Unit 1 Vocab - Early American Writing

ab-

• away, from

• chief, principle; rule

• into, on; not

• again

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

The king no longer wanted to rule, so he ______ his thrown.

• ingratiated

• incensed

• embodied

• abdicated

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

I _____ liars because they are dishonest.

• abhor

• appease

• ascribe

• inundate

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

-al

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Many people find stealing _____.

• copious

• anarchy

• abominable

• infallible

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Saying someone is a "star-crossed lover" is an example of a(n) _____.

• hyperbole

• allusion

• mercenary

• countenance

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

Without police anywhere in the city, complete disorder and _____ spread everywhere.

• archetype

• providence

• anecdote

• anarchy

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

To help make her point, Anna told a brief _____ from her own life to clarify her message.

• consernation

• anecdote

• solace

• despotism

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

To buy a few minutes of quiet time, the mother _____ her child by letting him play a game on her cell phone.

• ascribed

• abdicated

• appeased

• inundated

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

arch-

• away, from

• into, on; not

• chief, principal; rule

• again

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D