An Occurrence at Owl Creek Ridge vocab

Executioner

• A person who carries out death sentences.
• Able to be heard.
• To completely cover.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Sentinel

• A defensive fence.
• A person who watches for danger.
• To move in a regular rhythm.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Acclivity *

• An upward slope.
• Impossible to express.
• Related to rural life.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Stockade

• Endless or very long.
• A defensive fence.
• To inform.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Subordinate

• A person under someone else's control.
• Strange or weird.
• Able to be heard.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

Dignitary

• Related to rural life.
• An important person.
• To surround something.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Manifestation

• Showing and demonstrating something.
• Strange or weird.
• A defensive fence.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Etiquette

• Rules for polite behavior.
• Marked by formal display.
• A state of confusion and excitement.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

Deference

• Endless or very long.
• Putting someone else first.
• An outline of a shape.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Sluggish

• A powerful swirling current of water.
• A state of confusion and excitement.
• Moving slowly.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5