Frankenstein Vocabulary

Incipient

• having a lot of space inside

• not capable of change

• not showing feeling/emotion

• beginning to come into being/become apparent

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 forebodings mean?

• A sudden expression

• Fearful apprehension

• Selected or chosen from a large group

• Having no equal; exceptional

• Acutely distressing or painful

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

• Illuminate as if shining a light

• Harrowing

• Selected or chosen from a large group

• Culled

• Having no equal; exceptional

• Emaciated

• Very thin and feeble from lack of nutrit

• Irradiated

• Acutely distressing or painful

• Unparalleled

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Possessed by or as by an evil spirit; raging; frantic.

• Dismal

• Dreary

• Delineate

• Demoniacal

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

Choose the best vocabulary word for this sentence.

"Yet you, my creator, scorn and ​ (a)   me, your creature."

• spurn

• admire

• esteem

• sanction

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

Victor Frankenstein's _____ intellect and ambition drove him to create a creature that ultimately became a monstrous challenge.

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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 'ardent' mean in the context of Frankenstein?

• A) Indifferent

• B) Passionate

• C) Cold

• D) Uninterested

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

In Frankenstein, what is the meaning of 'capitulated'?

• A) Surrendered

• B) Fought

• C) Ignored

• D) Celebrated

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 'perdition' refer to in the novel Frankenstein?

• A) Salvation

• B) Destruction

• C) Creation

• D) Joy

Choose the best word to complete the sentence: 'Victor Frankenstein was filled with _____ after creating the monster.'

• A) Elation

• B) Regret

• C) Indifference

• D) Joy

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4