Week 3. Adjectives to describe characters

"boastful" means...

• Keeping quiet about your achievements

• Praising yourself and what you have done

• Allowing others to see your flaws

• Caring about what others think

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

"charismatic" means...

• Someone who is always rude to people

• Someone who cannot understand how other people feel

• Someone with a quiet and reserved personality

• Someone with a compelling and charming personality

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"compassionate" means...

• A strong feeling of understanding and sympathy for others who are suffering

• A passion for all aspects of life

• A desire to change the personalities of others

• A dislike of other people

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"aloof" means...

• Warm and friendly

• Shy and tearful

• Loud and enthusiastic

• Distant and reserved

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

"candid" means...

• Offensive

• Honest and frank

• Careful and cautious

• Dishonest

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

"pessimistic" means...

• Always believing that things will work out in the end

• Wanting to work and live alone, away from other people

• Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.

• Caring for those who are less fortunate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

"Naive" means...

• Too greedy about money and material things

• Too easily upset by the comments of others

• Too quickly angered by others

• Too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

"malicious" means...

• intending to make someone happy

• intending to cause harm

• intending to scare someone

• intending to cause surprise

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

"benevolent" means...

• Excited and energetic

• Deceitful and dishonest

• Kind and helpful

• Strange

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"belligerent" means...

• Hostile and aggressive

• Rude

• Cautious and careful

• Chatty

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B