The House On Mango Street Vocabulary

To be sassy is to be...

• Bold or straight forward

• To spin quickly in a circle

• To walk heavily

• The feeling of anger or resentment; tasting unpleasantly sour

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A fleck is...

• A small bit or particle of something

• To receive from family or the influence of others

• A light that hangs from a ceilihg

• To be bold or straight forward

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To strut is to...

• Walk with pride

• A small bit or particle of something

• To receive from family or the influence of others

• A lighting fixutre that hangs from a ceilihg

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A stoop is...

• a porch or other small area in front of a house or building

• To walk with pride

• A small bit or particle of something

• To receive from family or the influence of others

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Anemic is...

• Having little energy

• The act of making something catch fire

• A disease of the mind

• A machine that plays songs for a small fee

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Hysterical...

• With strong emotion

• Only a small amount

• To cry with average emotion

• To copy or mimic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Ferocious is...

• Very violent

• With strong emotion

• Only a small amount

• A place of tranquility

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Threshold is...

• An entrance between rooms or the inside and outside of a building

• Feeling satisfied with things as they are

• Very violent of fierce

• With strong emotion

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Trudge is...

• To walk heavily

• The feeling of anger or resentment; tasting unpleasantly sour

• An entrance between rooms or the inside and outside of a building

• Feeling satisfied with things as they are

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of the word "descended?"

Example: "The mother's feet, plump and polite, descended like white pigeons from the sea of the pillow..."

• to roll across

• to move or fall downward

• to trudge endlessly

• to remain in the same spot

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4