Monsters of Kings Island Vocabulary

Match the words with the image that best describes it's meaning.

• Commensurate

• 
• Ubiquitous

• 
• Not benign

• 

The politician tried hard to run away from the​ ​ (a)   of his reputation , but it was impossible. Ads reminding us of his misdeeds were ​ (b)   on the nightly news programs.

• infamy
• ubiquitous
• dubious
• benign

She has created an artificial sharkskin that mimics natural sharkskin's ​ (a)   resistance to bacteria.

• innate
• dubious
• ubiquitous
• commensurate

This quote is an example of:

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

The pleasure of eating a fresh picked strawberry straight off the vine is ​ (a)   with the time and effort required to grow them.

• commensurate
• benign
• dubious
• ubiquitous

Put these text quotes in the same order that they occurred in the story.

• The train threaded into the station. We climbed out, laughing dizzily, and I felt something commensurate to love

• The car ascended on a jittery chain that did the work of teeth-chattering for me, up a 112-foot peak, and all my brain could contemplate was the drop.

• Even before I saw the roller coaster, its infamy was scored in my mind by way of the Beast’s ubiquitous logo.

• A sense of joy overtook me, that we could all be scared out of our wits together.

• “Are you O.K., Christopher?” my father asked as we waited in line at the Beast’s entrance. “We can skip it.”

At the end of the story "The Monster of Kings Island" the narrator was:

• sobbing

• mourning

• bereaved

• connective tissue

• joyful

Which statement could be a theme of "The Monster of Kings Island"?

• Your appearance should not determine what people think of you.

• Fear is part of what it means to be human.

• Good things come to those who wait.

• Joy is the result of years of hard work.

• Challenging yourself will earn you the respect of your family members.

What is the difference between a memoir and an autobiography?

• An autobiography is about the author's entire life, while a memoir focuses on a specific aspect or period.

• A memoir is true, but an autobiography is not true.

• Autobiographies are written when the author dies while memoirs are written when the author is still alive.

• Memoirs are longer.

Sort the words into the categories below.

Groups:

(a) Nouns

,

(b) Verbs

,

(c) Adjectives

• rite of passage

• plunged

• braces

• benign

• jittery

• innate

• roller coaster

• ascended

• connective tissue

• overtook

• waited

• dubious