Unit 1 vocabulary

The sunset was glorious over the beach

Glorious means . . .

• Magnificent

• Hideous

• Ugly

• peaceful

I had to analyze the text to understand what it was saying.

Analyze means . . .

• to study

• glance at

• review

• walk away from

The fugitive escaped from jail.

Define escaped. . .

• healthy person

• person trying to escape

• a criminal

• a thief

Jacqline Woodson wrote a memoir about herself.

Define what memoir is. . .

• a story about someone else

• a humorous story

• a story about your own life

• a story to persuade you

My mom kept droning on and on about how i need to clean my room.

Define Droning. . .

• to be exited about something

• to be tell a story about yourself

• to be rude

• to go on and on about something

I was trying to persuade my mom to let me get a dog.

Persuade means . . .

• to inform

• to entertain

• to tell a joke

• to convince

I went to the football game and was entertained by the half show.

Entertain mean . .

• to give someone information

• to tell a funny story

• to keep a group of people interested in something

• to tell a sad story

I read a book about sharks and it informed me that sharks do not have bones.

Inform means . . .

• to provide information

• to tell a joke

• To convince someone of something

• to describe something