The Miracle Worker: Act II Vocabulary

Apprehensive means:

• rude, bold, or disrespectful

• anxious about the future

• hopeless

• not serious

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Captain Keller accuses Annie of being ________________ and aggressive.

• frivolous

• impertinent

• impassive

• unavailing

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

At breakfast, Annie wants Helen to learn________ so she won't grab food off of everyone's plate:

• solicitude

• apprehension

• temperance

• contention

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

It is Captain Keller's _________________ that Annie can't teach Helen if Helen won't let Annie go near her.

• ominous

• contention

• temperance

• interrogate

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

To pretend; to fake

• ominous

• unavailing

• feign

• interminably

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

If someone texted you to tell you something frivolous you would:

• get back to them at some point in the future

• take notes and pay close attention

• call them back immediately

• guide them to a professional

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Annie tries to speak impassively about the asylum because:

• she has a hard time controlling her anger

• she wants the Kellers to see how committed she is to helping Helen

• she knows she needs to be emotional to get her point across

• she is afraid of showing too much emotion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Annie tells the Kellers that the asylum workers always focus on solicitude.

• true

• false

These words have similar meanings:

• ominous and impertinent

• unavailing and ineffectual

• feign and interrogate

• nonplussed and apprehensive

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What word means bewildered or confused?

• nonplussed

• ominous

• frivolous

• protracted

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4