Short Stories Vocab

Match the definition with the Vocab word: Haranguing means...

• to be playfully joke with someone

• speak to people/person in a forceful, angry way to persuade them. Kind of like lecturing them

• an unintelligent, clumsy person

• to move in a quick and light way

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Another word that means troublemaker is...

• Oaf

• Layabout

• Hooligan

• Coward

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Accent means...

• to gesture with your hands in a wildly expressive way when talking

• to eat with your feet

• a long hallway

• way of speaking of a particular group

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

To move in a quick, light way is to be...

• a sloth

• agile

• artistic

• eavesdrop

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A person that isn't very smart, is clumsy, and is uncultured is an...

• stranger

• oaf

• ogre

• unicorn

Corridor is a ....

• short stop on a long journey

• long journey on the road

• person who organizes parties

• a very long hallway that leads to many doors

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Actors often do this to exaggerate their hand movements in a dramatic way to emphasize their words....

• gesticulate

• upstage

• accentuate

• falsify

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Another word for a lazy person is a ....

• Loner

• chatter box

• go getter

• layabout

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

When traveling to a foreign country, it is best to know where you can find the .... because they will take care of you and protect the trade interests of your government.

• politician

• Consul

• monarchy

• superhero

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The boy who lost his last football game, despaired at how he would do this year when he thought about how much better the other teams are. What does DESPAIRED mean in this sentence?

• to believe in yourself

• to lose your love for something

• to lose your hope

• to gain power

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4