Hatchet Vocabulary Chapters 4-7

Nothing broken. Just _________ around a bit. His forehead felt massively swollen to the touch, almost like a mound out over his eyes, and it was so tender.

• sobs

• abated

• hoarse

• battered

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

When he opened them again, it was evening, and some of the sharp pain had _______ - there were may dull aches and the crash came back to him fully.

• sobs

• abated

• hoarse

• hordes

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"Must be morning now . . ." He mumbled it, almost in a _______ whisper. As the thickness of sleep left him, the world came back.

• sobs

• abated

• hoarse

• hordes

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

He screamed until his breath was gone. Then silence, filled with _______ as he pulled in air, half crying.

• hoarse

• sobs

• abated

• hordes

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

With it came some warmth, small bits of it at first, and with the heat came clouds of insects--thick, swarming _______ of mosquitoes that flocked to his body.

• sobs

• abated

• battered

• hordes

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Thoughts tried to come in with a rush, all of what had occurred and he could not take it. The whole thing turned into a confused _______ that made no sense.

• exposed

• daze

• murky

• jumble

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Brian watched them for a time, still in the half-_______, still not thinking well.

• exposed

• daze

• murky

• jumble

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Along the edge there were thick grasses and the water looked a little _______ and there were small things swimming in the water, small bugs.

• exposed

• daze

• murky

• jumble

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

In desperation he pulled his T-shirt up to cover his face, but that _______ the skin of his lower back, and the mosquitoes and flies attacked the new soft flesh of his back.

• exposed

• daze

• murky

• jumble

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

One other thing. Those were all the things he had, but he also had himself. "You are your most valuable _______. Don't forget that. You are the best thing you have."

• asset

• amphibious

• pitiful

• hatchet

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4