Anthem Chapter 1 Vocab.

"And we know well that their is no transgression blacker than to do or think alone..."

What is a transgression?

• crime

• obidience

• good behavior

• compliance

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"Over the portals of the palace of the World Counsel, there are words cut into the stone."

Another word for portals is --

• a window

• a wall

• a doorway

• an exit

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"And we were punished when the Council of Vocations gave us our life Mandates which tell those who reach their fifteenth year what their work is to be for the rest of their lives."

Which word helps the reader understand what a Vocation is?

• work

• punished

• Council

• rest

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

"And the Council of Vocations set on a high dais, and they had two words to speak for each student."

In a school, what is most similar to a dais?

• a classroom

• a stage

• the cafeteria

• the library

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CCSS.L.6.4A

"We knew we had been guilty, but now we had a way to atone for it."

Which of the following would be an example of atoning?

• After breaking a glass, Amy laughed at her mother.

• After breaking a glass, Amy ran away and blamed her brother.

• After breaking a glass, Amy paid for the replacement.

• After breaking a glass, Amy hid it, so she wouldn't get in trouble.

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"...the councils of the different homes stand in a pulpit, and they speak to us of our duties and our brothermen."

Which word from the ones we have learned today is the closet to a pulpit?

• vocation

• transgression

• atone

• dais

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CCSS.L.6.5C

"We wished to keep these things and study them, but we had no place to hide them. So we carried them to the city Cesspool."

What is the modern equivariant to a cesspool?

• the sewer

• a garbage can

• a junk yard

• a compactor

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

"We Street Sweepers work in brigades of three..."

An antonym for the word brigade is --

• unit

• company

• group

• alone

"Now Union 5-3992 are a sickly lad and sometimes they are stricken with convulsions, when their mouth froths and their eyes turn white."

What is most likely happening to the character that is having convulsions?

• He is having a heart attack.

• He is having a seizure.

• He is succumbing to heat stroke

• He is having an allergic reaction.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

"And yet there is no shame in us or regret. We say to ourselves that we are a wretch and a traitor."

A person who is a wretch is --

• a hero

• innocent

• horrible

• an angel

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4