Monkey's Paw: Context Clues

The firemen knew that his life was in peril every time he entered a burning building.

• danger

• security

• adventure

• violence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The placid water of the lake sat undisturbed.

• quiet

• gent

• violent

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I suppose because only two houses in the road are let, they think it doesn’t matter.

According to the apartment manager, there is only one room available to be let.

• abandoned

• rented

• remaining

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

..followed by a tall, burly man, beady of eye and rubicund of visage.

The old man stormed out of the room, angry and rubicund of visage.

• gray-haired

• red-faced

• pale-skinned

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

...as he squared his broad shoulders in the chair and spoke of wild scenes and doughty deeds; of wars and plagues and strange peoples.

The doughty soldier glanced up, saw the enemy approaching, and lurched forward, prepared for battle.

• boring

• unusual

• brave

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The soldier regarded him in the way that middle age is wont to regard presumptuous youth.

It was very presumptuous of him to assume he’d gotten the job.

• overconfident

• preppy

• modest

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“If you could have another three wishes,” said the old man, eyeing him keenly, “would you have them?”

She wanted keenly to help the child but somehow managed to hold herself back.

• angrily

• casually

• intensely

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Her husband drew the talisman from pocket, and then all three burst into laughter...

The rabbit’s foot hung from his mirror, a talisman that he believed could bring him luck.

• charm

• voodoo doll

• jewels

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

His father, smiling shamefacedly at his own credulity, held up the talisman...

The sick boy’s mother was full of credulity, knowing fiercely that the medicine would work.

• belief

• ignorance

• foolishness

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

There was an air of prosaic wholesomeness about the room which it had lacked on the previous night.

He had nothing new to say, and I was tired of the same old prosaic ideas.

• ordinary

• exciting

• creative

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4