TELL TALE HEART VOCABULARY

Choose the correct synonyms for vexed.

• disturbed, annoyed, troubled

• careful, cautious, leery

• gestures, wild movements, spasms

• forcefully, passionately, furiously

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the correct synonyms for vehemently.

• intelligence, smarts, good sense

• forcefully, passionately, furiously

• scorn, ridicule, contempt

• sharp, sensitive, severe

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

“Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers – of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph.” Which of the following best fits the definition of “sagacity?”

• Possessing sound judgment and intelligence.

• Having very great or unlimited authority or power.

• Being especially slow and careful; deliberate; painstaking

• Possessing or characterized by courage; brave.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

“The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence.” Which of the following best captures the meaning of the word “waned?”

• To draw to a close; approach an end.

• To increase in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc.

• To continue without any indication of ending.

• To move quickly and steadily.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The narrator had the _______________ to bring the police officers into the room where the dead body was placed under the floorboards.

• suavity

• sagacity

• derision

• Audacity

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The killer had a/an _____________ sense of hearing.

• vexed

• acute

• wary

• refrained

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

From the first sentence, what is the narrator trying to convince the reader of?

• that he is not insane

• that he did not kill the old man

• that it was self-defense

• that he did not live in the house

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The feeling that people express when they criticize and laugh at someone in an insulting way

• derision

• audacity

• stifle

• crevice

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When you make a ________________ of something, you make fun of it.

• vex
• mockery
• sagacity
• acute

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The police found the evidence on the _____________.

• waned
• premises
• raved
• profound

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4