A Raisin in the Sun Act 2 Vocabulary

"She is coquettishly fanning herself with an ornate oriental fan." According to the context, the word ORNATE most closely means

• Fancy and detailed

• Large and ugly

• Distant but within sight

• Bright and shining

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If someone is ENRAPTURED then they are

• Running very quickly

• Paying close attention; captivated

• Not scared; brave

• Unstable and emotional

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"Walter: Do you hear the screeching of cocks in yonder hills?" According to the context, the word YONDER most closely means

• The science of mental life; a college major

• To sit in the middle of something

• Straightforward and to the point

• Distant but within sight

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Another word that we could use to say ECCENTRIC is

• Sober

• Unusual

• Uncaring

• Joyous

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

If you are exercising or influencing control then you are

• Gleaming

• Shrewd

• Dominant

• Plaintively

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The state of being unaffected or not intoxicated by alcohol

• Sociology

• Indifferent

• Sobriety

• Eccentric

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A synonym for SCRUTINIZE could be

• Examine carfeully

• Beg

• Overpower

• Give up

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

This person is __________ this chair

• Straddling

• Scrutinizing

• Enraptured by

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A synonym for SHREWD might be

• Nicely

• Sorrowfully

• Straight foward

• Quietly

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If you are INDIFFERENT then you

• Care a lot

• Try to fit in

• Dance around the room

• Do not care very much

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4