Brown Girl Dreaming Vocabulary 4 and Main Idea

"They say the city is a place where diamonds speckle the sidewalks." What does speckle mean? p.143

• shiny

• mark with small spots

• textured

• colorful

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CCR.L.4

"We did not stay because the dim bulb that hung from a chain swung back and forth." What does dim mean? p.144

• burned out

• careless

• not bright or clear

• very bright and clear

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CCR.R.2

"My mother has a gap between her two front teeth." What does gap mean? p.148

• a break or space between two objects

• tightly fitted together

• unable to listen

• shiny and bright

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CCR.R.2

"A small fountain sent water cascading over the statues." What does cascading (cascade) mean? p.152

• climbing

• a waterfall

• a mountain

• a space

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CCR.R.2

"Out front was a five-foot scupture made from gray rock." What does sculpture mean? p.152

• a group of people born in the same time period

• like a waterfall

• statue or piece of art made of clay, stone or other materials

• a space between two objects

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CCR.R.2

"As I bend over my composition notebook, only my name coes quickly." What does composition mean? p.154

• the makeup of something

• a space between two objects

• like a waterfall

• a statue

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CCR.R.2

"The pancakes sticking to it syrupless but edible to us..." What does edible mean? p.157

• fit to eat

• a space between objects

• like a waterfall

• unable to be eaten

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CCR.R.2

"The flag jutting out from the wall..." What does jutting (jut) mean? p.158

• like a waterfall

• shiny and bright

• to stick out, project

• a statue

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CCR.R.2

"No other idols before me..." What does idol mean? p.162

• sticking out

• fit to eat

• an image used to worship

• like a waterfall

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CCR.R.2

What is another name for MAIN idea?

• Central Idea

• Story Plot

• Details

• Thought

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CCR.R.2