"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" - Review

This word means when someone is a nonmilitary citizen.

The man who was engaged in being hanged was apparently about thirty-five years of age. He was a _____________, if one might judge from his habit, which was that of a planter.

• Civilian

• Condemned

• Dignitary

• Etiquette

• Stonily

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

This word means when someone has been identified with strong disapproval and has been sentenced for punishment, which is usually death.

These movements left the _____________ man and the sergeant standing on the two ends of the same plank, which spanned three of the cross-ties of the bridge.

• Civilian

• Condemned

• Dignitary

• Etiquette

• Stonily

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This word means someone who is important or influential.

Death is a _____________ who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him.

• Civilian

• Condemned

• Dignitary

• Etiquette

• Stonily

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This word means the rules of governing socially acceptable behavior.

In the code of military ___________silence and fixity are forms of deference.

• Civilian

• Condemned

• Dignitary

• Etiquette

• Stonily

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

This word means showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.

The company faced the bridge, staring __________, motionless. The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues to adorn the bridge.

• Civilian

• Condemned

• Dignitary

• Etiquette

• Stonily

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This word means to become or make sore from continuous rubbing.

[...] he ___________ under the inglorious restraint, longing for the release of his energies, the larger life of the soldier, the opportunity for distinction.

• Campaigns

• Ceremoniously

• Chafed

• Elude

• Secessionist

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This word means actions that belong to operations aimed at achieving a particular goal.

Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous ___________ ending with the fall of Corinth [...]

• Campaigns

• Ceremoniously

• Chafed

• Elude

• Secessionist

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This word refers to actions that may be described as characterized by pomp and stately display.

The lady had now brought the water, which the soldier drank. He thanked her _____________, bowed to her husband and rode away.

• Campaigns

• Ceremoniously

• Chafed

• Elude

• Secessionist

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This word means to escape, either physically or mentally.

“Suppose a man—a civilian and student of hanging— should __________ the picket post and perhaps get the better of the sentinel,” said Farquhar, smiling, “what could he accomplish?”

• Campaigns

• Ceremoniously

• Chafed

• Elude

• Secessionist

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This word refers to a person who believes in the separation of the south from the north during the Civil War.

Being a slave owner and like other slave owners a politician, he was naturally an original ____________ and ardently devoted to the Southern cause.

• Campaigns

• Ceremoniously

• Chafed

• Elude

• Secessionist

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4