Silent Spring, Vocabulary Part #2

What would a blight most likely do to a farmer’s crops?

• make them more plentiful

• allow them to sell for a profit

• help them to ripen sooner

• cause them to rot or die

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of these words tells how a person with maladies is most likely to feel?

• ill

• silly

• angry

• embarrassed

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which sentence best illustrates the meaning of deserted?

• A caravan of traders moved slowly across the hot sand

• Late at night, not a soul was to be seen on Roosevelt Avenue.

• We decided to wait and see the movie when Max was feeling better

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4