Esperanza RIsing Ch 10-13 and Symbolism

What word means "pulled or drawn tight" and best fits this sentence? p.180

She followed, along with others, and tied the canes on the ________ wire that was stretched post to post.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word means "yielding readily to or capable of" and best fits this sentence? p.183

This disease, Valley Fever, makes the body tired and _______________to other infections.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word means "a feeling of righteous anger" and best fits this sentence? p.188

Esperanza felt ______________ at the way Miguel was treated at work when he lost his job.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word means "sordid dirtiness" and best fits this sentence? p.194

She was shocked by the __________ of the striker's camp, but Marta and her mother didn’t seem the least bit embarrassed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What word means "threatening evil or danger " and best fits this sentence? p.200

When Esperanza saw the _____________ faces of the strikers, she wanted to run back to the safety of the camp, do laundry, clean diapers, anything but this.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word means "without or almost without hope" and best fits this sentence? p.207

Esperanza and the other women watched the ____________faces in the windows disappear as the strikers were taken away from the farm on the immigration busses.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word means "reduce in population" and best fits this sentence? p.212

After immigration came, the striker's camp was quiet and_________, except for the goat still tied to the tree, bleating for freedom.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word means "done or made using whatever is available" and best fits this sentence? p.242

Esperanza watched Abuelita walk to where Mama slept, resting on the _________ lounge made of crates, pillows, and blankets.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word means "an early warning about a future event" and best fits this sentence? p.245

A few months after they left, Abuelita had a ______________ that something was wrong with Mama.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What word means "color lightly" and best fits this sentence? p.249

Esperanza turned on her back and faced the sky, staring into the clouds now beginning to _________ with pink and orange.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4