Fahrenheit 451 Part 2 Vocabulary

Select the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence:

The judge parried the reporter's questions as she exited the courtroom.

• adverb

• noun

• verb

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

to manage cleverly to avoid dealing with a difficult question or some criticsim

• parried

• rebut

• diverted

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like by customers, clients, or paying guests

• submission

• chaff

• patronage

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

done routinely and with little interest or care

• intuitively

• perfunctorily

• cadenced

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Select the part of speech of the underlined word in the following sentence:

The children fell asleep to the smooth, cadenced sound of their father's voice.

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

(of a person's voice) shaky or unsteady, typically through nervousness or emotion

• perfunctorily

• intuitively

• quavery

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to cause to change course or turn from one direction to another

• submission

• divert

• cadence

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

without conscious reasoning; instinctively

• quavery

• intuitively

• cadenced

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to argue that a statement or claim is not true

• submission

• insidious

• rebut

working or spreading in a hidden and unusually injurious way

• harlequin

• insidious

• cadenced

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4