A)What is the definition of denotation?(1 point)

Question

Responses

The literal meaning of a word.
The literal meaning of a word.

The atmosphere or emotional quality of a text.
The atmosphere or emotional quality of a text.

The author’s attitude toward events and characters.
The author’s attitude toward events and characters.

The associations attached to a word.
The associations attached to a word.
Question 2
A)What is the definition of connotation?(1 point)
Responses

The associations attached to a word.
The associations attached to a word.

The slight degrees of difference in a word’s meaning.
The slight degrees of difference in a word’s meaning.

The literal meaning of a word.
The literal meaning of a word.

The atmosphere or emotional quality of a text.
The atmosphere or emotional quality of a text.
Question 3

Sinking and Swaddled
by Beth Gilstrap

Ona walked for days, determined to find safety on higher ground. If she read her instruments correctly, she was adjacent to a national forest. The public would not stand for the sinking of a national forest so when she found a slate bungalow, she settled there. Though two walls were missing, she concluded it was due to wind and rain and the birch tree that had swindled its way up and through the middle of the sweet, abandoned home. It wasn’t sinking.

"Sinking and Swaddled" from Deadheading and Other Stories © Beth Gilstrap. Published by Red Hen Press, 2021.

A)
Use the paragraph to answer the question.

What central idea is conveyed by the use of sensory and kinesthetic imagery in the sentence?

(1 point)
Responses

Ona does not want to stay at the damaged bungalow she finds on her way to the national forest.
Ona does not want to stay at the damaged bungalow she finds on her way to the national forest.

Ona finds a bungalow that is falling apart but feels safer there than where she was before.
Ona finds a bungalow that is falling apart but feels safer there than where she was before.

Ona is worried about the damage she sees at the bungalow and suspects it will decay further.
Ona is worried about the damage she sees at the bungalow and suspects it will decay further.

Ona will only stay briefly in an abandoned bungalow because it is missing two walls.
Ona will only stay briefly in an abandoned bungalow because it is missing two walls.
Question 4
A)What is the purpose of a story’s tone?(1 point)
Responses

To evoke an emotional response from the reader.
To evoke an emotional response from the reader.

To foreshadow what the author knows but the characters do not.
To foreshadow what the author knows but the characters do not.

To create a visual picture of the setting for the reader.
To create a visual picture of the setting for the reader.

To reveal the author’s attitude about the characters and events.
To reveal the author’s attitude about the characters and events.
Question 5

Sinking and Swaddled
by Beth Gilstrap

She swore she felt the earth drop—like a hitch in an elevator—several miles from her mother’s house. She thought of all those bedlinens agitated, curled, heaped on top of her mother, sunk along with everything else, beams, roof tiles, the acrylic nails her mom wore, the senselessness of waste. Her father had sunk, too. Years ago, in a prefab home out on the lake. One day the lake rose a mite and the ground dove a mite and from what her mother said, her father was better off down there, probably still passed out on his leather couch. Ona had been swaddled and maneuvered into the bow of a rowboat and, as legend tells, slept through the whole affair. Perhaps it was this swaddling she longed for more than anything with all this terrible sinking going on.

"Sinking and Swaddled" from Deadheading and Other Stories © Beth Gilstrap. Published by Red Hen Press, 2021.

A)
Use the passage to answer the question.

Which best describes the mood that is created by the language in this passage?

(1 point)
Responses

desperate
desperate

suspenseful
suspenseful

optimistic
optimistic

insecure
insecure

Answer 1

Sure! Here are the appropriate answers for each question based on the provided content:

Question 1: A) What is the definition of denotation?

• Answer: The literal meaning of a word.

Question 2: A) What is the definition of connotation?

• Answer: The associations attached to a word.

Question 3: A) What central idea is conveyed by the use of sensory and kinesthetic imagery in the sentence?

• Answer: Ona finds a bungalow that is falling apart but feels safer there than where she was before.

Question 4: A) What is the purpose of a story’s tone?

• Answer: To evoke an emotional response from the reader.

Question 5: A) Which best describes the mood that is created by the language in this passage?

• Answer: desperate.

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