Vocabulary in "Harlem" by Langston Hughes

A raisin has connotations of

• The purpose for doing something

• Dried fruit

• Something small and shrivelled

• Food from a hot country

The word "fester" means

• To go quickly

• To invest money into something

• To become septic

• To deteriorate and get worse

"Run" is always a verb used for something a person is doing

• True

• False

"Rotten" has connotations of

• pleasant smells

• being spoilt

• decay and degradation

• something or someone very bad

Which of these meanings is the verb "crust" referring to?

• The edge of a loaf of bread

• A hard layer

• To earn a living

• To form a hard layer over something

Syrupy is an

• adverb

• verb

• noun

• adjective

Which of these words has similar connotations to "heavy"

• load

• sags

• sun

• meat