A Raisin in the Sun Act III Vocabulary Review

What does the word "ails" mean?

• To heal or cure

• Pains or makes ill

• To celebrate

• To ignore

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of "epitaph"?

• A type of poem

• A sentence or phrase that summarizes a person’s life or character

• A historical document

• A type of song

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which word describes something "out of style"?

• Exceptional

• Ominous

• Outmoded

• Precariously

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does "mirage" refer to?

• A real object

• An optical illusion; something you see that isn’t there

• A type of weather

• A sound effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the definition of "reverie"?

• A nightmare

• A dream-like state

• A loud noise

• A sudden movement

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"That's so unfair!" Melody bellowed, stomping her feet ​ ​ (a)   towards the door. "I can't believe that I'm the one getting punished and I didn't even do anything!"

• indignantly
• doggedly
• insinuatingly
• haphazardly
• evadingly

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Match the vocab words to their definitions:

• suggesting indirectly

• insinuating

• inappropriate humor

• deplore

• lacking respect

• flippant

• express regret

• facetious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the vocab words to their definitions:

• threateningly

• incredulity

• sorrowfully

• menacingly

• feeling disbelief

• doggedly

• randomly

• haphazardly

• stubbornly

• plaintively

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• false claims

• insinuating

• cleared of blame

• pretenses

• escaping

• evading

• hinting

• vindicated

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• sad and abandoned

• forlorn

• moving backwards

• retrogression

• angry at injustice

• vindicated

• cleared of blame

• indignant

• reject abruptly

• rebuff

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4