Flashcards from 'The Giver' Worksheet

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The setting of "The Giver" can best be described as

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A society that depends on uniformity as a core value.

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Adjective pairs that best describe the tone of the first “telling of feelings”

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Foreboding and threatening.

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Inference about the community's method for changing rules

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The rules are changed by a committee that takes years to decide, implying the community mostly stays the same.

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How individuals in the community find their careers

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A committee of Elders observes children and assigns them their career.

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Fact about the community from Lily’s elephant-shaped comfort object

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Elephants have gone extinct.

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Apprehensive

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Uneasy / fearful about something that might happen

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Bewildered

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Extremely confused or puzzled

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Chastise

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To discipline or criticize severely

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Chortle

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To chuckle gleefully

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Hoard

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To store or accumulate something by hiding it