Freak the Mighty 4 - 10 vocabulary & figurative language

Vocabulary: Match the word with its definition.

The number in parentheses is the page number in the book where the word can be found.

• deprived of the power of sensation

• hoodlum

  (43)

• person who engages in crime

• sentimental

  (43)

• directed toward avoidance or escape

• numb

  (43)

• emotional

• evasive

  (43)

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Vocabulary: Match the word with its definition.

The number in parentheses is the page number in the book where the word can be found.

• a person or animal with very pale skin

• propose

  (45)

• wrinkled skin

• albino

  (44)

• suggest

• clunker

  (44)

• someone noticeably unsuccessful

• pruney

  (41)

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Vocabulary: Match the word with its definition.

The number in parentheses is the page number in the book where the word can be found.

• nickname

• alias

  (30)

• hangout

• universal

  (47)

• existing at all times and places

• archetype

  (46)

• original pattern or model of something

• vegetate

  (44)

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Vocabulary: Match the word with its definition.

The number in parentheses is the page number in the book where the word can be found.

• a shaking movement

• cretin

  (31)

• idiot

• trembly

  (32)

• a quick shuffling movement

• scuttle

  (10)

• filmy layer

• scummy

  (33)

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Figurative Language: Match the quote with its type of figurative language.

"...and because if you saw me lying on a blanket you'd go, hey,

why is that albino walrus wearing sunglasses?"

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Figurative Language: Match the quote with its type of figurative language.

"when Grim was hosing me down he had this really pruney look on his face,

like he was smelling something bad"

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Vocabulary: Match the word with its definition.

The number in parentheses is the page number in the book where the word can be found.

• old object

• yonder

  (49)

• sugar

• steed

  (49)

• horse

• ritzy

  (49)

• elegant

• sucrose

  (50)

• distant

• artifact

  (49)

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Vocabulary: Match the word with its definition.

The number in parentheses is the page number in the book where the word can be found.

• truth

• divulged

  (51)

• heart

• incision

  (51)

• admitted

• transplant

  (52)

• cut

• principle

  (51)

• move

• cardiac

  (52)

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4