Unit 2 Sentences

Both the Greek poet Homer and the Roman poet Virgil wrote of the ten-year siege of Troy by the Greeks and of the heroes and _______ who did battle there.

• villians

• strategy

• numerous

• assaulted

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

One of the most famous stories describes the sly _____ that the Greeks thought up to defeat the Trojans.

• villians

• strategy

• productive

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The Greeks had tried not once but on ______ occasions to force the Trojans to surrender the fortress city. (opposite of once)

• villains

• strategy

• numerous

• assaulted

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Several times the Greeks had _______the walls of Troy, but all of the attacks had failed.

• shrewd

• assaulted

• misleading

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Finally, the Greeks came up with a ____ plan: They left at the gates of Troy a huge wooden horse as a pretended peace offering.

• shrewd

• dispute

• abandon

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

But the wooden horse was a _____ gift, for hidden inside its huge body was a small army of Greeks, who at nightfall climbed from the horse and opened the gates to the city.

• misleading

• convert

• villians

• strategy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Alchemists were people who believed that it was possible to ______ ordinary metals, such as iron and lead, into gold.

• convert

• shrewd

• impressive

• abandon

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The staged very _____ experiments to try to convince others that they could do as they promised.

• impressive

• dispute

• justified

• productive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Some people believed that the possibility of great wealth ________ even the most far-fetched experiments.

• shrewd

• justified

• abandoned

• impressive

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Scientists today would ____ the ideas of the alchemists, but centuries ago many people believed that their ideas were sound.

• dispute

• impressive

• assualted

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4