Boss of the Plains vocabulary

What does the word adventurer mean?

• firmness in sticking to a goal

• a person who takes part in a risky activity

• tools or clothing used for a certain activity

• a person who makes a home in a new region

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

What does the word determined mean?

• distant area where few or no people live

• a good change to advance oneself

• someone who settles in an unknown, unclaimed region

• firmness in sticking to a goal

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What does the word frontier mean?

• distant area where few or no people live

• tools or clothing used for a certain activity

• a good change to advance oneself

• someone who settles in an unknown, unclaimed region

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What does the word gear mean?

• a person who takes part in a risky activity

• a person who makes a home in a new region

• tools or clothing used for a certain activity

• a good change to advance oneself

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

What does opportunity mean?

• Favorable circumstances

• a good change to advance oneself

• A random event with no importance

• An outcome that cannot be changed

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What are pioneers?

• a person who takes part in a risky activity

• a person who makes a home in a new region

• a good change to advance oneself

• someone who settles in an unknown, unclaimed region.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is does the word settlers mean?

• a person who makes a home in a new region

• someone who settles in an unknown, unclaimed region

• a person who takes part in a risky activity

• firmness in sticking to a goal

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What is a simile?

• the written representation of a sound word

• a comparison saying something is another thing-like simile but doesn't use like or as

• a comparison using like or as

• repetition of the first sound

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a metaphor?

• written representation of a sound word

• comparison of 2 things using like or as

• a comparison that does not use as or like: it is calling one item something else

• repetition of first letter sound

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

What is an antonym?

• a comparison using like or as

• written representation of a sound word

• Words that are similar in meaning

• Words that are opposite in meaning.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D