise :: artist : _________ a) creative  b) literature  c) rueful  d) conform  e) movable

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5. The reason we drop the e from ignore before we add -ance to spell ignorance, is because the new ending begins with a vowel. 
   a) True  b) False
6.  Which of the questions below is NOT one that an adjective would answer?  a) Which one?   b) What kind?  c) How many?  d) Where?  e) All are questions an adjective might answer.
7. Click the only word that is an adjective:  We beat a hasty retreat from his lair.    a) beat  b) hasty  c) his  d) lair  e) from
8. With his silly attitude, he fits the role of the jester perfectly.  a) silly - adj. perfectly - not  b) silly - not perfectly - adj.  c) both adjectives  d) both not
9. The savvy investor made millions buying old buildings.  How many adjectives?  a) 1  b) 2  c) 3  d) 4  e) none
10. dig : like :: fuzz : _______  a) hair  b) greaser  c) jerk  d) beer or alcohol  e) police

Go over vocabulary homework.
Vocabulary Pretest #1. Click only.  "Cheat" Sheet? Ask the RAFFLE KING.

1. My friend has a lot of basketball __________. He just seems to have a natural feel for the game. 
   a) bleak  b) savvy  c) fathom  d) conformity  e) sage
2. "I touched the bruise on my cheek  ____________." a) infer  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
3. The coach accused me of being too __________ at practice. He thought I should take the game more seriously.  
   a) denotation  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
4. "He liked fights, blondes, and for some (un)___________(able) reason, school."  
   a) sage  b) savvy  c) fathom  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
5. After the accident, her outlook on life became very_________. She seemed to have no hope any more.  
   a) bleak  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) infer
6. "I wish I had done my homework," I thought__________(ly). a) sage  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) nonchalant
7. I was able to ________ the meaning of the word from the way it was used in the sentence.  
   a) bleak  b) savvy  c) rueful  d) gingerly  e) infer
8. A person who doesn't like to ____________ to the group is often called an outsider.  
   a) bleak  b) savvy  c) fathom  d) conform  e) sage
9. The _______ of a word is its dictionary definition. a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
10. The _______ of a word is what it makes you think of.  a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
11. Two-Bit nodded his head ___________(ly), and said, "It would have been wiser to have someone pick you up."  
    a) rueful  b) gingerly  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom
12. For Ponyboy, the word dropout had the ___________ of being someone like Dally, rather than Sodapop. The word just didn't fit Pony's image of Soda.  a) connotation  b) denotation  c) infer  d) sage  e) fathom

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