Chapter 5 "It's War!"

The second sentence reads, “The Continental Army, at least at first, was not exactly a force to be reckoned with.” “A force to be reckoned with” means someone or something is intimidating or powerful and would be difficult to defeat. Here, the author means that the Continental Army was not very ...

The Continental Army was less ______ than the British army. Farmers and shopkeepers were not professionally trained to be in the military, unlike many of the British soldiers and mercenaries, who had full-time military careers.

Who won the battle on Long Island? Use evidence from the text to support your answer

The topic sentence in the third paragraph on page 42 says, “that is exactly what Washington did.” What did Washington do? » He ________ when the British were not expecting it.

In the first sentence of the fifth paragraph on page 44 of the Student Reader, what does the word limped imply about the condition the soldiers were in when they arrived at Valley Forge? »

• The verb limped conveys the fact that the soldiers were in great health condition.

• The verb limped conveys the fact that the soldiers were exhausted and possibly injured

Locate an example of personification in the last paragraph and explain how it is an example of personification.

The last sentence of the chapter says, “However, the tide was beginning to turn in their favor.” In this sentence their refers to the Continental Army. This means...

• changes were going to occur that would favor, or benefit, the Continental Army.

• the British were most likely to win the war.

In this sentence: 'Washington was worried about the state of the army.' The word "STATE" means...

The last sentence of the chapter says, “However, the tide was beginning to turn in their favor.” This means..

• changes were going to occur that would favor, or benefit, the Continental Army.

• the British were most likely to win the war.