Freshmen Honors WOW 23

“Might be all I want is to see you pay for crimes. The kin- slayer is accursed in the eyes of gods and men.”

A Dance with Dragons

The underlined word is best defined as:

• under a curse

• blind

• blurred

• darkened

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Others still called them Mujahideen, but, when they did, they made a face—a sneering, distasteful face—the word reeking of deep aversion and deep scorn.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

The underlined word is a/an:

• verb

• noun

• adverb

• adjective

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

"It was Martin’s turn to absent himself while Ethel assumed responsibility for their guest, nursing Cora through two days of fever and convulsions."

The Underground Railroad: A Novel

A synonym for the underlined word is:

• harmony

• peace

• confusion

• attack

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

"She arrived exalted, rejuvenated, with new clothes in a style that was unknown in the village."

One Hundred Years of Solitude

The underlined word is a/an:

• verb

• noun

• adverb

• adjective

"When I open my eyes, Tom’s nodding along, tapping the pads of his fingers together like guitar frets, the way Nick does."

Leah on the Offbeat

The sentence structure shown is:

• compound-complex

• compound

• complex

• balanced

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"That was the period when divine good humor and the hidden forces of human nature acted with impunity to provoke a state of emergency and upheaval in the laws of physics and logic."

The House of the Spirits: A Novel

An antonym of the underlined word is:

• immunity

• denial

• liberty

• exception

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"She laughed—a little incredulous, a little nervous, a little pleased."

Strange the Dreamer

The sentence structure shown is:

• parallel

• complex

• compound

• compound-complex

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The importance of written, rather than spoken, transmission is also pervasive."

Words Like Loaded Pistols

The underlined word is a/an:

• verb

• pronoun

• noun

• adjective

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

"Wouldn’t it be...forgive me...more prudent to call off this battle, enter the castle, and seek him y-yourself?”

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The underlined word is best defined as:

• careful and sensible

• careless and rash

• hasty and foolish

• expensive and wasteful

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

"Somewhere in the distance, the roof alarm goes off as Will opens the door to get back inside, distant but blaring as it echoes down the stairwell, reverberating in the hallway."

Five Feet Apart

The underlined word is best defined as:

• quiet

• to be unnoticed

• ring or echo with sound

• to shake aggressively

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4