Hiroshima by John Hersey

Unit 2a Classic Words

Multiple Choice

From John Hersey’s Hiroshima - “He became an ______, mechanically wiping, daubing, winding, wiping, daubing, winding.”

Which vocab word best fits in the blank?

• automaton

• antithesis (a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else)

• nonchalance

• introversion

I hope you chose letter b!

• an automaton is a robot (this definition is on your vocab list!)

• antithesis means the direct opposite of someone/something else, but there's no one else in the sentence to compare the mechanical person to.

• nonchalance (besides meaning calm or relaxed) doesn't start with a vowel

• introversion (the state of being an introvert, someone who is more shy or less outgoing than others)

Multiple Choice

From Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring - “Honey Bees become wildly agitated and _______ on contact with it.”

• biomorphic

• eccentric

• matriarchal ( an older woman who is powerful within a family or organization)

• bellicose

We were looking for something to do with agitated.

• biomorphic (according to the vocab definitions) = a shape based on nature. Doesn't sound very agitated.

• eccentric means strange. But weird isn't the same as agitated

• Moms CAN BE agitated, but you don't need to be nervous or upset to be a mom. :)

• bellicose means aggressive. Someone/something that is upset may be aggressive, so this makes the most sense!

Multiple Choice

From Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Why We Can’t Wait - “We were not ______ advocating lawlessness.”

• Anarchists

• belligerents

• centrists (a person who has moderate political views)

• Audiophiles

I hope that you had a 50/50 chance of getting this right!

• Someone who is an anarchist doesn't believe in law or authorities, so they WOULD want lawlessness.

• belligerents are people who are angry (but not necessarily illegal anger...)

• centrists would DEFINITELY not be up for illegal things

• audiophiles like good quality sound, but that has nothing to do with lawlessness, either.

Open Ended

If you could use adhesive to glue anything you wanted to your wall, what would you glue there? Why?