Vocabulary • Ch 23 - Frankenstein • Context Clues

The artist used oil paints to render a lifelike portrait.

 

What does the word 'render' mean?

• To go off course or change direction

• Thinking you are better than others

• To make someone feel scared or frightened

• To make or cause something to be

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

She decided to distort the facts to fit her narrative.

 

What does the word 'distort' mean?

• Refusing to change one's opinion or behavior

• To change something so it looks wrong

• To make or cause something to be

• To come in between and stop something

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

The teacher had to intervene when the students started arguing.

 

What does the word 'intervene' mean?

• Harsh and insulting language or speech

• To come in between and stop something

• Someone who dies for a cause

• To go off course or change direction

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

They were able to reconcile their differences and mend their friendship.

 

What does the word 'reconcile' mean?

• Someone who dies for a cause

• Feeling scared or worried about something

• To make friends or agree again

• To make or cause something to be

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

She was so credulous that she believed everything he told her.

 

What does the word 'credulous' mean?

• Gullible or easily tricked or deceived

• Thinking you are better than others

• To go off course or change direction

• Refusing to change one's opinion or behavior

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4