AnswersPA-Common Core ELA 8 Q1Analyzing Language in a Personal Narrative

Analyzing Language in a Personal Narrative Answers

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Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.I looked for home elsewhere, and was confident of finding none which I should relish less than the one which I was leaving. If, however, I found in my new home hardship, hunger, whipping, and nakedness, I had the consolation that I should not have escaped any one of them by staying.

A
to enjoy
B
an appetizer
C
to suffer
D
a pleasing flavor
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Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.My new mistress proved to be all she appeared when I first met her at the door,--a woman of the kindest heart and finest feelings. She had never had a slave under her control previously to myself, and prior to her marriage she had been dependent upon her own industry for a living. She was by trade a weaver; and by constant application to her business, she had been in a good degree preserved from the blighting and dehumanizing effects of slavery. I was utterly astonished at her goodness.

A
They create an image of the quality of the mistress’s weaving.
B
They emphasize the damage slavery causes to an enslaver’s character.
C
They describe the harsh treatment that Douglass received from his mistress.
D
They illustrate the mistress’s kindness toward Douglass.
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Denotation is

A
the opposite meaning of a word.
B
the least common meaning of a word.
C
the dictionary definition of a word.
D
the suggested meaning of a word.
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Read the excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.In the same book, I met with one of Sheridan's mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation. These were choice documents to me. I read them over and over again with unabated interest. They gave tongue to interesting thoughts of my own soul, which had frequently flashed through my mind, and died away for want of utterance.

A
difficult to understand
B
a selection or decision
C
an expensive object
D
of very good quality
5

Connotation is

A
the suggested meaning of a word.
B
the dictionary definition of a word.
C
the opposite meaning of a word.
D
the least common meaning of a word.
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Which statement best represents a negative connotation for the word “child”?

A
Be careful when you are holding the child.
B
I have one lovely child, and that is enough.
C
A child is a young person who is not an adult.
D
Stop being a child, and pay all of your bills.
7

Which word is the best example of a specific verb?

A
say
B
talk
C
whisper
D
speak
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Which statement best represents a negative connotation for the word “thin”?

A
The book is thin and should not take long to read.
B
Thin means having little thickness or depth.
C
The space between the parked two cars was thin.
D
I think she was lying because her reasoning was thin.
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Which statement best represents the denotation for the word "woman”?

A
A woman is an adult human female.
B
Man and woman are represented in this book.
C
My mother is a prime example of a woman.
D
The person who called was a woman.
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Which sentence best demonstrates Frederick Douglass’s use of precise adjectives?

A
It was to those little Baltimore boys that I felt the strongest attachment.
B
I had known what it was to be kindly treated; they had known nothing of the kind.
C
She did not deem it impudent or unmannerly for a slave to look her in the face.
D
I was leaving, too, without the hope of ever being allowed to return.

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