Coraline Vocabulary Chapters 1-5

Great and often wild or disorderly activity.

• Frenzied

• Deferential

• Divert

• Gruff

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

To twist and turn from side to side.

• Intently

• Fiendish

• Antagonist

• Writhe

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

Respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another.

• Foreshadowing

• Deferential

• Muzzle

• Divert

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

With great effort, attention, or concentration. 

• Frenzied

• Wispy

• Intently

• Relish

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

The nose and mouth of an animal.

• Muzzle

• Exposition

• Gruff

• Reluctance

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

Low and harsh or stern in manner.

• Deferential

• Luxuriant

• Fiendish

• Gruff

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

Quick and light in motion.

• Nimble

• Wispy

• Relish

• Writhe

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

A passage in a piece of writing which is used to introduce parts of the narrative. These can include background information, settings and events. The role of an exposition is to help the reader progress through the story by providing necessary information.

• Foreshadowing

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Insinuate

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

To turn aside or away from something.

• Haughty

• Nimble

• Divert

• Nefarious

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4D

Very wicked; evil.

• Fiendish

• Insinuate

• Triviality

• Nefarious

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C