The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

a method often used at the end of short stories that leaves the reader guessing

• cliff hanger

• point of view

• vault

• hurtling

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

cowardly

• inscrutable

• derisive

• craven

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

mean, contemptible person; mean, ugly dog

• ellipsis

• duct

• insolent

• cur

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

expressing contempt or ridicule

• insolent

• derisive

• insinuating

• craven

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

two or more characters speaking to each other

• dialogue

• haggard

• vault

• cur

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

deeply upset or agitated

• inscrutable

• insolent

• haggard

• distraught

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a tubular structure in the body through which substances pass

• vault

• point of view

• duct

• cur

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

punctuation consisting of three or four periods; means an omission or a shift in time or place; for Mitty is signifies a daydream is starting or ending

• ellipsis

• repetition

• craven

• imagery

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the use of words that is different from their literal meaning; metaphor and simile are examples

• duct

• point of view

• imagery

• figurative language

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

looking exhausted and unwell

• craven

• imagery

• haggard

• distraught

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5