Phantom Tollbooth Vocabulary ch. 6-10

deeply upset and agitated

• composed

• distraught

• perilous

• tranquil

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

full of danger or risk

• vulnerable

• harrowing

• perilous

• chaotic

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

"After a pleasant chat with the princess, all that remains is a leisurely ride back through those chaotic crags whose frightening fiends have sworn to tear any intruder limb from limb..."

What does 'crags' and 'fiends' mean?

• deep water/ ghosts

• fields/ friends

• rugged rock/ monsters

• tall grass/ gods

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

"The road bent itself around a broad promontory." What does promontory mean?

• a high point of land; plateau

• a low point of land; valley

• a large lake

• a crater

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

"To the left and right were the violins and cellos, whose bows moved in great waves, and behind them in numberless profusion the piccolos, flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, horns......were all playing at once."

What does profusion mean?

• effort

• rare

• short supply

• a great quantity

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

"On a high podium in front stood the conductor, a tall, gaunt man with dark deep-set eyes...." What is the meaning of the word gaunt?

• well dressed

• creepy

• thin and bony

• stubborn

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

"One son went south and became the Unabridged, king of Dictionopolis, and the other went north and became the Mathemagician, ruler of Digitopolis..."

What is the meaning of the word Unabridged?

• complete

• shortened

• wordy

• connecting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4