The Phantom Tollbooth Vocabulary

Surmise

• guess, use intuition or imagination

• Evaluate a case

• Conclude a case

• Speculate

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Ignorance

• Not paying attention

• Capable of learning

• Lack of knowledge

• Believable

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Speculate

• Presume using information that is uncertain or incomplete

• Guess, using information that is uncertain or incomplete

• Recall using information that is uncertain or incomplete

• Surmise using information that is uncertain or incomplete

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Suspiciously

• Based on lack of trust or belief

• Skeptical

• Trustworthy

• Ignorance

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Malicious

• Showing bad intentions

• Expecting the worst

• Presume

• Speculate

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Compromise

• split half and half

• exchange something in consideration of the other

• settlement of a disagreement

• equally divide the wealth

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Pessimistic

• Inconsiderate

• Intuition

• Ignorance

• Focus on the bad aspect of a situation

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Stage Direction

• information that is provided by the playwright about the setting, characters, or action

• usually in bold letters and gives the character's name

• a specific scene in an act

• the list of character descriptions usually found and the start of the play.

When reading a play what part has to be read by a narrator so that the audience understands what is happening?

• dialogue

• stage directions

• list of charcters

• sentences that are longer than 10 words.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3