Fears and Phobias Critical Vocabulary

There was a lot of turbulence on my plane ride.

What is turbulence?

• rough wind or air

• hot air

• running back and forth

• sickness

Sally's mean words triggered my anger.

What does the word trigger mean?

• to laugh

• to cause it to begin

• to yell

• to make fun of

I am going to active the alarm.

What does activate mean?

• to stop

• to damage

• to replace

• to cause something to start working

My little brother shows a lot of immaturity.

What does the word immaturity mean?

• an old man

• not being fully grown or developed

• a bicycle

• very smart

To cause something to start working

• trigger

• activate

• turbulence

• immaturity

not fully grown or developed

• turbulence

• activate

• immaturity

• trigger

to cause it to begin

• trigger

• activate

• immaturity

• tubulence

rough wind or air

• activate

• immaturity

• trigger

• turbulence

What genre is the story Fears and Phobias?

• fable

• informational text

• biography

• fantasy

What is fear?

• feeling happy

• yelling

• feeling nervous

• laughing