The Ravine Vocab

What does the word "cascade" mean?

• a logical guess based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience

• a non-native Hawaiian person

• the time and place a story happens

• something that will fall, pour, or rush in stages

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the word "gnarly" mean?

• a deep, narrow valley made by running water

• a form of language spoken in a specific place, by a particular group of people

• has many knots and bumpy areas on its surface

• a logical guess

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the word "characters" mean?

• The time and place a story takes place

• a non-native Hawaiian person

• the people or animals the story is about

• a form of language spoken in a specific place, by a particular group of people

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What does the word "inference" mean?

• the people or animals the story is about

• something that will fall, pour, or rush in stages

• a logical guess based on facts & one's own knowledge and experience

• when someone tries to stop something from happening

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What does the word "setting" mean?

• something that will fall, pour, or rush in stages

• the time and place a story happens

• a small brook or stream

• the people or animals that the story is about

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does the word "precipice" mean?

• a non-native Hawaiian person

• an overhanging or extremely steep area of rock

• something that will fall, rush, or pour in stages

• when something comes before something else

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does "decomposing" mean?

• a deep, narrow valley made by running water

• starting to decay and fall apart

• a form of language spoken in a specific place, by a particular group of people

• a logical guess based on facts

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a "rivulet"?

• where the river meets the ocean

• a deep, narrow valley made by running water

• a small hilly region

• a small brook or stream

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does the word "dialect" mean?

• a logical guess

• a form of language spoken in a specific place, by a particular group of people

• a non-native Hawaiian person

• starting to decay

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does the word "ravine" mean?

• something that will fall, rush, or pour in stages

• the time and place a story happens

• a small river

• a deep, narrow valley made by running water

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4