Freshmen Honors WOW 16

A wrestling match ensues.
Pittacus Lore  --  I Am Number Four
A synonym for the red word could be:

• Occurs
• Ends
• Lessens
• Decides

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

She pictured its tiny body washed by strangers, wrapped in a tawny shroud, lowered into a hole dug in a patch of windswept land under the disappointed gaze of vultures.

Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

The red word means

• a dark yellowish or dull yellowish-brown color

• loose and flowing

• old and crumbling

• close fitting and secure

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

He grabbed it back, and a tussle ensued.

Cassandra Clare -- City of Heavenly Fire

What type of sentence is this?

• Compound

• simple

• complex

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Brenda was there, trying her best with Jorge to facilitate who would go next, to prevent everyone from going at once in a stampede that would surely kill half of them.
James Dashner  --  The Death Cure
The red word best means which as used in the sentence?

• to assist the progress of
• make easier
• lessen the impact
• to follow in order

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

After kola nuts had been presented and eaten, the people of the sky set before their guests the most delectable dishes Tortoise had even seen or dreamed of.
Chinua Achebe  --  Things Fall Apart
An antonym for the red word could be

• Delicious
• Pleasing
• Unappealing
• Ugly

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Is it possible that I had a momentary lapse of sanity?
Colleen Hoover  --  Slammed
Which definition best fits the red word?

• a change in behavior or state—usually undesired
• a period of time
• a moral fall
• the termination of a right or privilege through neglect

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

She had the adorable habit of letting the pink tip of her tongue protrude from her full, delectable lips while she concentrated.

Homer Hickam -- October Sky

What type of sentence is the word delectable used in

• Complex

• Compound

• simple

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

As regularity is a prime condition facilitating activity, regularity in his household was carried to the highest point of exactitude.
Leo Tolstoy  --  War and Peace
What part of speech is the red word?

• Noun
• Verb
• Adjective
• Adv

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The chaplain nodded to himself as though deciding the argument and lapsed into embarrassed silence.
Catch-22
What part of speech is the red word?

• Verb
• Noun
• Adjective
• Adverb

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When he lapsed into silence I thought of what Bear said about Lord Furnival.

Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead

What sentence structure is the red word found?

• Complex

• Compound

• Simple

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A