Paul Revere's Ride- Vocabulary

What is the meaning of the word moorings as it is used in this sample?

Just as the moon rose over the bay,

Where swinging wide at her moorings lay

• the anchor or rope used to tie a boat safely in one place

• shocked and horrified

• of or like a ghost

• fishing poles

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the meaning of the word grenadiers as it is used in this sample?

The muster of men at the barrack door,

The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,

And the measured tread of the grenadiers,

Marching down to their boats on the shore.

• peaceful and quiet

• a specialized soldier given a role in battle to throw grenades.

• a gathering or assembly of soldiers

• soldiers who are on boats

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of the word impetuous as it is used in this sample?

Now he patted his horse's side,

Now gazed on the landscape far and near,

Then, impetuous, stamped the earth,

And turned and tightened his saddle-girth;

• peaceful and quiet

• done loudly

• done slowly and quietly

• done quickly and without deliberation or thought

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the meaning of the word spectral as it is used in this sample?

As it rose above the graves on the hill,

Lonely and spectral and somber and still.

And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height

A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!

• of or like a werewolf

• of or like a ghost

• sadness

• joyful

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of the word somber as it is used in this sample?

As it rose above the graves on the hill,

Lonely and spectral and somber and still.

And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height

A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!

• shiny

• of or like a ghost

• dark in color or tone, or gravely serious

• happy tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of the word aghast as it is used in this sample?

And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare,

Gaze at him with a spectral glare,

As if they already stood aghast

At the bloody work they would look upon.

• surprised and thrilled

• shocked or horrified

• dark in color or tone, or gravely serious

• before

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of the word tranquil as it is used in this sample?

He has left the village and mounted the steep,

And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep,

Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides;

• rough

• to transfer

• blue

• peaceful and quiet

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of the word muster as it is used in this sample?

The muster of men at the barrack door,

The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,

And the measured tread of the grenadiers,

Marching down to their boats on the shore.

• a gathering or assembly

• to disperse

• disband

• a few

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4