This focuses on the RL 5.4
The word "slog" is used several times on page 43 and 44. Which of the following words is the best synonym for slog.
Connotation is the idea or feeling a word gives us. Denotation is the dictionary definition. Is the connotation of "slog" positive or negative?
Find a simile on page 45 and write it in the blank, word for word.
Explain the simile that you chose in #3.
Personification is when an author gives human traits to a nonhuman object. Find and write the personification on page 46. It is not the simile.
Explain the personification you wrote in #5. Why is it personification?
On page 49, the word "unbearably" means...
What is the root word of unbearably?
On page 53, find the metaphor and write it below. A metaphor is when you compare two things by saying one is the other.
Explain the metaphor you wrote in #9
At the bottom of page 59 it says, "Mr. Tru smiles indulgently." Of the choices below, which is the best synonym for "indulgently" as it is used in the book?