Vocabulary 4-6 Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry

What does "admonished" mean?

• To encourage someone

• To warn or reprimand someone firmly

• To praise someone for their efforts

• To ignore someone's actions

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In the sentence "The coach admonished the players for not practicing hard enough before the big game," what did the coach do?

• Praised the players

• Warned the players firmly

• Ignored the players

• Gave advice to the players

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does "riveted" mean?

• To break something apart

• To attract and hold the attention of

• To confuse or puzzle someone

• To run away from something

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In the sentence "The exciting movie riveted the audience, and no one took their eyes off the screen," what does "riveted" suggest about the movie?

• It was boring and uninteresting

• It attracted the full attention of the audience

• It made the audience angry

• It confused the audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does "fathom" mean?

• To forget something

• To understand

• To ignore

• To avoid

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In the sentence "It was hard to fathom how such a small mistake could cause such a big problem," what is the speaker struggling to do?

• Forget about the problem

• Understand the situation

• Blame someone else

• Solve the problem

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does "proprietors" mean?

• Employees of a business

• Customers who shop at a business

• People who own a business

• Managers of a business

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In the sentence "The proprietors of the local bakery have owned the shop for over 30 years and are very friendly to their customers," who are the proprietors?

• The bakery's customers

• The employees working at the bakery

• The people who own the bakery

• The people who rent the bakery

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does "envisioned" mean?

• To forget

• To picture in the mind or imagine

• To run away from something

• To explain something

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In the sentence "Before starting her new project, Emily envisioned it being a huge success," what did Emily do?

• She created a project

• She imagined her project being successful

• She asked others for help

• She completed her project

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2