English Vocabulary

What part of speech is flotsam as it is used in the sentence: "the whole, huge space felt like a room without furniture, except for the bend of flotsam that lined the beach.”

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

• noun

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo

• Sardonic

• Flotsam

• Boisterous

• Profusely

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

"the whole, huge space felt like a room without furniture, except for the bend of _________ that lined the beach.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What part of speech is inferiority in the sentence: "It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority.”-Letter from Birmingham Jail

• noun

• adjective

• pronoun

• conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Of poor quality: low or lower in quality

• Fanaticism

• Reluctantly

• Inferiority

• Nonconformist

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

“It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of ___________.”-Letter from Birmingham Jail

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What part of speech is sardonic in the sentence: "A sardonic smile ghosted his mouth.”

• Adverb

• Interjection

• Adjective

• Conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Disdainfully or skeptically humorous: derisively mocking

• Reluctantly

• Sardonic

• Boisterous

• Gainsaying

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

“A _______ smile ghosted his mouth.”

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What part of speech is fanaticism in the sentence: "because men with hard faces do violent things, because fanaticism seizes and shrinks minds, is no reason for    the rest of us to abandon our song.”

• Pronoun

• Conjunction

• Interjection

• Noun

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D