The Monkey's Paw Vocab

Healthy looking and red or pink.

• Talisman.

• Rubicund.

• Resolution.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Point of View

• The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.

• How you look a the story.

• The part where readers see what's happening.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

• Protagonist.

• Main character.

• Antagonist.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

I looked at him dubiously.

• With hesitation or doubt.

• With sadness.

• Without question.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Having extreme greed for wealth.

• Averted.

• Avaricious.

• Credulity.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Furtively.

• Unconcealed.

• Public.

• Secretively.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A person in a novel, play, or movie.

• Character.

• Actor.

• Actress.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Lacking poetic beauty.

• Prosaic.

• Bibulous.

• Simian.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

She averted her eyes during the violent scenes.

• Closed.

• Turn away.

• Crossed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A religious person that lives on donations.

• Simian.

• Doughty.

• Fakir.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4