Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 5

Which of the following is the opposite of liberty?

• larceny

• servitude

• dissent

• anarchy

When you make a process easier, you:

• hamper it

• hinder it

• analyze it

• facilitate it

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which of the following would you use to describe the water in a clogged pipe?

• flowing

• stagnant

• swirling

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Another word for activist is:

• militant

• prototype

• assistant

• candidate

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A window shade that is intended for blocking out light needs to be:

• coarse

• textured

• opaque

• decorative

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

A reason that is more important than any other is:

• obvious

• personal

• paramount

• indirect

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

After joining an improvisation group, Jessie quickly learned that this form of theater required a great deal more than making up scenes in a hasty and slapdash manner.

Which of the following words could NOT be used to replace slapdash?

• slipshod

• careless

• thoughtful

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

First of all, the improvisation group members did not just choose a situation to act out in some random or arbitrary way. Instead they used suggetsions from the audience as catalysts for their actions.

Arbitrary most nearly means:

• rational

• capable

• objectionable

• unpredictable

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

First of all, the improvisation group members did not just choose a situation to act out in some random or arbitrary way. Instead they used suggetsions from the audience as catalysts for their actions.

Catalysts most nearly means:

• excuses

• explanations

• signs

• causes

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Perhaps most important of all, Jessie realized that an improvisational actor needed to do more than just prattle on endlessly or meaninglessly. To create a scene that worked, he or she needed to become a believable character and also understand who the other characters onstage were in order to find ways to respond to them.

Prattle shows that Jessie originally thought that an improvisational actor:

• could say whatever popped into his head

• recited lines she had memorized

• spoke in ways that were meaningful and believable

• did not need to speak loudly or clearly

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4