Vocab Chap 1-5
She was a healthy girl, robust. (p. 15)
a. From this sentence, robust might mean...
b. What context clues (IDEAS) can you use to determine the meaning?
a. Strong and healthy
b. Definition
The mayor should _______________ them on Hog Island for a few weeks and the fever would pass.
Quarantine
a. My brother worried that because my dad had lost his job we would become ______________________________.
b. What context clues (IDEAS) can you use to determine the meaning?
a. destitute
b. inference
"...her skin the color of an old weathered barn."
Metaphor
What writing technique is used in the following lines?
"It was going to be another hot August day. Another long, hot August day. Another long, hot, boring, wretched August day.
Repetition for effect
I woke to the sound of a mosquito whining in my left ear and my mother screeching in the right. “Rouse yourself this instant!” (p. 1)
a. From this sentence, rouse might mean...
b. What context clues (IDEAS) can you use to determine the meaning?
a. To bring out of sleep
b. Synonym, definition
“The president retires to Virginia for a respite every September."
a. True of False: Respite means a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant
b. What context clues (IDEAS) can you use to determine this?
a. True
b. Example or definition (retire)
a. Kim is known for her __________________________________ singing voice; she often gets the solos in choir.
b. What context clues (IDEAS) help you determine the meaning?
a. Melodious
b. Definition, example
"I'm about to die from lack of company!"
Hyperbole
Why does Grandfather call himself a fool at the end of Ch. 12? He realizes that he should have…
left the city sooner instead of being stubborn and not listening to Mother
Taking care of accounts was one territory that Mother conceded to me. (p.22)
a. From this sentence, conceded probably means...
b. What context clues (IDEAS) can you use to determine the meaning?
a. Handed over, surrendered
b. Inference
For once, my short-tempered answer did not _________ her.
Rile
My mom hates when I wear my old hoody and my ripped jeans; she says I look ______________________ and like I
just got out of bed.
Slovenly
"The house was silent except for the popping of the applewood in the fire, and the tall clock ticking in the front room."
Onomatopoeia
Why is Mrs. Cook so delighted at the invitation to tea at the Ogilvie's?
She wants to find a suiter for Matilda
Mary Shewall died soon after of a bilious fever, and one could hardly fault her character. (p. 20)
a. From this passage, bilious probably means...
b. What context clues (IDEAS) can you use to determine the meaning?
a. nausea or bile
b. definition or example
“I’ll never complain about a cold day again,” I vowed after another week of _____________heat.
Unceasing
After the six-mile hike, my brother and I were both ______________________________ and couldn’t wait to eat.
Famished
"They made our strongbox grow delightfully heavy."
Personification
How is Matilda different while caring for her sick mother?
A. She no longer rebels against things, but instead worries about her mother getting better.
B. She no longer thinks about the yellow fever, but instead how to care for the coffeehouse.
C. She no longer follows Eliza’s orders, instead she does what the doctor tells her to do.
A
One night I fell asleep in the necessary and woke up with a fervent prayer of thanks that I had not fallen in. (p.24)
a. From this sentence, fervent probably means...
b. What context clues (IDEAS) can you use to determine the meaning?
a. Passionate, intense
b. Inference
“I tell you, William, men who stood unafraid before the British cannon run in fear from this foul ____________.”
Pestilence
a. My father order the roasted ___________________, but I preferred not to eat sheep so I ordered steak.
b. What context clues (IDEAS) can you use to determine the meaning of the word?
a. mutton
b. Synonym, definition (sheep)
"I say he'll have squirrel soup for his supper."
(Hint: Think about the repetitive "s" in this sentence)
Alliteration
Place the following events in order.
A. Polly dies
B. Mother becomes ill
C. Colette collapses
D. Matilda goes to the market
E. Matilda goes with Grandfather to the newspaper
A D C E B