Harriet Tubman Conductor on the Underground Railroad Vocab

The author's use of specific words

• parallelism

• word choice

• syntax

• variety

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

variation of sentence length; use of punctuation for dramatic effect

• word choice

• sentence variety

• parallelism

• syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the use of similar gramatical constructions to express ideas that are related or equal in importance

• syntax

• parallelism

• word choice

• sentence variety

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the arrangement of words or phrases in sentences

• sentence variety

• word choice

• parallelism

• syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered.

• instill

• dispel

• disheveled

• cajole

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude, especially a desirable one) in a person's mind.

• disheveled

• dispel

• instill

• linger

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear.

• instill

• dispel

• linger

• elequence

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave.

• sullen

• linger

• cajole

• evoke

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy.

• sullen

• linger

• cajole

• evoke

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

fluent or persuasive speaking or writing.

• evoke

• dispel

• sullen

• eloquence

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4