Vocab Week 4 -- English 1

"Sara was like a ray of sunshine." This simile suggests Sara is

• a pessimistic person

• an optimistic person

• a person who has a neutral outlook on life

• an angry person

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Daveed was all "doom and gloom," and he saw life as being trapped under a wet blanket. (These statements suggest Daveed is....

• optimistic

• pessimistic

• excitable

• sleepy

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

"If you decide to skip school, be aware of the CONSEQUENCES of your actions." Another word for "consequences" is

• alternatives

• causes

• effects

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

To VISUALIZE something means to imagine

• seeing it

• hearing it

• tasting it

• touching it

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

"My idea of the IDEAL vacation would be to see the pyramids in Egypt and sail on the Nile. That's my dream vacation!" ---- Another word for "IDEAL" is

• satisfactory

• perfect

• unwanted

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.6.4A

"Reading regularly will boost your English STAAR scores." To BOOST means to....

• decrease

• increase

• stay constant

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

"It is forecasted to snow all night on Friday. The OUTCOME will be icy and possibly dangerous roads the next morning." ---- Another word for OUTCOME is

• reason

• cause

• effect

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

"If I run every single day for 30 minutes, I will INEVITABLY be in good shape by the end of the semester." ----- INEVITABLY means

• not likely

• most likely

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CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

"I thought failing the test was the worst thing that could happen to me, but when I saw my aunt facing her own serious health crisis, that helped me PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE." ---- To PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE means to

• see that something is very important

• understand a situation better

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B