Vocabulary: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

A small opening in a parapet of a fortified building, slayed on the inside

• embrasure

• traverse

• sentinel

• manifestation

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch

• poignant

• sentinel

• traverse

• ramification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

extend beyond or above a surface

• sentinel

• parade rest

• infantry

• protrude

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the relaxed position a soldier takes when instructed, hand behind heir back and legs soldiers width apart

• infantry

• protrude

• manifestation

• parade rest

a person under the authority or control of another

• dignatart

• subordinate

• traverse

• embrasure

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a person considered to be important becasue of high rank or office

• deference

• etiquette

• fixity

• dignitary

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

an event, action, or object that clearly shows or embodies something

• subordinate

• poignant

• secessionist

• manifestation

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

the customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group

• etiquette

• embrasure

• stockade

• traverse

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source

• dictum

• deference

• fixity

• stockade

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the state of being unchanged or permanent

• sentinel

• etiquette

• dictum

• fixity

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5