The Monkey's Paw - Vocabulary

What definition best describes the word peril?

• Something that is fun.

• Something that is scary.

• Something that is dangerous.

• Something that haunts you in the middle of the night.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What does grimace mean?

• a facial expression of pain or disgust

• a facial expression of joy and excitement

• a facial expression of fear and anticipation

• a facial expression of surprise

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does fate mean?

• something that was hiding in the dark to scare you

• a scary situation that changes the events

• a stressful event

• power that is thought to determine the course of events

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does condole mean?

• feeling pain

• expressing love for others

• an expression of sympathy or sorrow

• not know what is happening

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What word means a tendency to believe too readily?

• grimace

• prosaic

• fate

• credulity

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What word means dull and ordinary?

• prosaic

• frivolous

• virtues

• compensation

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What word means something such as money, that is received as payment?

• resignation

• prosaic

• compensation

• credulity

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What word means, the acceptance of something that is inescapable?

• credulity

• prosaic

• compensation

• resignation

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4